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Golfers love the course,
he added, and there's a lot of
local pride in hosting the event.
Bessee said the tournament
produces more than $70 million in
local economic benefit annually.
This year's championship, won
by Harris English, featured five
of the top 10 and 25 of the top 50
players in the world.
The tournament was broad-
cast in more than 200 countries,
bringing international aention
to Hartford. During the last hour
of the eight-hole playoff to deter-
mine the 2021 winner, ratings
were sky-high, at 6.6 million U.S.
households, Bessee said.
"That's unbelievable."
THE TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
aracts both golfers, below, and golf fans, le.
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