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“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
— Gary Player
“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
— Gary Player
The Rocket Classic is an annual PGA Tour event held at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. The 2026 edition takes place Jul 30 - Aug 2 with a prize fund of $10m.
The Rocket Classic is played at Detroit Golf Club, a par 72 course measuring 7,370 yards. Designed by Donald Ross, the course opened in 1906. Located in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
The Rocket Classic is contested annually during the PGA Tour season. The 2026 edition is scheduled for Jul 30 - Aug 2.
Detroit Golf Club features Creeping Bentgrass/Poa Annua throughout — on the greens, fairways and Bluegrass/Ryegrass rough. Bentgrass greens provide a smooth, consistent roll and are typical at northern venues.
Historically, players who contend at The Rocket Classic gain the most strokes on approach (+1.07 SG/round) and on the greens (+0.80 SG/round). Off the tee also matters, with top-10 finishers averaging +0.45 SG/round.
In 2025, The Rocket Classic was won by Aldrich Potgieter at -22.
| Pos | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aldrich Potgieter | -22 |
| T2 | Max Greyserman | -22 |
| T2 | Chris Kirk | -22 |
| T4 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -21 |
| T4 | Jake Knapp | -21 |
| Year | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aldrich Potgieter | -22 |
Multi-factor analysis — form, course history, SG trending, tournament fit
| Player⇅ | Value▼ | Form⇅ | Course⇅ | Trending SG⇅ | Fit⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gotterup | - | 32 31.3 | 25 26.0 (1 app) | +0.71▼ | D |
| Scottie Scheffler | - | 2 2.0 | - | +1.76▲ | C |
| Justin Rose | - | 63 47.3 | - | -0.49▲ | F |
| Collin Morikawa | - | 38 33.6 | 8 8.0 (1 app) | +1.01▼ | D |
| Jacob Bridgeman | - | 128 50.6 | 26 26.0 (1 app) | +0.72▼ | D |
| Nico Echavarria | - | 144 61.8 | 6 6.0 (1 app) | -1.47▼ | F |
| Ricky Castillo | - | 137 56.9 | 48 50.0 (1 app) | -0.20▼ | F |
| Akshay Bhatia | - | 22 26.3 | 27 26.0 (1 app) | +1.63▼ | D |
| Cameron Young | - | 5 8.6 | 43 46.0 (1 app) | +2.63▼ | D |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | - | 4 7.8 | 9 8.0 (1 app) | +2.24▲ | C |
| Gary Woodland | - | 24 28.0 | 44 46.0 (1 app) | +1.80▼ | C |
| J.J. Spaun | - | 17 22.4 | - | +1.08▼ | D |
| Rory McIlroy | - | 1 1.0 | - | +1.32▼ | D |
| Ryan Gerard | - | 36 32.5 | 38 41.0 (1 app) | +0.12▲ | F |
| Jason Day | - | 39 34.0 | - | +0.46▼ | D |
| Matt McCarty | - | 12 15.3 | 18 19.0 (1 app) | +0.05▲ | F |
| Andrew Putnam | - | 20 24.6 | 10 8.0 (1 app) | +0.99▼ | D |
| Si Woo Kim | - | 9 12.1 | 117 84.0 (1 app) | +1.53▲ | C |
| Ryo Hisatsune | - | 138 57.0 | 101 60.0 (1 app) | +0.19▼ | F |
| Pierceson Coody | - | 26 29.8 | - | -0.48▲ | F |
| Hideki Matsuyama | - | 50 38.8 | 12 13.0 (1 app) | +0.32● | F |
| Min Woo Lee | - | 45 37.0 | 13 13.0 (1 app) | +0.96▼ | D |
| Sepp Straka | - | 21 25.3 | - | +0.94▼ | F |
| Kurt Kitayama | - | 13 17.1 | 94 51.0 (1 app) | +0.30▲ | F |
| Taylor Moore | - | 51 39.0 | 49 50.0 (1 app) | -0.52▼ | D |
| Shane Lowry | - | 31 30.1 | - | -0.04▲ | F |
| Austin Smotherman | - | 145 62.0 | - | -0.98▼ | D |
| Chandler Blanchet | - | 136 56.6 | - | -0.91▼ | F |
| Daniel Berger | - | 40 34.1 | - | +0.69▼ | D |
| David Lipsky | - | 154 71.0 | 50 50.0 (1 app) | -0.70▼ | F |
| Nicolai Højgaard | - | 47 38.0 | 23 24.0 (1 app) | +0.80▼ | D |
| Michael Kim | - | 18 24.3 | 28 26.0 (1 app) | +1.25▼ | C |
| Matt Wallace | - | 33 31.3 | 45 46.0 (1 app) | +0.74▼ | D |
| Robert MacIntyre | - | 48 38.0 | - | +1.55● | C |
| Patrick Rodgers | - | 62 47.0 | 51 50.0 (1 app) | -1.10▲ | F |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | - | 60 46.0 | 4 4.0 (1 app) | +0.24▼ | F |
| Blades Brown | - | - | - | -0.21▲ | F |
| Ludvig Åberg | - | 7 9.8 | - | +2.49▼ | C |
| Xander Schauffele | - | 8 10.8 | - | +1.68● | C |
| Jordan Smith | - | 58 41.4 | - | +0.22▼ | D |
| Johnny Keefer | - | 143 59.5 | - | -0.95▲ | F |
| Russell Henley | - | 41 34.2 | - | +0.69▼ | D |
| Tyrrell Hatton | - | 3 3.0 | - | - | D |
| Ben Griffin | - | 14 18.0 | 14 13.0 (1 app) | +0.60▲ | D |
| Tommy Fleetwood | - | 34 31.5 | - | +1.09▼ | D |
| Adam Scott | - | 6 9.7 | - | +1.00▲ | D |
| Davis Thompson | - | 10 14.0 | 32 34.0 (1 app) | +0.28▲ | F |
| Sungjae Im | - | 135 54.3 | - | +0.05▼ | D |
| Marco Penge | - | 139 58.3 | - | -0.03▼ | D |
| Harris English | - | 42 34.7 | - | +0.12▲ | F |
| Jake Knapp | - | 155 NaN | 5 4.0 (1 app) | +0.48▼ | F |
| Stephan Jaeger | - | 140 59.0 | 52 50.0 (1 app) | +0.44▼ | F |
| Aldrich Potgieter | - | 19 24.5 | 1 1.0 (1 app) | -0.35▲ | D |
| Matti Schmid | - | - | - | -0.34▼ | F |
| Luke Clanton | - | 206 70.0 | 102 60.0 (1 app) | -2.24▼ | F |
| Paul Peterson | - | - | 103 60.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | - | 182 35.6 | - | +0.99▼ | F |
| Sam Stevens | - | 178 33.3 | - | +0.52▼ | D |
| Taylor Pendrith | - | 198 50.4 | - | -1.18▲ | D |
| Harry Hall | - | 190 44.5 | 15 13.0 (1 app) | +0.18▼ | D |
| Lee Hodges | - | 192 50.0 | 33 34.0 (1 app) | -0.09▲ | D |
| Davis Riley | - | 193 50.0 | 107 67.0 (1 app) | -2.69▲ | F |
| Sam Burns | - | 171 25.2 | - | +0.96▼ | D |
| Keith Mitchell | - | 203 54.2 | 53 50.0 (1 app) | +0.31▼ | D |
| William Mouw | - | 200 53.8 | 34 34.0 (1 app) | +0.53▼ | F |
| Sahith Theegala | - | 173 28.1 | - | +0.33● | D |
| Joel Dahmen | - | 204 60.0 | 54 50.0 (1 app) | -1.19▼ | F |
| Andrew Novak | - | 189 44.3 | - | +0.19▼ | D |
| Ryan Fox | - | 175 29.8 | - | +0.09▼ | F |
