Shauffele wins Travelers Championship

Xander Schauffele edged J.T. Poston and Sahith Theegala by two strokes apiece to capture the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, on Sunday.

Schauffele celebrated his sixth career PGA Tour victory and his second of the season after shooting a 2-under-par 68 in the final round. He finished the tournament at 19-under par, while Poston and the rookie Theegala settled for a second-place tie at 17 under.

Theegala grabbed a one-stroke lead after making birdie on No. 17, which marked his third birdie in a five-hole span but he found trouble on No. 18, hitting his first shot into a fairway bunker and failing to hit his ball out of the bunker on his second attempt.      

The rookie finished with a double bogey on the final hole, and Schauffele capitalised with a birdie on No. 18 to win the championship.      

Schauffele had four birdies and two bogeys on the final day of the tournament. He shot below par in each of his four rounds, posing a 63, 63, 67 and 68 as his peers unsuccessfully gave chase. He went the first 48 holes of the tournament before his first bogey.

Poston carded a 6-under-par 64 on Sunday to surge into a tie for second place. Theegala finished with a 3-under-par 67 while Michael Thorbjornsen (66 on Sunday) finished fourth at 15 under par for the tournament, and Chesson Hadley (64) was fifth at 14 under par.