The Travelers Championship

The Travelers Championship

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Jacobson wins

Fredrik Jacobson receives his championship trophy after winning the Travelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell on Sunday. Jacobson's 20-under par total gave him his first on the PGA tour. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Fredrik Jacobson has his first win in 188 starts on the PGA Tour. His two-putt for par on 18 gave him a one-stroke win over John Rollins and Ryan Moore.

Jacobson shot a 4-under-par 66 today, surviving the 63s that Rollins and Moore posted. Moore had a 4-foot putt for par on 18, but he missed and made bogey.

Michael Thompson was fourth at 18-under after shooting 62.

Jacobson made only one bogey all week, the 10th hole today, but he birdied 12 and 14 to get to 20-under. Moore tied him with a birdie on 16.

Jacobson, from Gothenburg, Sweden, has three wins in Europe. He was playing the Travelers for the fourth time: He tied for 48th in 2006 but missed the cut in 2007 and 2009.

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Here we go again?

John Rollins birdied the 18th to move to 19-under, leader in the clubhouse. Ryan Moore went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker and will need to work to stay at 20-under. Frederik Jacobson got up-and-down at 17 to save par and stay at 20.

Before that Jacobson putt, a three-way playoff didn’t look crazy. Less so now.

Edit: Moore made a nice shot out of the trap, leaving himself something like a 3-foot par putt. Jacobson’s in the fairway after a good bounce off a hillside.

Edit2: Moore missed the putt but made the bogey, so he’s in at 19-under after shooting 63 today.

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We’re tied

After Frederik Jacobson parred 15, staying at 20-under, Ryan Moore birdied 16 to join him there. John Rollins is two back on 17. Michael Thompson has the clubhouse lead, at 18-under as well.

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Turned down

Frederik Jacobson made the turn with a two-shot lead over Ryan Moore and Michael Thompson, but he’s in some trouble on 10, which could create his first bogey of the tournament. Jacobson is at 19-under, with Moore (on 12) and Thompson (on 18) at 17-under.

Thompson is back at this tournament for the first time since he played here in 2008 as an amateur.

Fairfield’s J.J. Henry, meanwhile, has never put a run together and sits 1-under for the day through 14. He’s eight back.

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Moving quickly

Ryan Moore left himself three short birdie putts on the first three holes, made them all, and is 15-under-par, one shot off Frederik Jacobson’s lead. Edit: While I waited for that to post, Jacobson birdied No. 2, so he has a two-shot lead.

Veteran David Toms is the leader in the clubhouse at 12-under. He had 10 birdies in the first three rounds, then dropped in six today.

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Early lead

The leaders won’t be off the tee for another hour or so, but only one golfer has posted a really low score early, Steve Flesch. He had five birdies and an eagle on 15 to shoot a 7-under 63.

Of course, that only moved him to 11-under for the tournament. That’s tied for 10th right now. Unless the course suddenly plays a lot tougher, he’ll finish somewhat lower.

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Holmes comes up aces

J.B. Holmes recorded the third hole-in-one in this year’s tournament when he aced the 156-yard 11th Sunday morning.

“It was a little three-quarter 8-iron,” Holmes said. “It hit a little short and rolled in.”

It was the first of two eagles in a three-hole span for Holmes, who made a 3 at the par-5 13th a few minutes later.

Alas Holmes’ round also including two double-bogeys, including on No. 17 when he found the water with his second shot.

“Didn’t do me much good,” Holmes laughed of the ace, his first on Tour.

“It was more like ‘Really? Today?’ ” Holmes said with a laugh. “I’m at the back of the pack. It didn’t really help me that much. I think I moved from like 60th to 55th or something.”

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Tee times for final round

Tee times for the final round of the Travelers Championship.

The weather looks good so it’s twosomes and one tee:

First Tee

8:25 a.m. – Daniel Summerhays, Zach Miller

8:34 a.m. – Padraig Harrington, Lee Janzen

8:43 a.m. – Nate Smith, John Daly

8:52 a.m. – Dean Smith, Steve Flesch

9:01 a.m. – Michael Bradley, Carl Paulson

9:10 a.m. – Shane Bertsch, J.B. Holmes

9:19 a.m. – Scott Verplank, Ben Crane

9:28 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Briny Baird

9:37 a.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Jhonattan Vegas

9:46 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Vijah Singh

9:55 a.m. – Bubba Watson, Michael Putnam

10:04 a.m. – Tim Petrovi, David Toms

10:13 a.m. – Morgan Hoffmann, David Hearn

10:22 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Aron Price

10:31 a.m. – Joe Durant, D.J. Brigman

10:40 a.m. – Ian Poulter, Fran Quinn

10:49 a.m. – Tag Ridings, Chris DiMarco

10:58 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Charley Hoffman

11:07 a.m. – Jerry Kelly, Chris Couch

11:16 a.m. – Heath Slocum, Carl Pettersson

11:25 a.m. – Ricky Barnes, Tom Gillis

11:34 a.m. – Paul Stankowski, Sean O’Hair

11:43 a.m. – Martin Laird, Brandt Jobe

11:52 a.m. – Vaughn Taylor, Spencer Levin

12:01 p.m. – Bo Van Pelt, Alexandre Rocha

12:10 p.m. – Michael Thompson, Brian Davis

12:20 p.m. – Brandt Snedeker, David Mathis

12:30 p.m. – Tommy Gainey, Colt Knost

12:40 p.m. – Hunter Mahan, Aaron Baddeley

12:50 p.m. – Johnson Wagner, J.J. Henry

1:00 p.m. – D.J. Trahan, Patrick Cantlay

1:10 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Brendan Steele

1:20 p.m. – Nick Watney, John Merrick

1:30 p.m. – Andres Romero, Webb Simpson

1:40 p.m. – John Rollins, Blake Adams

1:50 p.m. – James Driscoll, Ryan Moore

2:00 p.m. – Fredrik Jacobson, Bryce Molder

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