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Madison Pro Golfer Returns To Home State To Play Travelers Championship
Brett Stegmaier is playing in Cromwell this week.
Madison, CT - Madison native and pro golfer Brett Stegmaier is back in his home state this week playing in the Travelers Championship.
The 33-year-old golfer, who went to high school in Madison and stays in Hamden with his parents during the tournament, is part of the 156 golfers that take part in the championship event, according to sportzedge.com.
The event kicked off on August 1 and continues through Sunday.
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Last year's winner was Bubba Watson, according to the Travelers Championship website.
About the course, according to the Travelers Championship website:
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TPC River Highlands, a par 70, 6,841 yard course in Cromwell, Connecticut, 10 miles south of Hartford. The course is a well-balanced golf test with a mixture of long and short holes. The most notable stretch is Nos. 15-17 which play around a four-acre lake. When you include the home hole, the four-hole collection is, according to Stewart Cink, “four of the most exciting finishing holes in a group anywhere in the world.”
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