How the Scottie Scheffler-Victor Hovland playoff at the Travelers Championship works, with rules and hole order originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The PGA Tour is playing on Monday.
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The Travelers Championship has an unscheduled Monday finish after the final round was delayed due to weather. Everyone got through their final 18 holes, but Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland are tied and need a playoff.
Each shot 21-under through 72 holes, and there wasn’t time to break the deadlock on Sunday night
That means that on Monday, two of the world’s best golfers will return to the course.
Things could finish as quickly as a single hole, or they could go on for a while.
How does the Scottie Scheffler-Viktor Hovland playoff work at the Travelers Championship?
Start time
They will tee off at 9 a.m. ET.
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How many holes?
The playoff could be over in as little as one hole, or it could technically go on forever.
What holes do they play?
The entire playoff will take place on the 18th hole.
What’s the format?
It’s sudden death right from the outset.
Scheffler and Hovland will each play 18. If one posts a better score than the other, they’re the winner. If they tie, they play 18 again, and they keep playing 18 until their scores differ.
Playoff records
Scheffler is 2-2 in his PGA Tour playoff career.
Hovland is 1-0 in PGA Tour playoffs.
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