Scheffler and Hovland to playoff at Travelers Championship Monday

Viktor Hovland needed just one hole on Monday morning to defeat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff and win the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. Hovland went into the playoff at the final signature event of the year as the underdog, with the world number one winning in Connecticut two years ago.

Viktor Hovland made birdie on the par-4 18th hole Monday morning to win the Travelers Championship in a playoff over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler were forced to return to TPC River Highlands on Monday morning to face off in the sudden-death playoff to decide the Travelers Championship winner. Darkness ensured that Hovland and Scheffler, who tied for the week on 21-under par, had to remain in Cromwell, Connecticut, for one more night.

Hovland came out on top against Scheffler in a dramatic playoff on Monday

Scheffler missed a birdie putt from 2 feet, 4 inches, burning the left edge with his attempt to match Hovland, who had just rolled in a 7-footer that ultimately won Hovland a one-hole playoff and his first PGA Tour title in 15 months.

Hovland beat Scheffler on the first playoff hole after the round required postponement and completion Monday morning

The rain delay on Sunday at the Travelers Championship means that Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland will have to return to TPC River Highlands on Monday to contest a playoff. Scheffler appeared to have the tournament in his grasp when play was halted on Sunday afternoon in Connecticut.

This will be a Monday finish.

The pair could not be separated through 72 holes and will return on Monday

The Travelers Championship will head to a sudden-death playoff after Scottie Scheffler made two clutch par putts as the sun set.

Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler will compete in playoff Monday to determine the Travelers Championship winner. See payouts for other golfers.

Scottie Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday, forcing a sudden-death playoff against Viktor Hovland on Monday at the rain-delayed Travelers.

Scottie Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on 18 to force a Monday playoff with Viktor Hovland after rain interrupted a wild Travelers finish.

The 2026 Travelers Championship will extend into Monday morning.

The 2026 Travelers Championship will extend into Monday morning.

Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland will decide their white-knuckle duel in a playoff at 9 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Norway's Viktor Hovland will meet Monday morning in a playoff to decide the PGA Tour Travelers Championship after finishing deadlocked on Sunday after 72 holes.Hovland seeks his eighth PGA Tour title and first since taking last year's Valspar Championship.

CROMWELL – After an 80-minute weather delay that changed the tenor of the TPC River Highlands just ahead of the Travelers Championship finish, Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland were both staring down putts on opposite sides of the 18th green. Scheffler’s shot for birdie and the lead in the final round was from 27 feet, six inches. Hovland’s was 24 feet, 10 inches. The top-ranked golfer in ...

Scottie Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday and pumped his fist with more emotion than he showed all day, just for the right to return Monday at the rain-delayed Travelers Championship to face a sudden-death playoff against Viktor Hovland. Scheffler and Hovland each had birdie chances at the end. Scheffler rammed his 30-foot putt 8 feet by the hole.