The PGA Tour is in Detroit, Michigan, for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, the place Rickie Fowler will try and defend his title. After an entertaining three-week stretch of golf, this event doesn’t function some top-ranked gamers, however it nonetheless employs a robust area of golfers seeking to push their approach up the FedEx Cup standings.
Detroit Golf Club, a Donald Ross design, is without doubt one of the flattest programs gamers face this season. It will probably be a birdie fest as scores are usually low.
Nate Lashley gained at 25-under in 2019 on the inaugural occasion. The final couple of years have seen related outcomes. Tony Finau gained at 26-under in 2022, and Rickie Fowler ended his drought with a 24-under last rating. Even the lower line is low, as gamers sometimes have to complete 36 holes at 5-under or decrease to make the weekend. The final 5 lower strains of this event have been: 4-under, 3-under, 3-under, 5-under, and 5-under.
Get prepared for a birdie barrage.
Here is the one-stop info store for the Rocket Mortgage Classic
Rocket Mortgage Classic:
Where: Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, MI (Par-72, 7,370-yards)
When: Jun. 27-Thirtieth
Purse: $9,200,000 ($1,650,000 1st place)
FedEx Cup Points: 500
Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler
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How to Watch The Rocket Mortgage Classic
Golf Channel and CBS Sports will share tv protection. Check out the total schedule under:
Thursday, June 27: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, June 28: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, June 29: 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3:00-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
Sunday, June 30: 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3:00-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
How to Stream The Rocket Mortgage Classic
ESPN+ will solely air early spherical and featured group protection all 4 days of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Peacock can have simulcasts of the Golf Channel’s broadcast.
Coverage on Peacock could be streamed here.
In addition, followers can tune into CBS Sports streaming service Paramount+ whereas CBS airs its third and last spherical broadcasts.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic Preview:
Defending champion Rickie Fowler ended his four-year-long drought final yr when he defeated Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa in a playoff.
However, he recorded just one top-20 end since that victory, which got here on the Travelers Championship final week. He tied for twentieth, which, contemplating he started the championship with a 6-under 64, proved to be a reasonably disappointing end—very like how his whole 2024 season has gone.
Nevertheless, Fowler appears to be like to change into the primary back-to-back winner on this event’s historical past.
Cameron Young, who shot a 59 at TPC River Highlands final week, is within the area. He completed second to Finau in 2022.
Michael Thorbjornsen, who made his skilled debut final week on the Travelers, will play once more this week in Detroit. The former Stanford Cardinal tied for thirty ninth, which included a second-round 6-under 64.
The headliner of this occasion is Tom Kim, who fell to his greatest buddy Scottie Scheffler in a one-hole playoff on the Travelers. This week will mark Kim’s ninth straight occasion on tour. He is somebody to observe as a result of his sport is so sharp proper now. His greatest end on the Rocket Mortgage is a T-7 in 2022.
The sponsor exemption checklist can be spectacular. Miles Russell will make his PGA Tour debut at 15-years-old. He gained the Junior PGA Championship and Junior Players. Russell took the world by storm by making the lower earlier this yr on the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic.
Neal Shipley can be within the area, making his first non-major begin. He completed because the low newbie on the Masters and the U.S. Open.
