The first two weeks of PGA Tour golf this summer have been utterly enthralling. We've already had one play-off, and ought to have had two; Abraham Ancer deserved a little more than he got in South Carolina on Sunday, and Webb Simpson's putter probably ought to have been asked to go and perform another miracle in what would have been a Monday play-off.

Winners have been there to find, helping to at least undermine if not dispel concerns that, now everything is new, everything before would count for little. Simpson was a well-backed 28/1 chance at a course made for his game. Before that, Daniel Berger picked up where he left off in the spring, the hiatus doing nothing to cool one of the hottest players in the sport. There will be those who backed both.

My selections have been a little underwhelming, and it's certainly been a frustrating fortnight from that perspective. Both events could've ended in a decent each-way payout, but ultimately it has been an expensive resumption. I'm very hopeful, though, that the Travelers is where things change, because TPC River Highlands might just serve up something closer to obvious than predictable, and I'm not about to turn down the chance to take advantage.

JUSTIN THOMAS is, for my money, absolutely ideal for this and whether you want to go win-only or continue to tap into enhanced each-way markets, my advice is to get with the player I consider to be the most likely winner of the tournament.

Unlike in previous years, where the Travelers sat on the back of the US Open and allowed for opportunists like Chez Reavie to catch some of the giants sleeping, or Bubba Watson to put another poor effort in his national championship behind him, there should be no excuses for the game's best players here on what's a quality, fair golf course.

Without disparaging Harbour Town, which is popular partly because it is so different, it's a course which does its best to frustrate the modern golfer and it's perhaps little surprise that the finish was eventually fought out between two who are something of a throwback, in their own individual ways.