With all due respect to Masters champion Sergio Garcia and U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth had the PGA Tour’s signature moment of the season at one of the most unlikely venues Sunday afternoon – the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Spieth, who began the weekend No. 6 in the world, began his final round Sunday with a lead on a weak field, and quickly birdied the first and second holes to threaten a runaway victory.
Bogeys at 4, 12 and 13 by Spieth brought the field back into play, however, and a late charge down the back nine by Daniel Berger – who won two weeks ago in Memphis – set up a sudden-death playoff.