Memorable Moments from Our History

So what's your favorite Championship moment? Every fan has one, along with a great story about being at the course to see an amazing shot or a new champion be crowned.

Read on to re-live a few of the tournament's most memorable moments. Then be sure to come out to TPC River Highlands on June 21-27, 2010, when even more exciting golf history will be written during the Travelers Championship.

2009 Travelers Championship
Kenny Perry shot a tournament-record 258 (22-under par) to earn his 14th career PGA TOUR victory. The 48-year-old Perry held a five-stroke lead heading into the final four holes on Sunday, but had to fend off a late charging Paul Goydos who eagled no. 15 and made birdie on the 16th. Perry then answered and put the tournament away on the 17th hole after hitting his approach shot to 8-feet and making birdie.

2008 Travelers Championship
In an exciting finish that kept fans watching and waiting right up to the final putt, Stewart Cink earned his fifth PGA TOUR victory at the 2008 Travelers Championship. Leading by one stroke as he approached the final hole, Cink drilled a 366-yard tee shot, the longest drive of the tournament's final round, right into the crowds lining the 18th hole. He recovered from the drive, made par and finished 18-under-par for the tournament. His score of 66-64-65-67-262 marked a new personal best for 72 holes.

Cink got his first PGA TOUR victory at this tournament during his rookie year in 1997, and and now joins the elite company of just five other players who had had multiple wins at Connecticut's PGA TOUR event- Billy Casper (1963, 1965, 1968, 1973), Arnold Palmer (1956, 1960), Peter Jacobsen (1984, 2003), Paul Azinger (1987, 1989) and Phil Mickelson (2001, 2002).

2007 Travelers Championship
The inaugural Travelers Championship was one for the history books, with Hunter Mahan and Jay Williamson battling each other and the challenging TPC River Highlands course for their first PGA TOUR victory. On the final hole of regulation, Williamson put his second shot about 12 feet from the hole. Not to be outdone, Mahan put his between Williamson's and the hole. Williamson two putted, while Mahan sunk the birdie to send the Championship to a sudden death playoff. In a repeat of the last hole in regulation, both Williamson and Mahan hit the fairway with their tee shots.

Williamson's second shot finished about where Mahan's was the last time they played the hole. Mahan lofted a nine-iron to within two feet and when Williamson missed the birdie putt, the Championship was Mahan's with a tap-in birdie putt.

2006 Buick Championship
Fairfield, CT native J.J. Henry lead by 2 after the third round. He also the won the AstraZeneca Charity Challenge and for his performance, AstraZeneca will donate $100,000 to the American College of Gastroenterology on behalf of Henry and the Buick Championship.

2005 Buick Championship
Brad Faxon continued the storied tradition when he tied the course record by shooting 61 on Sunday. That score put him 14 under par and into a tie with Tjaart Van der Wald. Brad birdied the first hole of the sudden death playoff to win his seventh PGA TOUR event.

2004 Buick Championship
Woody Austin calmly made a six-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Tim Herron and earn the first-place prize of $756,000 - the largest check in his nine-year PGA TOUR career.

2003 Greater Hartford Open
Peter Jacobsen shot a 3-under-par 67 on Sunday for a two-stroke win at the Greater Hartford Open, his first PGA TOUR title in eight years. Jacobsen, who also won the tournament in 1984, had a share of the lead for all four rounds and led by one stroke after 54-holes. He'll go down in the books as the winner of the final GHO, as the tournament was then renamed the Buick Championship in 2004. The final round of the final GHO drew more than 70,000 fans to the TPC at River Highlands. As Jacobsen's final putt dropped, his 21-year-old daughter Kristen ran onto the green and into his arms. She was a toddler the last time he won here. His $720,000 payday on Sunday was 10 times bigger than it was 19 years ago.

2002 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Phil Mickelson shot 66-64 on the weekend and came from five shots back on Sunday to become the first Canon GHO Champion to successfully defend his title, defeating Davis Love III and Jonathan Kaye by one stroke with a birdie on the 72nd hole. With what was arguably the best PGA TOUR field in the history of the GHO that included the likes of Mickelson, Love, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Greg Norman, and Vijay Singh, a record 323,000 spectators turned out over the course of the week.

2001 Canon Greater Hartford Open
After shooting a career-best 61 on Saturday, Phil Mickelson seals a thrilling one-shot victory on the final hole - capping a week that saw former champions Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino and record crowds of more than 318,000 fans celebrate the Canon GHO's 50th anniversary.

2000 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Notah Begay III sinks a pressure-packed 23-foot putt on the last hole of the tournament to beat Mark Calcavecchia - and sets a new course record.

1999 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Brent Geiberger shoots a hole-in-one, winning $25,000 on the spot and setting up his tournament victory - along with an additional $450,000.

1998 Canon Greater Hartford Open
In a playoff against Larry Mize, Olin Browne chips in from 40 feet to win his first PGA TOUR event.

1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Stewart Cink wins his first PGA TOUR event in Hartford and goes on to be named the PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year.

1996 Canon Greater Hartford Open
D.A. Weibring holds off Tom Kite with a final round of 67.

1995 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Greg Norman, the number one ranked player in the world at the time, sews up a tense battle with Fuzzy Zoeller with an amazing chip-in for an eagle on the par-4 15th.

1994 Canon Greater Hartford Open
100,000 final round spectators (a tournament record) watch David Frost win by one stroke over Greg Norman.

