Travelers Championship 2023: History, Past Champions, Eligibility and more

The next stop of the 2023 PGA Tour will be at the Travelers Championship from June 22 to 25 at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. With a prize purse of $20 million, the event will host a field of 156 golfers.

The Travelers Championship began in 1952 as the Insurance City Open and was held at the Wethersfield Country Club. In 1967, it was renamed the Greater Hartford Open, where Charlie Sifford, the first African-American golfer to play on the PGA Tour, won his first tournament.

In 1984, the tournament shifted to the TPC River Highlands and has been held there ever since. Phil Mickelson won back-to-back editions of the tournament in 2001 and 2002. The tournament had a record spectatorship of 323,000 in 2002.

The event's name was changed to the Travelers Championship in 2017 after The Travelers Companies became the title sponsors.

In 2017, a young Jordan Spieth made his tournament debut, leading the first three rounds of the event. He entered into a playoff with Daniel Berger and eventually ended up winning his 10th PGA Tour event.

The defending champion is Xander Schauffele, who made a fantastic play late into the event last year and took his sixth PGA Tour victory.

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2023 Travelers Championship eligibility and past champions

Following are the past champions at the Travelers Championship over the years. Some notable players include Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Lee Trevino and Dustin Johnson.

2022	Xander Schauffele
2021	Harris English
2020	Dustin Johnson
2019	Bubba Watson (3)
2017	Jordan Spieth
2016	Russell Knox
2015	Bubba Watson (2)
2014	Kevin Streelman
2013	Ken Duke
2012	Marc Leishman
2011	Fredrik Jacobson
2010	Bubba Watson
2009	Kenny Perry
2008	Stewart Cink (2)
2007	Hunter Mahan
2006	J. J. Henry
2005	Brad Faxon
2004	Woody Austin
2003	Peter Jacobsen (2)
2002	Phil Mickelson (2)
2001	Phil Mickelson
2000	Notah Begay III
1999	Brent Geiberger
1998	Olin Browne
1997	Stewart Cink
1996	D. A. Weibring
1995	Greg Norman
1994	David Frost
1993	Nick Price
1992	Lanny Wadkins
1991	Billy Ray Brown
1990	Wayne Levi
1989	Paul Azinger (2)
1988	Mark Brooks
1987	Paul Azinger
1986	Mac O’Grady
1985	Phil Blackmar
1984	Peter Jacobsen
1983	Curtis Strange
1982	Tim Norris
1981	Hubert Green
1980	Howard Twitty
1979	Jerry McGee
1978	Rod Funseth
1977	Billy Kratzert
1976	Rik Massengale
1975	Don Bies
1974	Dave Stockton
1973	Billy Casper (4)
1972	Lee Trevino
1971	George Archer
1970	Bob Murphy
1969	Bob Lunn
1968	Billy Casper (3)
1967	Charlie Sifford
1966	Art Wall, Jr.
1965	Billy Casper (2)
1964	Ken Venturi
1963	Billy Casper
1962	Bob Goalby
1961	Billy Maxwell
1960	Arnold Palmer (2)
1959	Gene Littler
1958	Jack Burke, Jr.
1957	Gardner Dickinson
1956	Arnold Palmer
1955	Sam Snead
1954	Tommy Bolt
1953	Bob Toski
1952	Ted Kroll

Golfers can qualify for the Travelers Championship through a few different ways, the first being if they have a PGA Tour card for the 2022-23 season. Current members of the Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Champions Tour, former PGA Tour members from 2019 to 2022 and players in the top 100 world golf rankings are also eligible for the event. There are also two qualifier tournaments for other golfers to qualify for the event.

The field for the 2023 event will include some of the best golfers in the world, like Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy.