It’s been a while for Dustin Johnson, but it might not be much longer. The former world No. 1 sits just two strokes back of the leader (Brendon Todd) heading into the final round of play at the Travelers Championship from TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.
Johnson moved to 16 under for the tournament after a bogey-less third round 61 that saw five birdies on the back nine alone. DJ has been plagued by injury and inconsistency over the last two years — his last victory came all the way back in February 2019 at the WGC-Mexico Championship and he has only two wins in the last 25 months.
But if Johnson is to leave the Travelers victorious, he’ll have to supersede the performance set forth by Brendon Todd. Todd’s dominant driving performance has put him at 18 under heading into Sunday, his worst round of the week coming in at a breezy 66. The 34-year-old is the only player on the PGA Tour with three 54-hole leads during the 2020 season and has hit 41 of 42 fairways heading into the final round of play. Johnson and Todd are set to tee off shortly after 2:00 p.m., ET (you can check out the rest of Sunday’s tee times here)
Also lurking near the top of the leaderboard are Bryson DeChambeau (tied for fifth at 13 under), Abraham Ancer (tied for seventh at 12 under) and Phil Mickelson (also at 12 under). Mickelson squandered his 36-hole lead with a 1-over 71 on Saturday, lowlighted by a sequence in which he struck a sand shot over the green and onto a nearby set of train tracks.
Below is the prize money and winner’s share for the Travelers Championship’s $7.4 million purse; TV coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. ET on Golf Channel before the action switches over to CBS at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Travelers Championship payout breakdown, winner’s share
1. $1,332,000
2. $806,600
3. $510,600
4. $362,600
5. $303,400
6. $268,250
7. $249,750
8. $231,250
9. $216,450
10. $201,650
11. $186,850
12. $172,050
13. $157,250
14. $142,450
15. $135,050
16. $127,650
17. $120,250
18. $112,850
19. $105,450
20. $98,050
21. $90,650
22. $83,250
23. $77,330
24. $71,410
25. $65,490
26. $59,570
27. $57,350
28. $55,130
29. $52,910
30. $50,690
31. $48,470
32. $46,250
33. $44,030
34. $42,180
35. $40,330
36. $38,480
37. $36,630
38. $35,150
39. $33,670
40. $32,190
41. $30,710
42. $29,230
43. $27,750
44. $26,270
45. $24,790
46. $23,310
47. $21,830
48. $20,646
49. $19,610
50. $19,018
51. $18,574
52. $18,130
53. $17,834
54. $17,538
55. $17,390
56. $17,242
57. $17,094
58. $16,946
59. $16,798
60. $16,650
61. $16,502
62. $16,354
63. $16,206
64. $16,058
65. $15,910