1993 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Nick Price wins the first of three consecutive victories on the PGA TOUR that summer. He was named PGA TOUR Player of the Year with a total of four wins in 1993.

1992 Canon Greater Hartford Open
In a stunning upset, Lanny Wadkins comes from five strokes back to claim the tournament victory.

1991 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Billy Ray Brown earns his first PGA TOUR victory with a birdie putt in a sudden-death playoff with Corey Pavin and Rick Fehr.

1990 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Wayne Levi shoots three 67s and a 66 to hold off four players. Levi was the 1990 PGA TOUR Player of the Year with four wins.

1989 Canon Greater Hartford Open
Paul Azinger sinks a birdie chip on the 72nd hole in a dramatic win.

1988 Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Mark Brooks birdies the third playoff hole, defeating Dave Barr and Joey Sindelar, to gain his first PGA TOUR win. This was also the last year of Sammy Davis Jr.'s 15-year involvement with the Tournament.

1987 Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Paul Azinger's 7-foot par put on the 72nd hole gains him victory over Wayne Levi and Dan Forsman. Azinger was named PGA TOUR Player of the Year in 1987 with three wins.

1986 Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Mac O'Grady's final round 62 forced a playoff with Roger Maltbie. O'Grady's par on the first playoff hole clinched the victory.

1985 Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Phil Blackmar birdies the first playoff hole to grab the win over Jodie Mudd and Dan Pohl. 1985 began Canon USA's long-term involvement with the Tournament. Over the next 17 years, Canon would help the Jaycees return over $23 million to the community.

1984 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
In the first tournament at the TPC of Connecticut (later renamed the TPC at River Highlands), long-time crowd favorite Peter Jacobsen captured the victory.

1983 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Curtis Strange wins the "Last Blast at Wethersfield," the final year the tournament takes place at Wethersfield Country Club.

1982 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Tim Norris posts a six-stroke victory over Ray Floyd and Hubert Green.

1981 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Hubert Green wins by one stroke over Bobby Clampett, Fred Couples and Roger Maltbie.

1980 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Howard Twitty defeats Jim Simons on the sixth playoff hole to grab the victory.

1979 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Jerry McGee birdies the 71st hole for the win.

1978 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Rod Funseth fires a final-round 64 to win by four strokes over Dale Douglass, Lee Elder and Bill Kratzert.

1977 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Bill Kratzert grabs the victory over runners-up Larry Nelson and Grier Jones.

1976 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Rik Massengale wins the 25th GHO.

1975 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Don Bies defeated Hubert Green on the second playoff hole to clinch the win.

1974 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Dave Stockton earns the win with a four-stroke victory.

1973 Sammy Davis, Jr. Greater Hartford Open
Billy Casper wins by a stroke over Bruce Devlin to take home the GHO trophy for the fourth and final time. 1973 was the first year of Sammy Davis Jr.'s 16-year affiliation with the Tournament. His involvement would help attract world-famous celebrities to the GHO.

1972 Greater Hartford Open
Lee Trevino shoots 65 in the final round and defeats Lee Elder on the first playoff hole.

1971 Greater Hartford Open
George Archer defeats J.C. Snead and Lou Graham on the first playoff hole.

1970 Greater Hartford Open
Bob Murphy shoots 267, defeating Paul Harney by four shots, and then donated his $20,000 winners check back to the Jaycees, leading to the creation of the Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation.

1969 Greater Hartford Open
Bob Lunn beats Dave Hill in a four-hole playoff.

1968 Greater Hartford Open
Billy Casper wins the ICO/GHO for the third time in six years.

1967 Greater Hartford Open
Charlie Sifford wins his first tournament. The first Tournament name change leaves the Insurance City Open in the past.

1966 Insurance City Open
Art Wall Jr. captures the title.

1965 Insurance City Open
Billy Casper defeats Johnny Pott on the first playoff hole for his second ICO victory.

1964 Insurance City Open
Ken Venturi holds off four runners-up.

1963 Insurance City Open
Billy Casper shoots a final-round 65 to win his first of four ICO/GHO titles.

1962 Insurance City Open
Bob Goalby beats Art Wall Jr. in a seven-hole playoff.

1961 Insurance City Open
Billy Maxwell defeats Ted Kroll in a seven-hole playoff.

1960 Insurance City Open
Arnold Palmer becomes the first two-time champion of the ICO

1959 Insurance City Open
Gene Littler wins his fourth tournament of the year.

1958 Insurance City Open
Jack Burke Jr. wins over runners-up Art Wall Jr. and Dow Finsterwald

1957 Insurance City Open
Gardner Dickenson wins without leading until the back nine on Sunday.

1956 Insurance City Open
Arnold Palmer wins his first PGA TOUR tournament in the U.S.

1955 Insurance City Open
Sam Snead wins by a tournament record seven strokes.

1954 Insurance City Open
Tommy Bolt posts a tournament record 60, but needed to win an 18-hole playoff over Earl Stewart to gain the victory.

1953 Insurance City Open
Bob Toski wins by one stroke over Jim Ferrier.

1952 Insurance City Open
1952 changed Hartford's history forever with the humble beginnings of a PGA TOUR golf Tournament. The Jaycees began this fund-raising event after a turtle race in 1951 had proved very unsuccessful. Ted Kroll wins the inaugural ICO by four strokes.

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