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On: June 26, 2024 By: admin

The PGA Tour is in Detroit, Michigan, for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where Rickie Fowler will attempt to defend his title. After an entertaining three-week stretch of golf, this tournament does not feature some top-ranked players, but it still employs a strong field of golfers looking to push their way up the FedEx Cup standings.

Detroit Golf Club, a Donald Ross design, is one of the flattest courses players face this season. It will likely be a birdie fest as scores tend to be low.

Nate Lashley won at 25-under in 2019 at the inaugural event. The last couple of years have seen similar results. Tony Finau won at 26-under in 2022, and Rickie Fowler ended his drought with a 24-under final score. Even the cut line is low, as players typically have to finish 36 holes at 5-under or lower to make the weekend. The last five cut lines of this tournament have been: 4-under, 3-under, 3-under, 5-under, and 5-under.

Get ready for a birdie barrage.

Here is the one-stop information shop for the Rocket Mortgage Classic

Rocket Mortgage Classic:

Where: Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, MI (Par-72, 7,370-yards)

When: Jun. 27-30th

Purse: $9,200,000 ($1,650,000 1st place)

FedEx Cup Points: 500

Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler

How to Watch The Rocket Mortgage Classic

Golf Channel and CBS Sports will share television coverage. Check out the full schedule below:

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 exclusively air early round and featured group coverage all four days of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Peacock will have simulcasts of the Golf Channel’s broadcast.

Coverage on Peacock can be streamed here.

In addition, fans can tune into CBS Sports streaming service Paramount+ while CBS airs its third and final round broadcasts.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic Preview:

Defending champion Rickie Fowler ended his four-year-long drought last year when he defeated Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa in a playoff.

However, he recorded only one top-20 finish since that victory, which came at the Travelers Championship last week. He tied for 20th, which, considering he began the championship with a 6-under 64, proved to be a rather disappointing finish—much like how his entire 2024 season has gone.

Nevertheless, Fowler looks to become the first back-to-back winner in this tournament’s history.

Cameron Young, who shot a 59 at TPC River Highlands last week, is in the field. He finished second to Finau in 2022.

Michael Thorbjornsen, who made his professional debut last week at the Travelers, will play again this week in Detroit. The former Stanford Cardinal tied for 39th, which included a second-round 6-under 64.

The headliner of this event is Tom Kim, who fell to his best friend Scottie Scheffler in a one-hole playoff at the Travelers. This week will mark Kim’s ninth straight event on tour. He is someone to watch because his game is so sharp right now. His best finish at the Rocket Mortgage is a T-7 in 2022.

The sponsor exemption list is also impressive. Miles Russell will make his PGA Tour debut at 15-years-old. He won the Junior PGA Championship and Junior Players. Russell took the world by storm by making the cut earlier this year at the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic.

Neal Shipley is also in the field, making his first non-major start. He finished as the low amateur at the Masters and the U.S. Open.

This field may not feature any of the world’s Top 10 players, but it will be a fascinating week with plenty of talented players to watch.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 1 Tee Times (ET):

*indicates starts on 10th 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, K.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):

*indicates starts on 10th 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, K.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)

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.

Olympics: LPGA stars Charley Hull, Georgia Hall offer fun Paris preview olympics,lpga,stars,charley,hull,georgia,hall,offer,fun,paris,preview,sbnation,com,front-page,golf,lpga-golf,golf-news

On: June 25, 2024 By: admin

Charley Hull and Georgia Hall are best friends who grew up playing golf together and are both LPGA veterans.

This week, they paired up for the LPGA Dow Championship, a multi-format stroke-play team event at Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan.

In rounds one and three, the ladies will play foursomes or alternate shot. For the second and final rounds, it will be four-ball or best ball—much like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the PGA Tour.

They have known each other since they were 11 years old, and they are celebrating 17 years of friendship. Hull calls Hall ‘George,’ while the former AIG Women’s Open champion calls her best friend ‘Charles.’

