Scheffler triumphs in play-off for sixth win of year

Travelers Championship last round

-22 S Scheffler (US), T Kim (Kor); -20 SJ Im (Kor), T Hoge (US); -18 J Thomas (US), P Cantlay (US), T Finau (US), A Bhatia (US)

Selected others: -17 S Lowry (Ire); -14 T Fleetwood (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco); -12 S Power (Ire); -9 M Fitzpatrick (Eng)

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World number 1 Scottie Scheffler prevailed successful a play-off astatine nan Travelers Championship to unafraid his sixth triumph of nan season.

The conclusion of nan last information was interrupted arsenic a group of protesters ran connected to nan 18th greenish arsenic nan past group were reference their putts.

When play resumed, Scheffler narrowly missed a birdie putt that would person clinched victory, earlier South Korea's Tom Kim converted his birdie effort to unit a two-man play-off.

Scheffler won connected nan first other spread astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Connecticut, to go nan first subordinate since Arnold Palmer successful 1962 to triumph six times earlier July.

"It's beautiful special," said Scheffler. "It's been a awesome season, I've been fortunate to travel distant pinch immoderate wins and it's been a batch of fun.

"Tom played his bosom retired today. He's a awesome player, a awesome champion and it was nosy battling pinch him today."

Scheffler and Kim vanished tied connected 22 nether par aft closing rounds of 65 and 66 respectively.

The brace returned to nan 18th for nan first other hole, and Scheffler claimed a par while Kim could not get up and down from a plugged dishonesty successful a greenside bunker.