June 25, 2025 

Welcome to the sixth edition of The Tee Sheet - your Wednesday read on what matters in the world of golf right now. This week we recap an awesome finish at the Travelers, preview the Rocket Classic in Detroit (low scores inbound), check-in on LIV Dallas, and cover a few other headlines you may have missed.

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Official World Golf Ranking Tracker & Movers

• Big Movers Up: Keegan Bradley jumps 14 spots to World No. 7 after a win at the Travelers

• Top 10: Ludvig Aberg falls out of the Top 10 with Keegan’s entrance

Note: Rising / Falling includes biggest movers in the OWGR Top 150

FedEx Cup Points Tracker

• Top 10 Movements: Russell Henley cracks the Top 5, Keegan flies to No. 8, Harris English and Tommy Fleetwood slide into the picture 

• Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak, and Corey Conners fall outside of the Top 10

PGA Tour Money List Tracker

• Top 10 Movements: Keegan and Russell Henley move up the list with strong Travelers showings, Andrew Novak falls out of the Top 10

Tourney Recap

2025 Travelers Championship Recap:

Keegan Steals It Late & Fleetwood Fades

Once again, TPC River Highlands brought the fireworks down the stretch at the Travelers Championship, with Team USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley capturing his second Travelers crown in three years, finishing at 15-under par. In a field packed with stars and charged with drama, it was the New England native who delivered the knockout blow on Sunday, defeating Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley on the final hole.

A Keegan birdie and a Fleetwood 3-putt bogey flipped the script of the tournament on the 72nd hole and sent the crowd into a frenzy. The clutch win vaults Keegan to World No. 7 and could lead to him teeing it up at Bethpage as the first playing captain in the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

Let’s break it down: 

⛔ Fleetwood Folds Late 

This was Tommy’s moment. Holding a three-shot lead heading into Sunday and up until the 15th hole, he seemed destined for that elusive first win. Keegan rolled in a 35-foot birdie on 15, and Fleetwood followed it up with a bogey on 16.

Tommy entered 18 with a one-shot lead and drove the fairway, but left his approach short on the fringe, with Keegan throwing a dart. A Tommy three-putt and Keegan birdie from ~6 feet sealed the deal.

Fleetwood carded a 72 (+2) to finish at 14-under, a tie for 2nd. Now winless in 159 PGA starts, with 6 runner ups and 42 top 10s, the question remains whether Tommy will get one over the line - Sunday was as good of a chance as we’ve seen him have.

 🎯 Henley’s Epic Chip Almost Forces Playoff

This ended up mattering less given Bradley’s birdie, but Russell Henley made some serious noise - and nearly forced a playoff. Henley needed to chip in for birdie on the 18th to have a chance, and that’s exactly what he did. It was an awesome moment that sent the gallery wild and put Bradley on notice, but Keegan held tight and knocked in the putt to win it.

 🧠 Final Thoughts 

• Keegan closed with surgical ball-striking and great putting. That’s two Travelers titles in three years for the New Englander, and this one comes with added juice around the Ryder Cup storylines

• Fleetwood let another one slip. The game looked good enough. The lead looked big enough. This one’s going to rattle around for a while. Still one of the Tour’s most consistent performers, but the ability to close is an issue

• The final Signature Event of the season delivered. TPC River Highlands gave us tension, chaos, and a packed leaderboard down the stretch. A chip-in on 18. A three-putt to lose. A birdie to win. Signature status earned

• Rory and Scottie fired Sunday 65s to sneak into T6 positions. Scottie stayed sharp and Rory looked much better with The Open right around the corner 

• Other notable finishers at the Travelers included Harris English (T4) and Jason Day (T4) who put together strong showings

Travelers Championship Quick Stats:

• Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green Leaders

  1. Tommy Fleetwood (+2.67)

  2. Russell Henley (+2.28)

  3. Davis Thompson (+2.20)

• Strokes Gained: Putting Leaders

  1. Christian Bezuidenhout (+2.01)

  2. Rory McIlroy (+1.75)

  3. Keegan Bradley (+1.72)

Note: Excludes players who missed the cut

Tourney Preview

2025 Rocket Classic Preview:

New Course, Familiar Stakes

🔥 What’s Up This Week: Rocket Classic

The PGA Tour rolls into Detroit Golf Club this week for the seventh Rocket Classic - the only stop on Tour fully inside Detroit city limits. Last week was the final Signature Event of the season, and players are either locked into their Open Championship prep or locked in on the FedEx Cup playoffs. Cam Davis backs up to defend last year’s title, the course undergoes its last run before a major summertime restoration, and the field is pretty solid compared to what we’ve seen since this tournament’s inception.

