Harris English wins Travelers Championship after eight hole playoff

Ireland’s Seamus Power finishes tied for 19th on seven under in Connecticut

Harris English of the United States celebrates his birdie putt on the 18th green in the eighth playoff hole to win the Travelers Championship against Kramer Hickok. Photograph: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images
Harris English of the United States celebrates his birdie putt on the 18th green in the eighth playoff hole to win the Travelers Championship against Kramer Hickok. Photograph: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images

Eight extra holes were needed to split Harris English and Kramer Hickok at the Travelers Championship with English sealing his second playoff this season.

Hickok went into the final round in Connecticut as joint leader and picked up two shots before the turn. He then mixed two birdies and a bogey on the back nine for 67 and 13 under for the tournament.

English saved his best for last, following a 67-68-67 with a Sunday 65 which could have been a 64 had a 28 foot putt for par on the 17th found the hole.

The Americans went into a playoff in Cromwell with both players matching each other par-for-par in five visits to the 18th and two to the 17th before English holed a five-foot birdie putt to seal the title.

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Australian Marc Leishman finished third, jumping 14 places up the leaderboard with a final round of 64 to finish a shot behind English and Hicock, while Ireland’s Seamus Power tied for 19th on seven under.

Power - who had secured his place in the field through Monday qualifying - finished with a final round 69 and his top-20 finish edges him towards the top 160 in the FedEx Cup rankings as he attempts to regain his full PGA Tour card.

Power had opted not to seek an invite into this week’s DDF Irish Open in order to concentrate playing stateside so that he can try to secure full playing rights for next season.

Collated final round scores and totals (USA unless stated, Par 70)

267 Harris English 67 68 67 65 (Won play-off at the 8th hole), Kramer Hickok 63 69 68 67

268 Marc Leishman (Aus) 69 66 69 64

269 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 72 66 66 65

270 Brice Garnett 65 68 69 68, Brian Harman 68 68 67 67, Kevin Kisner 70 63 74 63, Brooks Koepka 69 67 69 65, Hank Lebioda 69 68 67 66

271 Jason Day (Aus) 69 62 70 70, Beau Hossler 65 70 72 64, Sepp Straka (Aut) 66 70 69 66

272 Sam Burns 66 71 67 68, Patrick Cantlay 68 66 70 68, Mark Hubbard 69 65 69 69, Andrew Putnam 70 67 69 66, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69 67 67, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 69 65 71 67

273 Bryson DeChambeau 69 66 68 70, Russell Henley 67 66 68 72, Robert Streb 68 68 67 70, Bubba Watson 66 66 68 73, Lucas Herbert (Aus) 70 67 67 69, Seamus Power (Irl) 66 67 71 69

274 Jim Herman 68 69 67 70, Dustin Johnson 70 68 65 71, Zach Johnson 66 70 69 69, Chez Reavie 70 67 69 68, Patrick Reed 69 66 70 69

275 Stewart Cink 68 67 74 66, Charley Hoffman 72 63 70 70, Maverick McNealy 65 70 70 70, Cameron Smith (Aus) 67 68 66 74, Brian Stuard 69 66 70 70, Brendon Todd 68 69 67 71

276 Jonas Blixt (Swe) 68 68 72 68, Paul Casey (Eng) 71 67 69 69, Kevin Chappell 68 67 72 69, Talor Gooch 64 70 73 69, J. B. Holmes 70 68 67 71, Matt Jones (Aus) 70 66 67 73, Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 63 72 68 73, Troy Merritt 68 65 70 73, Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 68 67 73 68, Ian Poulter (Eng) 68 66 70 72, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 63 74 69

277 Austin Eckroat 72 66 69 70, Tom Lewis (Eng) 67 67 74 69, Kevin Na 69 68 68 72, Carlos Ortiz (Mex) 70 65 71 71, Scottie Scheffler 69 65 71 72, J. J. Spaun 71 67 69 70, Harold Varner III 70 68 68 71

278 Tyler Duncan 69 67 72 70, Doug Ghim 68 66 72 72, Peter Malnati 68 70 69 71, Ryan Moore 72 65 72 69, Cameron Percy (Aus) 70 66 72 70, Sam Ryder 69 69 70 70, Kyle Stanley 70 68 69 71

279 Ryan Armour 70 64 72 73, Phil Mickelson 69 69 72 69, Henrik Norlander (Swe) 65 71 71 72, Doc Redman 69 66 73 71, Andrew Svoboda 69 69 72 69

280 Tom Hoge 67 71 72 70, Robby Shelton 73 64 70 73, Kevin Tway 70 66 73 71, Aaron Wise 73 65 71 71

281 Lanto Griffin 71 67 71 72, William McGirt 71 67 73 70, Kristoffer Ventura (Nor) 69 69 71 72

282 David Hearn (Can) 70 68 73 71, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor) 69 64 69 80, Denny McCarthy 72 66 71 73

283 Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 67 71 71 74, Patrick Rodgers 65 71 74 73, Nate Lashley 69 67 73 74

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