Travelers Field Quality Boost, Explained

Rex Hoggard at GolfChannel.com looks at the field strength boost enjoyed this week by the Travelers Championship.

While we'd love to think Rory, Jason and Jordan are there for the fun of it, this is the highest profile example yet of a very shrewd PGA Tour rule change.

The circuit initiated a strength-of-field regulation this season, which requires players who didn’t have at least 25 starts in the previous season to add an event to their schedules that they hadn’t played in the last four seasons.