| Emiliano Grillo | - | 194 50.0 | 112 73.0 (1 app) | -1.13▲ | F |
| S.H. Kim | - | 167 21.0 | - | +0.20▼ | F |
| Patrick Cantlay | - | 160 9.6 | 30 32.0 (1 app) | +0.84▲ | C |
| Kevin Yu | - | 156 7.0 | - | -0.24▲ | F |
| Bud Cauley | - | 172 25.8 | - | +0.31▲ | F |
| Alex Smalley | - | 158 8.2 | 55 50.0 (1 app) | +1.12▲ | F |
| Alex Noren | - | 174 29.1 | 56 50.0 (1 app) | +0.53▼ | F |
| Haotong Li | - | 185 42.0 | - | -0.24▼ | F |
| Tom Hoge | - | 205 63.7 | - | -1.67▲ | F |
| Gordon Sargent | - | 201 54.0 | 108 67.0 (1 app) | -1.18▲ | D |
| John Parry | - | 165 14.0 | - | +0.62▲ | F |
| Jeremy Paul | - | - | 57 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Kevin Streelman | - | 183 39.0 | - | +0.20▼ | F |
| Zac Blair | - | - | - | +0.13▼ | D |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | - | 184 39.0 | - | -0.00▲ | F |
| David Skinns | - | - | 109 67.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Jesper Svensson | - | 195 50.0 | 58 50.0 (1 app) | -1.69▼ | F |
| Justin Thomas | - | 187 42.8 | - | +0.34▼ | F |
| Chandler Phillips | - | 157 8.0 | 16 13.0 (1 app) | -1.04▲ | F |
| Rickie Fowler | - | 164 13.2 | 59 50.0 (1 app) | +0.49▲ | F |
| Brooks Koepka | - | 162 12.0 | - | +0.72▼ | D |
| Rasmus Højgaard | - | 199 53.0 | 60 50.0 (1 app) | +0.56▼ | F |
| Max Homa | - | 186 42.3 | 61 50.0 (1 app) | -0.70● | F |
| Nick Taylor | - | 177 30.5 | - | +0.27▼ | D |
| Alex Fitzpatrick | - | 159 9.0 | - | - | D |
| Maverick McNealy | - | 169 23.2 | - | +0.78▼ | D |
| Viktor Hovland | - | 181 35.2 | - | +0.59▼ | F |
| Bronson Burgoon | - | 202 54.0 | - | +0.45▲ | D |
| Austin Eckroat | - | 161 10.0 | 104 60.0 (1 app) | +0.60▲ | F |
| Kristoffer Reitan | - | 166 20.3 | - | +0.01▲ | D |
| Adam Schenk | - | 180 34.5 | 62 50.0 (1 app) | -0.79▲ | F |
| Seamus Power | - | 196 50.0 | 63 50.0 (1 app) | -0.79▲ | F |
| Tony Finau | - | 207 73.8 | - | -0.52▼ | D |
| Jordan Spieth | - | 170 25.1 | - | +0.44● | F |
| Brian Harman | - | 179 33.6 | - | +0.71▼ | D |
| Matthieu Pavon | - | 197 50.0 | - | -0.18▼ | F |
| A.J. Ewart | - | 176 30.0 | - | -0.05● | D |
| Denny McCarthy | - | 188 43.9 | - | +0.41▼ | D |
| Adrien Dumont de Chassart | - | 191 49.0 | - | +1.04▼ | D |
| Patrick Reed | - | 163 12.0 | - | - | F |
| Steven Fisk | - | 168 22.5 | 64 50.0 (1 app) | +0.06▲ | F |
| Keegan Bradley | - | 35 32.3 | 39 41.0 (1 app) | +0.22▲ | F |
| Kevin Roy | - | 27 30.0 | 11 8.0 (1 app) | -0.31▲ | F |
| Wyndham Clark | - | 15 18.0 | 65 50.0 (1 app) | -0.04▼ | F |
| David Ford | - | 141 59.0 | 66 50.0 (1 app) | -0.47▼ | F |
| Zach Bauchou | - | 25 28.0 | - | -0.10● | F |
| Zecheng Dou | - | 69 50.0 | - | -0.28▲ | D |
| Patton Kizzire | - | 70 50.0 | 67 50.0 (1 app) | -1.36▼ | F |
| Pontus Nyholm | - | 71 50.0 | - | +0.89▲ | F |
| Billy Horschel | - | 153 69.0 | - | -0.58▼ | F |