This area might not function any of the world’s Top 10 gamers, however it will likely be an enchanting week with loads of proficient gamers to observe.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 1 Tee Times (ET):
*signifies begins on tenth tee
6:45 a.m. — Martin Laird, Lanto Griffin, Doug Ghim
6:45 a.m.* — Garrick Higgo, Kelly Kraft, Carl Yuan
6:56 a.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Sam Ryder, Max Greyserman
6:56 a.m.* — Tyler Duncan, Ryan Moore, Brandon Wu
7:07 a.m. — Matt NeSmith, Hayden Buckley, Kevin Yu
7:07 a.m.* — Nate Lashley, Kevin Tway, Jason Dufner
7:18 a.m. — Taylor Moore, Adam Svensson, Brandt Snedeker
7:18 a.m.* — Davis Riley, Peter Malnati, Brendon Todd
7:29 a.m. — Luke List, Chad Ramey, Adam Schenk
7:29 a.m.* — Nick Dunlap, Chris Kirk, Erik van Rooyen
7:40 a.m. — Brice Garnett, Vincent Norrman, Ryan Brehm
7:40 a.m.* — Robert MacIntyre, Tom Kim, Cameron Young
7:51 a.m. — Martin Trainer, Tim Wilkinson, Andrew Novak
7:51 a.m.* — Lee Hodges, Nick Hardy, Okay.H. Lee
8:02 a.m. — Beau Hossler, Josh Teater, Greyson Sigg
8:02 a.m.* — Joel Dahmen, Alex Noren, Aaron Rai
8:13 a.m. — Kevin Streelman, Bud Cauley, Scott Gutschewski
8:13 a.m.* — Chesson Hadley, Tyson Alexander, Sami Vallimaki
8:24 a.m. — Ben Kohles, Chandler Phillips, David Skinns
8:24 a.m.* — Davis Thompson, Callum Tarren, Ryo Hisatsune
8:35 a.m. — Alejandro Tosti, Patrick Fishburn, Jackson Koivun (a)
8:35 a.m.* — Jacob Bridgeman, Jorge Campillo, Danny Guise
8:46 a.m. — Chan Kim, Trace Crowe, Luke Clanton (a)
8:46 a.m.* — Nicholas Lindheim, Erik Barnes, Brandon Berry
8:57 a.m. — Ben Silberman, Wilson Furr, Ben James (a)
8:57 a.m.* — Ryan McCormick, Kevin Dougherty, Angelo Giantsopoulos
12:10 p.m. — Henrik Norlander, Justin Suh, Dylan Wu
12:10 p.m.* — Jhonattan Vegas, David Lipsky, Vince Whaley
12:21 p.m. — Jimmy Walker, Roger Sloan, Carson Young
12:21 p.m.* — C.T. Pan, Maverick McNealy, Joseph Bramlett
12:32 p.m. — Charley Hoffman, Ryan Fox, Harry Hall
12:32 p.m.* — Eric Cole, Zac Blair, Justin Lower
12:43 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee
12:43 p.m.* — Daniel Berger, Webb Simpson, Keith Mitchell
12:54 p.m. — Chris Gotterup, Taylor Pendrith, Jake Knapp
12:54 p.m.* — Matt Wallace, Chez Reavie, J.J. Spaun
1:05 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Will Zalatoris, Cam Davis
1:05 p.m.* — Nico Echavarria, Francesco Molinari, Matt Kuchar
1:16 p.m. — Kevin Kisner, Cameron Champ, Gary Woodland
1:16 p.m.* — Camilo Villegas, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson
1:27 p.m. — Patrick Rodgers, Mark Hubbard, Nicolai Højgaard
1:27 p.m.* — Wesley Bryan, Taylor Montgomery, Matti Schmid
1:38 p.m. — Troy Merritt, Patton Kizzire, Ben Griffin
1:38 p.m.* — Michael Kim, Robby Shelton, S.H. Kim
1:49 p.m. — Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ben Taylor
1:49 p.m.* — Mac Meissner, Parker Coody, Willie Mack III
2:00 p.m. — Thorbjørn Olesen, Joe Highsmith, Tom Whitney
2:00 p.m.* — Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Michael Thorbjornsen, Neal Shipley
2:11 p.m. — Paul barjon, Hayden Springer, Blaine Hale Jr.
