Travelers Championship 2026: Three Each-Way Picks at TPC River Highlands
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut · 26–29 June 2026
This week the PGA Tour heads to Cromwell, Connecticut for the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands — and this is not a course for the big hitters. At just 6,844 yards it’s one of the shortest layouts on the circuit, and raw distance off the tee won’t cut it here. Precise placement is everything, followed by elite iron and wedge play to attack pins on tricky approach angles.
Winning scores tend to run very low indeed, so the players we’re looking for are birdie machines — those who can string together streaks of scoring on fast, undulating greens. The field is strong, with Scottie Scheffler heading the market at around 4/1, but you know by now we’re not interested in those prices. Each-way value is the name of the game, and we have three selections to put up against the field this week.
Course Overview: TPC River Highlights
River Highlands is a short, precise test where the winning formula is clear: keep it in the fairway, attack with irons, and make birdies in bunches. Power hitters without accuracy get exposed here. Wedge play and putting on fast bentgrass greens separates the field on Sunday.
The profile we’re targeting is consistent accuracy off the tee combined with elite iron and wedge play — not raw distance. All three selections this week fit that mould precisely, are in strong form right now, and are priced generously for a course that suits their games. The market has overlooked each of them. That’s our window.
This Week’s Selections
Theegala is having a very consistent 2026 season after a frustratingly quiet year in 2025. He’s slowly finding his best again, racking up four top-10 finishes this year and showing the sort of front-of-leaderboard presence that made him such an exciting prospect.
A fantastic T11 at the gruelling US Open last week at Shinnecock confirms the form is there right now — that’s a course that punishes any weakness, and he came through it comfortably. The course form here is compelling too — a T2 finish in 2022 shows River Highlands suits his controlled, precise game down to the ground.
At 50/1 with eight places, the market is severely underestimating him. This is a player who thrives on accurate tee-to-green play, which is exactly what this course demands.
📌 2.5pts Each-Way @ 50/1Poston is the standout form horse in this field right now. His last two appearances have been exceptional — a big win at The Memorial followed by an extraordinary T4 at the US Open last week. That combination of results places him among the in-form players on the entire tour.
His game is a perfect fit for River Highlights. He’s accurate off the tee, precise with his irons, and his wedge game is quietly one of the best on tour. When a player is hitting it like this and arriving at a course that plays to every strength, you take notice.
50/1 looks a major price error from the books. We can see him going very low this week.
📌 2pts Each-Way @ 50/1Hisatsune has had a tremendous rookie season on the PGA Tour. He’s made the cut at almost every event he’s entered, with his only missed cut coming at the season-opener in Hawaii. Four top-10 finishes follow, including a T2 at the Farmers Insurance Open — showing he already knows how to contend at the highest level.
The quality that makes him perfectly suited to River Highlands is his birdie-making ability. He doesn’t just score — he goes on sustained birdie runs, which is exactly what you need around a scoring course like this. On any given Thursday, he’s capable of shooting 63 and putting himself in the conversation immediately.
80/1 is an insult to his season and his current form. He will play far better than the odds suggest, and an 80/1 each-way with eight places is outstanding value.
📌 1pt Each-Way @ 80/1Staking Summary
| Player | Odds | Places | Stake | Bookmaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahith Theegala | 50/1 | 8 | 2.5pt E/W | bet365 |
| J.T. Poston | 50/1 | 8 | 2pt E/W | bet365 |
| Ryo Hisatsune | 80/1 | 8 | 1pt E/W | bet365 |
Three weeks on the bounce in profit and the process is showing exactly what we’re about — finding overlooked players with the right profile at generous odds. This week’s Travelers Championship is another opportunity to do exactly that.
TPC River Highlands rewards the accurate, the precise, and the birdie-hungry. All three of our selections check every box. Theegala brings course form and a hot recent run. Poston arrives as arguably the tournament’s best form player at a price that defies logic. And Hisatsune, at 80/1 eight places, is the value gem of the week — a birdie machine in his prime season who the market simply hasn’t caught up with yet.
Back all three each-way with bet365 at 8 places and let them do the talking.