Wellesley’s Michael Thorbjornsen accepted a sponsor’s exemption into the Travelers Championship, running this year June 19-25 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.
Thorbjornsen will join fellow amateurs Ludvig Aberg, Sam Bennett, and Milford, Conn.’s, Ben James in the field. A designated event on the PGA Tour schedule, the Travelers is scheduled to feature its strongest ever field, including the top seven players in the world rankings: Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, and Viktor Hovland.
Thorbjornsen finished fourth at last year’s Travelers, the best finish by an amateur in a PGA Tour event since 2016. He won the 2018 US Junior Amateur, which earned him a spot in the 2019 US Open. He made the cut at Pebble Beach as a 17-year-old. He also participated in the 2022 US Open at The Country Club and earlier this week qualified for this year’s event.
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Thorbjornsen just completed his junior season at Stanford, where he again led the Cardinal in scoring average (69.26), the second lowest in school history.