Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland headed to Monday playoff at Travelers

Norway's Viktor Hovland and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler ended regulation tied atop the leaderboard and will return Monday for a playoff at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.

They finished at 21-under 259 after Sunday's fourth round at TPC River Highlands, where darkness became an issue because of an earlier weather delay.

Scheffler shot 2-under-par 68 and Hovland, who was the third-round leader, posted 69.

Hovland nearly won it with his birdie attempt from about 25 feet on the last hole, but the ball settled inches from the cup. Then Scheffler needed to save par with a putt from just inside 9 feet. He fist-pumped emphatically when his ball dropped.

The playoff is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

Play was suspended for nearly 90 minutes because of storms Sunday evening, creating a dash to the finish. Golfers played in rain for numerous shots before lightning was detected and play was halted.

Scheffler birdied the par-5 13th hole in the rain to take the lead. Play stopped after his tee shot on the next hole.

Hovland bridged the suspension with three consecutive birdies to pull even with Scheffler at 21 under.

Collin Morikawa shot 61 in the final round to finish third at 20 under. He completed his round tied atop the leaderboard, though the final pairing of Hovland and Scheffler still had six holes to finish.

Morikawa began the day nine strokes off the lead, but pulled even after a birdie on No. 16.

Morikawa went 5 under across the front nine as part of his bogey-free round. His late surge included a birdie on No. 18 despite needing to escape a fairway bunker amid the rain.

Five golfers were within a shot of the lead as the final group began the back nine.

England's Matt Fitzpatrick (64) placed fourth at 19 under. Wyndham Clark (65), a week removed from winning the U.S. Open, and Akshay Bhatia (67) shared fifth place at 18 under.

J.J. Spaun (64), England's Alex Fitzpatrick (64) and Canada's Corey Conners (63) tied for seventh at 17 under.

After Morikawa, the second-best score of the day was a bogey-free 62 turned in by Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard. That allowed him to move to 14 under and tie for 14th place.

--Field Level Media