It’s not unheard for golfers to combine groups on a slow day at your local club or municipal track.
But on the PGA Tour? That’s a different story.
A fifth mid-tournament withdrawal at the 2025 Travelers Championship forced a shakeup in the groupings in the middle of Sunday’s final round at TPC River Highlands, where players went off both Nos. 1 and 10 tees in groups of three after early morning storms caused a delayed start.
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But due to an uneven number of players, there were two pairings, one of those being the twosome of Matti Schmid and Thomas Detry, who went off No. 10.
After four holes, Schmid withdrew with an illness, leaving Detry by himself, but up ahead was the other twosome, Nick Dunlap and Davis Riley, who were still waiting to tee off on No. 16 in front of Detry, who was finishing up on No. 15.
Matti Schmid of Germany walks off the sixth hole green during the first round of the Travelers Championship 2025 at TPC River Highlands on June 19, 2025 in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Detry joined Dunlap and Riley to play the rest of the final round at TPC River Highlands in what can only be described as a highly unusual combining of groups.
Schmid is the fifth player to withdraw from this year’s Travelers after the event had already started, and the fourth to do so in the middle of a round.
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Jordan Spieth withdrew during Thursday’s first round with a neck injury — the first WD of his entire career. Si Woo Kim followed suit Friday, calling it quits due to a back injury after starting the second round 7 over through 12 holes.
Three players withdrew Sunday at TPC River Highlands during the final round of the 2025 Travelers Championship.
Then, on Sunday, three more players dropped out. Schmid, Eric Cole, and Viktor Hovland. Cole took his name out before even teeing off for the final round, also citing an illness, while Hovland injured his neck and withdrew after playing two holes Sunday.
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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Travelers Championship 2025: Groups combine after fifth withdrawal
