Scheffler wins for 6th time in 2024 at Travelers Championship

Put another one on the board for Scottie Scheffler.Scheffler won his sixth event of the season Sunday at the Travelers Championship, becoming the first player to win that many times on the PGA Tour before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962.To do so Scheffler had to fend off Tom Kim in the first hole of a playoff. The pair tied at 22 under par for the tournament after Kim birdied the 18th hole, and went back to the 18th tee box to play it again. Both hit their drives into the fairway, but Scheffler hit his approach shot to 12 feet and Kim was short into the greenside bunker.AdvertisementWhen Scheffler tapped in the par putt he did not celebrate, simply taking off his cap and hugging Kim, one of his closest friends on tour. It was a fitting reaction to a chaotic ending of the signature event at Cromwell, Conn.With Kim trailing Scheffler by a stroke and needing a birdie — and Scheffler par — to force a playoff, he hit what had to be one of the best approach shots of his life from 131 yards...