Scheffler, Hovland Headed to Monday Playoff at
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- Scottie Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday to match Viktor Hovland at 21-under 259 (Scheffler 68, Hovland 69), forcing a sudden-death playoff.
- The playoff is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday — the first time a PGA Tour event has gone an extra day since last year's Players Championship, after storms halted play for 1 hour, 23 minutes.
- Viktor Hovland entered the final round with a one-shot lead but fell two back during the rain delay; he rallied with three straight birdies after play resumed, then narrowly missed a 25-foot birdie try on 18.
- Collin Morikawa closed with a 61 — nine birdies including a bunker shot on 18 to inside 10 feet — to finish one shot back at 20-under 260, waiting roughly three hours before leaving the course.
- Matt Fitzpatrick (64) and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark (65, who was in contention until a water-ball bogey on 17) rounded out the top five.
- Scheffler is 2-2 in PGA Tour playoffs for his career; Hovland is 1-0.
Why it matters: A Monday playoff pushes the Travelers Championship into an extra day — a rarity on the PGA Tour — and gives world No. 1 Scheffler a shot at redemption against a streaking Hovland who was three shots off the lead at one point. Morikawa's 61, started the day nine shots back, turned the final round into a genuine three-man race rather than a two-horse duel.