“We live three minutes away from each other now, and there’s not a day that goes by we don’t speak,” Hall said.

The duo will also represent Team Great Britain in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Becoming an Olympian is a big deal and even more special for this duo because they get to do it together.

“Just spending time with George because we love playing golf together,” Hull said. “That week is going to be a bit of a busy week, but it’s just nice to share it with your best friend, especially in a moment like that.”

Even though they will have plenty of Olympic duties, the pair has made plans to go shopping and enjoy the experience. Hall has never been to the city of love, while Hull has only visited Paris once.

“You get to share the experience with me the first time,” Hull said, smiling. “But honestly, I actually really want to go to Paris one day.”

“Yeah, let’s go shopping,” Hall said.

Shopping at the Olympics? Neither athlete is a huge sports fan, but they each have a separate event they want to watch. Hull wants to watch boxing, while Hall wants to check out gymnastics.

The best part was the compromise between the two so they could spend as much time together as possible.

“You’ll go to gymnastics, and I’ll go to boxing, and we’ll have to go to each other’s one,” Hull said.

This week, their team name is the Rose and Thorn because a good friend, Ryan Evans, gave it to them. They also have a walk-up song, “Best Friend,” by rapper Saweetie.

“Georgia goes to him, ‘Describe me and Charley,’ and Ryan goes, ‘Georgia, you’re like the lovely English rose, and Charley, you’re like the thorn.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, thanks, Ryan,’” Hull explained.

Hall acknowledged it was stark, but she quickly made her best friend feel better about it.

“There’s lots of thorns around the rose, so you protect me, don’t you,” Hall said.

“Yeah, I protect her,” Hull responded with a saucy grin.

This week in Michigan, they will tap into their connection to find success.

“I know when Charley is upset before she does, and she’s the same with me,” Hall said. “We know each other well, and I think that’s so important. This type of event, we go out there and have fun.”

“100 percent,” Hull chimed in. “George knows me better than I know myself.”

These two are among the 60 women who will compete in the Paris Olympics at Le Golf National, the 2018 Ryder Cup venue.

Travelers Championship: How to watch, preview, tee times, more travelers,championship,how,to,watch,preview,tee,times,more,sbnation,com,golf,fantasy-football-draft-guide,golf-pga-tour,golf-news

On: June 18, 2024 By: admin

The PGA Tour is in Cromwell, Connecticut, for the eighth and final Signature Event of the season: the Travelers Championship.

TPC River Highlands, a Robert J. Moss and Maurice Kearney course, will play as host. This tournament will not feature a cut as 71 players battle for a piece of the $20 million purse.

Here is the one-stop information shop for the Travelers Championship.

Travelers Championship:

Where: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut (Par-70, 6,852-yards)

When: Jun. 20-23rd

Purse: $20,000,000/$4,000,000 (First Place)

FedEx Cup Points: 700

Defending Champion: Keegan Bradley

How to Watch The Travelers Championship

Golf Channel and CBS will share the television coverage. Check out the full schedule below:

Thursday, June 20: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Friday, June 21: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Saturday, June 22: 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3:00-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, June 23: 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3:00-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

How to Stream The Travelers Championship

ESPN+ will exclusively air early round and featured group coverage all four days of the Travelers Championship. Peacock will have simulcasts of the Golf Channel’s broadcast.

Coverage on Peacock can be streamed here.

In addition, fans can tune into CBS Sports streaming service Paramount+ while CBS airs its third and final round broadcasts.

The Travelers Championship Preview:

Coming off a dramatic U.S. Open week, the best of the PGA Tour is in Connecticut for the final Signature Event of the year.

Defending champion Keegan Bradley won his sixth PGA Tour event here in 2023. He also broke the tournament record by one stroke.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is coming off one of his weakest performances at Pinehurst No. 2, but he remains one of the many heavy hitters who headline this event.

Xander Schauffele is also in the field as the PGA Championship winner finished strong at Pinehurst.

