Final 4 Spots In Travelers Championship Earned At Ellington Ridge

ELLINGTON, CT — Patrick Flavin proved two things in Monday's qualifier for the Travelers Championship at Ellington Ridge Country Club: it's not necessarily the biggest player who experiences success, and you can be last and still finish first.

Flavin, a 26-year-old from Highwood, Illinois who plays on the PGA second-tier Korn Ferry Tour, is just 5-foot-8 and weighs 150 pounds, but he was a giant Monday in the field of 67 golfers. He teed off in the last group of the day, and immediately made noise with birdies on holes 2, 3 and 4. An eagle on 11 and birdies on 16 and 17 moved him to 7-under par for the day and a 2-stroke advantage, and a bogey at 18 meant he wound up as medalist with a 6-under 66.

He will be among 156 players this week at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship, shooting for a first prize of $1.494 million and a total purse of $8.3 million. He will be joined by three players who all shot 5-under par 67 Monday: former PGA Tour pros Ben Silverman and Conrad Shindler, and current PGA Tour member Bo Hoag.

None of the 10 players with current Connecticut residences qualified for the Travelers. Scores for Nutmeg State residents were:

• Christopher Pieper (a), Woodbury, 34-36-70
• Fletcher Babcock, Danielson, 36-34-70
• Paul Pastore, Stamford, 37-34-71
• Clark Robinson, South Windsor, 37-35-72
• Michael Ballo Jr., Stamford, 36-37-73
• Jason Thresher, West Suffield, 35-38-73
• Kyle Gallo, Berlin, 38-37-75
• William Street, Shelton, 36-41-77
• Jordan Gosler, Manchester, 42-37-79
• Scott Vroman, Vernon, 38-44-82

Complete results of the qualifier may be found here. More information on the Travelers Championship may be found here.