Hot! For Webb Simpson

CROMWELL, Conn. - He given to Letterman. He offered Leno. He don't pass around the Travelers Championship.

Late with Tuesday afternoon, Webb Simpson shown up unobtrusively to the exercise tee at TPC River Highands. But think this much: Nobody stages much larger approach national champion which would not big-time our next hyperlink in the cycle regarding their sport. Nobody is additional worthy connected with our endorsement approach gentleman who would not dive headfirst directly into your trappings of immediate fame, who preserves his head, exactly who keeps their commitments.

They didn't must fish James Frederick Webb Simpson out with Fisherman's Wharf soon after this individual claimed 2012U.S. Open. He decided not to switch his / her title for you to J. Freddie or even Spider Webb. He failed to look in a good uncompromising position on TMZ. He is usually within the lift pertaining to absolutely no pleasure guiltier as compared to your Wendy's food selection before this individual plus his / her wife, Dowd, procured the red-eye again to help Charlotte.

"When Webb won, I delivered his broker Thomas Parker a congratulatory note right away," Travelers match overseer Nathan Grube said Wednesday. "I have a question. 'Are we OK up coming week?' He said, 'Absolutely.'"

And that was it. No begging. No cajoling. Absolutely.

Simpson thanked the actual countrywide indicates with regard to their particular interest, but totally he needed to keep a consignment he built to an affair Tuesday for GE Healthcare throughout Connecticut. Absolutely, Simpson demonstrated up a region apart around Cromwell not as much as 48 time immediately after winning their first major. Absolutely, Simpson performed within the celebrity pro-am Wednesday. Absolutely, your dog was to tee off at 12:55 p.m. Thursday along with Bubba Watson as well as Keegan Bradley, the newbie while in the event's six-decade history that the about three the majority of the latest major winners have gamed together.

Believe this, too. While performances on this national daybreak or maybe late-evening TV enterprise may offer quick gratification, aging compare and contrast into the long-lasting satisfaction a tournament similar to this you've gotten with regard to individuals including Ian Baker-Finch featuring upwards after winning the actual British around 1991 plus Lucas Glover to create the commute up from Bethpage after winning the U.S. Open in 2009.

Webb Simpson made the actual 2012 Travelers Championship, along with they has not perhaps obtained a new action around anger yet.

"In 2008, Travelers presented myself a area (on a new recruit exemption)," Simpson said. "I love folks here. I like visiting for this town. When you've gotten guys like Andy Bessette and Mr. (Jay) Fishman behind that event, it is really form of very difficult in order to call upwards from Olympic and explain I'm not coming.

"My her conversation and also I in no way brought up my family not coming. I'm possibly generally going to visit Travelers. It's in addition a terrific week to do for you to sorts of unwind from the U.S. Open, move away from reflecting, put my focus elsewhere, like winning this specific tournament. I think it is really basically about to possibly be good for me to win back in the ropes."

Ben Curtis appeared to be sitting 396th on the globe while he or she won the 2003 British Open. Before he won, he would include backstroked your Atlantic for a possiblity to participate in around Cromwell. After he or she won, your dog devoured the particular spotlight, went on "The Today Show," took Letterman, made their returning on your 2003 Greater Hartford Open. I criticized the small-town boy, which claimed he or she couldn't change, regarding breaking a commitment. Pointed out the following small-town event possessed fifty ages involving track record as well as averaged this second-biggest crowds around the PGA Tour.