🏌️ Detroit Golf Club: A Course with Legacy

• Founded in 1899, Detroit Golf Club took shape under Donald Ross by 1916. Historic ties include individuals like Henry Ford…

• June 2025 marks the final play on the current layout - there is a major restoration coming after the tournament. Tyler Rae is leading the renovation and will restore the classic Donald Ross design principles while enhancing the playability for modern golf

💻 AREA 313 Challenge

The AREA 313 Challenge is one of the Rocket Classic’s most unique and meaningful storylines - combining on-course excitement with off-course impact. Named after Detroit’s area code, the challenge centers on holes 14, 15, and 16 at Detroit Golf Club: a par-5, par-3, par-4 stretch where players aim to go eagle-ace-birdie (3-1-3).

If a player completes the challenge, Rocket will donate $313k in that player’s name towards closing Detroit’s digital divide - funding tech access, internet connectivity, and digital literacy.

Every eagle on 14 raises $5k, aces on 15 account for $25k, and birdies on the 16th get $5k all week long - something to keep an eye on.

 🧠 Final Thoughts

Expect the Rocket Classic to serve up low scores. The average winning number of this tourney since it began is 22-under. Cam Davis has won it twice, and there are plenty of guys carrying momentum into this one. This one could be a birdie-fest, but a fun one, nonetheless. Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama, Ben Griffin, and Patrick Cantlay are a few of the names we’ll see tee it up.

Rocket Classic Quick Stats:

• Course: Detroit Golf Club

• Par: 72

• Distance: 7,370 yards

• Purse: $9,600,000

• Recent Champs: Cam Davis (2024, 2021), Rickie Fowler (2023), Tony Finau (2022), Bryson DeChambeau (2020)

Picks & Players to Watch

• Top 20s: Matt McCarty (+320), Ben Griffin (+100), Greyserman (+150), Fitzpatrick (+160)

Disclaimer: The picks and predictions in The Tee Sheet are for informational and entertainment purposes only.

Ryder Cup Rankings Tracker

Team USA: 

• The big story here this week is Keegan - after winning the Travelers, his likelihood of being a playing captain has skyrocketed 

• Things are starting to get interesting for Team USA’s 12-man roster, and there will likely be a ton of discourse around snubs over the next couple of months - who do you think is in?

Team Europe:

Tourney Preview

LIV Golf Dallas Preview: A Quick Look

🔥 What’s Up This Week: LIV Golf Dallas

While the PGA Tour hits Motor City, the rebel circuit rolls into Texas. LIV Golf Dallas tees off Friday at Maridoe Golf Club, a wide-open, wind-swept test just north of downtown in Carrollton. This is stop No. 9 on LIV’s 2025 schedule and their first-ever visit to Dallas - a city dripping with golf heritage and major winners. The format is familiar by now: 54 holes, no cut, shotgun starts, music on the range, and mega purses split between individual and team competition.

🌟 Field & Favorites

The Dallas lineup boasts big names and local stars:

• Bryson DeChambeau headlines - Texas native and SMU alum returns home riding strong form (excl. a missed cut at Oakmont), sitting 2nd in LIV standings after a win in South Korea earlier this year

• Joaquin Niemann has dominated the league all season and will likely be in contention yet again

• Crowd-pleaser Carlos Ortiz, a Dallas-area favorite and former resident, will get his share of local cheers following a strong showing at the US Open

• The supporting cast is back as always: Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson will be in the mix

With the Tour off the Signature event schedule and The Open a few weeks away, I’d argue that LIV has a rare spotlight window this week. Expect the players to feel it - and try to own it.

The Weekly Rundown

Stories to Know This Week

🏌️‍♂️ Spieth’s First-Ever WD

• Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Travelers Championship - the first of his entire PGA Tour career, citing neck and upper-back pain

🏆 Minjee Lee Dominates KPMG Women’s PGA

• Australia’s Minjee Lee (and sister of the PGA’s Min Woo Lee) stamped herself as a major force, winning her 3rd career major at the KPMG Women’s PGA this weekend

🎉 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Keeps Racking Up Wins

• The Most Interesting Man in Golf just keeps stacking trophies - he won the Kaulig Companies Championship this weekend for his 4th PGA Tour Champions win of the season

😬 Viktor Hovland Withdraws Mid-Round with Neck Injury

• Hovland was two holes into his final round at the Travelers on Sunday when he had to withdraw due to neck injury - another one to monitor with The Open quickly approaching

Author’s Note

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