2:11 p.m.* — Pierceson Coody, Rico Hoey, Miles Russell (a)
2:22 p.m. — Harrison Endycott, Raul Pereda, Kyle Martin
2:22 p.m.* — Rafael Campos, Anders Albertson, Nick Bienz
The Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 2 Tee Times (ET):
*signifies begins on tenth tee
6:45 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, David Lipsky, Vince Whaley
6:45 a.m.* — Henrik Norlander, Justin Suh, Dylan Wu
6:56 a.m. — C.T. Pan, Maverick McNealy, Josephy Bramlett
6:56 a.m.* — Jimmy Walker, Roger Sloan, Carson Young
7:07 a.m. — Eric Cole, Zac Blair, Justin Lower
7:07 a.m.* — Charley Hoffman, Ryan Fox, Harry Hall
7:18 a.m. — Daniel Berger, Webb Simpson, Keith Mitchell
7:18 a.m.* — Akshay Bhatia, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee
7:29 a.m. — Matt Wallace, Chez Reavie, J.J. Spaun
7:29 a.m.* — Chris Gotterup, Taylor Pendrith, Jake Knapp
7:40 a.m. — Nico Echavarria, Francesco Molinari, Matt Kuchar
7:40 a.m.* — Rickie Fowler, Will Zalatoris, Cam Davis
7:51 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson
7:51 a.m.* — Kevin Kisner, Cameron Champ, Gary Woodland
8:02 a.m. — Wesley Bryan, Taylor Montgomery, Matti Schmid
8:02 a.m.* — Patrick Rodgers, Mark Hubbard, Nicolai Højgaard
8:13 a.m. — Michael Kim, Robby Shelton, S.H. Kim
8:13 a.m. * — Troy Merritt, Patton Kizzire, Ben Griffin
8:24 a.m. — Mac Meissner, Parker Coody, Willie Mack III
8:24 a.m.* — Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ben Taylor
8:35 a.m. — Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Michael Thorbjornsen, Neal Shipley
8:35 a.m.* — Thorbjørn Olesen, Joe Highsmith, Tom Whitney
8:46 a.m. — Pierceson Coody, Rico Hoey, Miles Russell (a)
8:46 a.m.* — Paul Barjon, Hayden Springer, Blaine Hale Jr.
8:57 a.m. — Rafael Campos, Anders Albertson, Nick Bienz
8:57 a.m.* — Harrison Endycott, Raul Pereda, Kyle Martin
12:10 p.m. — Garrick Higgo, Kelly Kraft, Carl Yuan
12:10 p.m.* — Martin Laird, Lanto Griffin, Doug Ghim
12:21 p.m. — Tyler Duncan, Ryan Moore, Brandon Wu
12:21 p.m.* — Aaron Baddeley, Sam Ryder, Max Greyserman
12:32 p.m. — Nate Lashley, Kevin Tway, Jason Dufner
12:32 p.m. * — Matt NeSmith, Hayden Buckley, Kevin Yu
12:43 p.m. — Davis Riley, Peter Malnati, Brendon Todd
12:43 p.m.* — Taylor Moore, Adam Svensson, Brandt Snedeker
12:54 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Chris Kirk, Erik van Rooyen
12:54 p.m.* — Luke List, Chad Ramey, Adam Schenk
1:05 p.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Tom Kim, Cameron Young
1:05 p.m.* — Brice Garnett, Vincent Norrman, Ryan Brehm
1:16 p.m. — Lee Hodges, Nick Hardy, Okay.H. Lee
1:16 p.m.* — Martin Trainer, Tim Wilkinson, Andrew Novak
1:27 p.m. — Joel Dahmen, Alex Noren, Aaron Rai
1:27 p.m.* — Beau Hossler, Josh Teater, Greyson Sigg
1:38 p.m. — Chesson Hadley, Tyson Alexander, Sami Valimaki
1:38 p.m. * — Kevin Streelman, Bud Cauley, Scott Gutschewski
1:49 p.m. — Davis Thompson, Callum Tarren, Ryo Hisatsune
1:49 p.m.* — Ben Kohles, Chandler Phillips, David Skinns
2:00 p.m. — Jacob Bridgeman, Jorge Campillo, Danny Guise
2:00 p.m.* — Alejandro Tosti, Patrick Fishburn, Jackson Koivun (a)
2:11 p.m. — Nicholas Lindheim, Erik Barnes, Brandon Berry
2:11 p.m.* — Chan Kim, Trace Crow, Luke Clanton (a)
2:22 p.m. — Ryan McCormick, Kevin Dougherty, Angelo Giantsopoulos
2:22 p.m. — Ben Silverman, Wilson Furr, Ben James (a)
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