COMPLETE PRO-AM PAIRINGS
West Hartford, Conn. - Hartford women's basketball coach Jennifer Rizzotti will be on the links at TPC River Highlands on Wednesday for the Travelers Championship Celebrity Pro-Am. Rizzotti will be the fifth group off of the 10th tee, joining professional golfer Jonas Blixit. Tee time is scheduled for 7:30 A.M. and the pair will join UConn AD Warde Manuel and men's basketball head coach Kevin Ollie.
Blixit is a native of Sweden who has played in 14 tournaments this season. He has a pair of top-25 finishes, making a total of seven cuts. His top finish this season was tied for 11th at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in late May. This is the second full season for Blixit on the PGA Tour and his first appearance in the Travelers Championship since turning pro in 2008. He is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in international business.
This is Rizzotti's second-straight appearance in the Travelers Championship Celebrity Pro-Am after joining Robert Karlsson for a round in 2012. Her previous experience at the Celebrity Pro-Am came in 2009 when she joined former NFL quarterback Roger Staubach and actor Joe Pesci. The trio was paired with Hartford graduate and PGA professional Jerry Kelly '89. Kelly and fellow alum Tim Petrovic '88 join the field of 150 PGA professionals that make up the 2013 Travelers Championship.
The Travelers Celebrity Pro-Am is one featured event of a dynamic tournament week at the Travelers Championship which will also feature a Women's Day presented by Travelers, the Farmington Bank Fan & Family Day, the Subway Fan Zone, Military Appreciation presented by Saint Francis Care and an evening concert series featuring Edwin McCain and Three Dog Night. Tickets are available at TravelersChampionship.com.