Tournament Preview - Rocket Mortgage Classic

Tournament Preview - Rocket Mortgage Classic

Hello members,

This week, we move to Detroit, Michigan for the Rocket Mortgage Classic. This tournament typically has some lower scores to win, like around 20-under. Tony Finau is back to defend his championship. Other big names vying for the title this week are Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, and Keegan Bradley.

Detroit Golf Club had some storm damage earlier this week but it seems the team has cleared it up nicely for the tournament.

LIV continues this week in Spain at Real Club Valderrama.

Onto the birdie fest we go!

Weather

Weather shouldn’t have too too much of an impact this week. Friday through Sunday have some storm chances but the percentages are decently low.

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website.

ESPN+ coverage from 7:00am through 3:00pm EST
Golf Channel coverage from 3:00pm through 6:00pm EST

The full field was announced this weekend and can be found here. Big names this week include Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Max Homa, and Collin Morikawa. Short history for this tournament with the first iteration happening in 2019.

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Tony Finau - 2022

  • Cameron Davis - 2021

  • Nate Lashley - 2019

• Notable previous winners absent:

  • Bryson DeChambeau - 2020 (LIV)

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)

Some notable players to consider:

• Rickie Fowler - +1400 - he’s been hot and I believe it continues this week.

• Tony Finau - +1400 - think he has a chance to go back-to-back.

• Justin Suh - +7000 - feel like he has had a great year so far and could end up with a win sooner rather than later.

• Detroit Golf Club is a private club founded in 1899 within the Detroit city limits.

• Donald Ross is the designer back in the early 1900s.

• The original course was only 6 holes, with 3 additional holes added in 1900. Then Donald Ross came in 1913 to complete the 36 holes for the two courses - North Course and South Course.

• 17 holes of the North Course and 1 hole of the South Course are used for this tournament.

  • This setup is also the flattest course on the Tour schedule, with the elevation change only being 43 feet.

• Initiation fee is rumored to be $18,500.

Notes and News

• President’s Cup 2028 was announced to be in Melbourne, Australia with this great video narrated by Adam Scott (twitter)

• The framework agreement for the PGA Tour / PIF deal (twitter)

• Ludvig Aberg signed an endorsement deal with Adidas (twitter)

• Sergio Garcia opted to try to qualify for The Open. Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood opted to not try to qualify. (twitter)

• PGA Tour player, Eric Cole, has played 12 straight weeks on the Tour and immediately drove to Pittsburgh for a $20,000 purse event on Monday (twitter)

• TGL announced that Fenway Sports Group bought a team based in Boston (twitter)

Twitter Roundup

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