Ludvig Åberg struggled at Pinehurst throughout the weekend, but this TPC River Highlands track fits his game well. Last year, he was one of four sponsor exemptions in the field, and now, heading into this event, the Swedish phenom is a PGA Tour winner.

He tied for 24th in 2023, going 67-65-65-70 through four days of play. Åberg’s game is in a good spot coming off the U.S. Open, so watch out for him to make moves this week.

Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, and many other top players will tee it up this week in New England as they all fight to take home that hefty $4 million first-place price.

This week will be interesting as most of the field is coming off a major championship. Will fatigue affect some of the biggest names in golf?

The Travelers Championship Round 1 Tee Times (ET):

(All go off the first tee)

8:05 a.m. — Chris Gotterup

8:15 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Jake Knapp

8:25 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Thomas Detry

8:35 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Victor Perez

8:45 a.m. — Davis Riley, Rickie Fowler

8:55 a.m. — Lee Hodges, Eric Cole

9:05 a.m. — Brian Harman, Tom Hoge

9:15 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Harris English

9:25 a.m. — Taylor Moore, Seamus Power

9:40 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Mackenzie Hughes

9:50 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Sepp Sraka

10:00 a.m. — Jason Day, J.T. Poston

10:10 a.m. — Cameron Young, Patrick Rodgers

10:20 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley

10:30 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa

10:40 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth

10:50 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas

11:00 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Adam Scott

11:15 a.m. — Will Zalatoris, Ben Griffin

11:25 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Webb Simpson

11:35 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Christian Bezuidenhout

11:45 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Andrew Putnam

11:55 a.m. — Sam Burns, Byeong Hun An

12:05 p.m. — Si Woo Kim, Adam Svensson

12:15 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Hadwin

12:25 p.m. — Tom Kim, Corey Conners

12:35 p.m. — Justin Rose, Adam Schenk

12:50 p.m. — Chris Kirk, Sungjae Im

1:00 p.m. — Russell Henley, Denny McCarthy

1:10 p.m. — Cam Davis, Brendon Todd

1:20 p.m. — Lucas glover, Tommy Fleetwood

1:30 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland

1:40 p.m. — Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay

1:50 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Matthieu Pavon

2:00 p.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Michael Thorbjornsen

2:10 p.m. — Billy Horschel, Stephan Jaeger

The Travelers Championship Round 2 Tee Times (ET):

(All go off the first tee)

8:05 a.m. — Will Zalatoris, Ben Griffin

8:15 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Webb Simpson

8:25 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Christian Bezuidenhout

8:35 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Andrew Putnam

8:45 a.m. — Sam Burns, Byeong Hun An

8:55 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Adam Svensson

9:05 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Hadwin

9:15 a.m. — Tom Kim, Corey Conners

9:25 a.m. — Justin Rose, Adam Schenk

9:40 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Sungjae Im

9:50 a.m. — Russell Henley, Denny McCarthy

10:00 a.m. — Cam Davis, Brendon Todd

10:10 a.m. — Lucas glover, Tommy Fleetwood

10:20 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland

10:30 a.m. — Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay

10:40 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Matthieu Pavon

10:50 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Michael Thorbjornsen

11:00 a.m. — Billy Horschel, Stephan Jaeger

11:15 a.m. — Chris Gotterup

11:25 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Jake Knapp

11:35 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Thomas Detry

11:45 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Victor Perez

11:55 a.m. — Davis Riley, Rickie Fowler

12:05 p.m. — Lee Hodges, Eric Cole

12:15 p.m. — Brian Harman, Tom Hoge

12:25 p.m. — Nick Taylor, Harris English

12:35 p.m. — Taylor Moore, Seamus Power

12:45 p.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Mackenzie Hughes

12:55 p.m. — Sahith Theegala, Sepp Sraka

1:10 p.m. — Jason Day, J.T. Poston

1:20 p.m. — Cameron Young, Patrick Rodgers

1:30 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley

1:40 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa

1:50 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth

2:00 p.m. — Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas

2:10 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Adam Scott

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, be sure to follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.