{"id":1245643,"date":"2023-06-25T22:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T22:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/keegan-bradley-gets-the-job-done-with-three-shot-win-at-travelers-championship\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:46:39","slug":"travelers-championship-2023-r4-keegan-bradley-gets-the-job-done-with-three-shot-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/travelers-championship-2023-r4-keegan-bradley-gets-the-job-done-with-three-shot-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley gets the job done with three-shot win at Travelers Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keegan Bradley claimed his sixth PGA Tour title with a three-shot victory in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

Bradley took a one-shot lead into the final round at TPC River Highlands and was never in real danger of being caught after making five birdies in his first 12 holes.<\/p>\n

The 2011 US PGA Championship winner gave the chasing pack a glimmer of hope with three bogeys in four holes from the 13th, but eventually signed for a closing 68 to finish 23-under par.<\/p>\n

Fellow American Zac Blair surged through the field with a final round of 62 to finish 20-under par alongside Brian Harman, who returned a second consecutive 64.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is for all the kids that grew up in New England, who got to sit through the winters and watch other people play golf,\u201d said Bradley, who was born in Vermont, one of the six states which make up the New England region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just am so proud to win this tournament. Travelers and everybody involved puts on a first-class tournament. It\u2019s been like this for a decade and I\u2019m so happy to be the winner here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so lucky and thankful to be from this New England area. I just can\u2019t believe it. This seems like a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

World number one Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay and Chez Reavie shared fourth place on 19-under, with Rory McIlroy another shot back after a closing 64.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got off to a hot start, which was nice and what I felt like I needed,\u201d McIlroy said after a round containing seven birdies and one bogey.<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 15th green during the final round of the Travelers Championship (Frank Franklin II\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThen hit a drive on nine that I didn\u2019t think was that bad. Ended up against the boundary fence and made a bogey there which halted the momentum that I had.<\/p>\n

\u201cBounced back well with a birdie on 11 but then missed a chance on 12, birdied 13. Then just couldn\u2019t get anything to drop over those last few holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I was never going to win with the way Keegan was playing, but I felt like I probably needed a couple more birdies to finish top five.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll probably still sneak into the top 10 by the end of the day, but would\u2019ve been nice to finish a little higher. Still, it\u2019s another good week and solid performance after a long run, and looking forward to a couple of weeks off.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy, who came into the week on the back of his second place in the US Open in Los Angeles, added: \u201cLast Sunday feels like a month ago at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut coming off the disappointment of the US Open, coming straight here and sort of trying to refocus and forget about what happened in LA and tee it up here and play well, I thought was pretty good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have sort of went through the motions this week and mailed it in a little bit.<\/a> I tried hard until the end and put in a decent performance.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n