{"id":420577,"date":"2020-06-27T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=420577"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:37:58","slug":"brendon-todd-travelers-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/brendon-todd-travelers-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendon Todd Consistency Pays Off with 54-Hole Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">With a great deal of attention on Phil Mickelson and the final group, Brendon Todd became the golfer the field was chasing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">His third-round score of 61, a career-best, launched Todd to the 54-hole lead at the Travelers Championship.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">It wasn\u2019t flashy. Nor was it a roller coaster.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">It was solid, emblematic of Todd\u2019s consistent golf that he is currently playing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u201cI&#8217;ve felt pretty good, especially as I&#8217;ve played weeks in a row,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46895.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Todd said to reporters after his round.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201cIt seems like since the fall, whenever I get a two- or three-week stretch in a row, I tend to be playing better by the end of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brendon Todd has hit 41\/42 fairways <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelersChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TravelersChamp<\/a>. \ud83d\ude2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fsRusBgMaF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fsRusBgMaF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1276927855507771396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Since the PGA Tour\u2019s restart, Todd missed two consecutive cuts. With this being the third week, Todd is kicking his game up another gear.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">In his third round, he converted all 14 fairways. Over three days, Todd is 41-of-42 in fairways made. He ranks first in the field in strokes gained: tee-to-green, gaining a full 4.75 strokes on his competitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">With firm conditions and keeping the ball in play, Todd is taking advantage.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u201cThe guys can drive the ball down there and hit a lot of wedges, and both par-5s are reachable, and there&#8217;s a drivable par-4. There&#8217;s just a lot of scoring holes and the greens are good this year, so people can make a lot of putts,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46895.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Todd said.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Todd wasn\u2019t the only golfer to shoot a low score. Dustin Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open champion, also shot a 61, putting him two shots back of Todd. Entering this week, Johnson ranked 69th on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: tee to green.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Today, he earned +5.13 strokes gained tee-to-green, a season-best.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best round in 13 years on TOUR for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJohnsonPGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DJohnsonPGA<\/a>. \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTcvA1s91Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yTcvA1s91Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1276948410239553537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u201cI&#8217;m very happy with the way I played,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46892.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Johnson said to reporters.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201cEvery hole, I felt like I was allowing myself to make birdie, and I feel like I&#8217;m rolling the putter well, so I just need to get myself in a position where I&#8217;ve got a chance to make a putt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Todd and Johnson are paired for the first time since the 2012 AT&amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Both golfers know a low score is needed on Sunday to win this tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">It\u2019s the first time in Travelers Championship history where multiple rounds of 61 or better were achieved on the same day. In the last two weeks on the PGA Tour, there were 21 rounds of 61 or better.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Todd is looking to replicate a similar performance tee-to-green in his final round. With a win, it will be the 34-year-old\u2019s third victory on the TOUR this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u201cMy job is going to be to go out there and get off to a good start and just try to make as many birdies as I can and see if I can shoot another good round,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46895.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Todd said.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201cI&#8217;m peaking in the third week and hopefully I can get it done tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a great deal of attention on Phil Mickelson and the final group, Brendon Todd became the golfer the field was chasing.\u00a0 \u00a0 His third-round score of 61, a career-best, launched Todd to the 54-hole lead at the Travelers Championship. \u00a0 It wasn\u2019t flashy. Nor was it a roller coaster. \u00a0 It was solid, emblematic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4860,"featured_media":420579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[118,58,16,21,117],"class_list":["post-420577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-uncategorized","tag-brendon-todd","tag-dustin-johnson","tag-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-travelers-championship"],"modified_by":"yobodev","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}