Should you be a fan of attending live golf events, next week is one you need to circle on your calendar.

Three tournaments of note will be staged that should pique your interest – the PGA Tour’s annual Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.; the inaugural Live and Work Maine Open on the Korn Ferry Tour; and arguably one of the top attractions, if you like to scout out up-and-coming talents, the Northeast Amateur in Rumford, R.I.

The Travelers, June 24-27: The vibes should return to TPC River Highlands, as fans will be in attendance after a quiet 2020 when Dustin Johnson won in relative tranquility, thanks to COVID restrictions.

Ranked No. 1 in the world, Johnson is committed to this year’s tournament, and he’ll be in great company. Among the heavyweights who have confirmed: Phil Mickelson, Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Rickie Fowler, Paul Casey, Justin Rose, and Patrick Reed.

Live and Work Main Open, June 24-27: Falmouth Country Club in Falmouth, Maine, will stage this opportunity for players to continue to enhance their status on the talent-rich developmental tour. The tournament will fall in a crucial time of year for players, as the push is on to earn full PGA Tour cards for 2021-22.

The logistics break down this way: The top 25 players on the KFT regular season points list earn PGA Tour cards for 2021-22; if you’re in the top 75 on the points list you gain a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, a series of three tournaments in the fall that will earn another 25 players some sort of PGA Tour status for next year.

Presently, two notable New Englanders – Peter Uihlein (32nd) and Evan Harmeling (57th) are in the mix and both have won this season.

Northeast Amateur, June 23-26: Even heralded annual classics couldn’t stand up to the pandemic last summer, so for the first time since it debuted in 1962 this “Masters of Amateur Golf,” as Ron Balicki, the late and great Golfweek writer dubbed it, was not held.

But Wannamoisett CC is primed for a return of this 59th iconic 72-hole, stroke-play event that has annually attracted the best amateur players in the country. (Cool feature – they play in twosomes all week, so the pace-of-play is exquisite.)

Consider the rollcall of former winners who went on to win a professional major (Ben Crenshaw, Hal Sutton, David Duval, Dustin Johnson), or a PGA Tour tournament (John Cook Scott Hoch, Notah Begay, Anthony Kim, Collin Morikawa). Impressive.

Allen Doyle won this tournament, as did Brett Quigley and Peter Uihlein, so that bodes well for arguably the strong base of New England players in years. (John Broderick, Davis Chatfield, Chris Francoeur, Nick Maccario, Matt Parziale, Michael Thorbjornsen, and Patrick Welch headline the local list.)

As for the list of stalwarts, Pierceson Coody and Cole Hammer lead the way, ranked second and 17th, respectively, in the World Amateur Rankings. Trey Winstead of LSU, Joey Vrzich of national champion Pepperdine, and Jackson Suber of Mississippi are other Top 50 names who’ll be in action.

As a reminder, the tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday.