By Joe Morelli, Schools Sports Editor
jmorelli@nhregister.com / Twitter: @nhrJoeMorelli

For the second straight year, Bubba Watson is the highest ranked player in the Travelers Championship field.

In 2011, Watson was the defending champion and ranked 12th. One year later, he is the reigning Masters champion and is now ranked fifth. And he will be joined by some other heavy-hitters in what is a deep field set for the 2012 Travelers. The field was finalized Friday.

Seven players ranked in the world's top 18 will descend on Cromwell next week for the tournament to be held June 21-24 at TPC River Highlands. Travelers tournament director Nathan Grube admitted this is the deepest field in his eight years at the helm.

"It's pretty deep. It's better than last year's field statistically," Grube said.


Check out more about the field and see who will be playing in Cromwell next week.