| Corey Conners | - | 56 41.3 | - | +0.78▼ | F |
| Hank Lebioda | - | 132 54.0 | - | +0.03▼ | F |
| Jhonattan Vegas | - | 148 63.6 | - | -0.67▼ | F |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | - | 65 49.0 | 40 41.0 (1 app) | +0.26▲ | F |
| Sami Valimaki | - | 61 46.5 | 19 19.0 (1 app) | -0.75▲ | F |
| Eric Cole | - | 11 14.0 | - | +0.67● | D |
| Lucas Glover | - | 23 27.3 | - | -1.11▲ | F |
| Ben Silverman | - | - | 110 67.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Rafael Campos | - | 72 50.0 | 68 50.0 (1 app) | -2.99▼ | F |
| Kihei Akina | - | - | - | - | F |
| Chad Ramey | - | 52 39.0 | 29 26.0 (1 app) | +0.57▲ | D |
| Takumi Kanaya | - | 146 62.0 | 46 46.0 (1 app) | -0.74▲ | F |
| Will Zalatoris | - | 151 67.0 | - | -0.58▼ | F |
| Karl Vilips | - | 46 37.3 | 69 50.0 (1 app) | -0.06▲ | F |
| Mac Meissner | - | 28 30.0 | 70 50.0 (1 app) | +0.26▲ | F |
| Max Greyserman | - | 57 41.4 | 2 2.0 (1 app) | -0.63▼ | F |
| Brandt Snedeker | - | 53 39.0 | 71 50.0 (1 app) | -0.07▼ | D |
| Tom Kim | - | 73 50.0 | 72 50.0 (1 app) | +0.04▼ | D |
| Webb Simpson | - | 74 50.0 | 95 51.0 (1 app) | -0.32▲ | F |
| Danny Walker | - | 152 67.0 | 73 50.0 (1 app) | -0.49▼ | D |
| Dan Brown | - | 75 50.0 | - | -0.33▼ | F |
| Max McGreevy | - | 76 50.0 | 74 50.0 (1 app) | +0.27▲ | D |
| Adam Hadwin | - | - | 113 78.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Eugenio Chacarra | - | - | - | - | F |
| Erik Barnes | - | - | - | - | F |
| John VanDerLaan | - | 77 50.0 | - | -0.77▼ | F |
| Beau Hossler | - | 66 49.0 | 105 60.0 (1 app) | +0.27● | D |
| Sam Ryder | - | 16 21.0 | 75 50.0 (1 app) | +0.14▲ | F |
| J.T. Poston | - | 68 49.6 | - | +0.02▼ | F |
| Kris Ventura | - | 78 50.0 | 35 34.0 (1 app) | -0.52▼ | F |
| Aaron Rai | - | 64 48.0 | - | -0.17▼ | F |
| Mark Hubbard | - | 149 65.0 | 17 13.0 (1 app) | -1.49▲ | F |
| Mackenzie Hughes | - | 79 50.0 | - | -0.18▼ | F |
| Kensei Hirata | - | 80 50.0 | - | -0.72▼ | F |
| Rico Hoey | - | 54 39.0 | 76 50.0 (1 app) | +0.38▲ | D |
| Brian Campbell | - | 131 52.4 | - | -1.56▲ | F |
| Michael Brennan | - | 43 34.8 | - | -0.19▲ | D |
| Adam Svensson | - | 55 39.0 | 77 50.0 (1 app) | -0.73▲ | F |
| Ryan Brehm | - | - | 78 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Peter Malnati | - | 147 63.0 | 41 41.0 (1 app) | -0.90▼ | F |
| Doug Ghim | - | 29 30.0 | 20 19.0 (1 app) | +0.28● | F |
| Vince Whaley | - | 133 54.0 | 31 32.0 (1 app) | -0.15▲ | D |
| Hayden Springer | - | - | 36 34.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Jimmy Stanger | - | 81 50.0 | - | -0.09▼ | F |
| Chan Kim | - | 82 50.0 | 21 19.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Dylan Wu | - | 83 50.0 | - | -0.68▲ | F |
| Chris Kirk | - | 44 36.0 | 3 2.0 (1 app) | +0.05▲ | D |
| Jackson Suber | - | 84 50.0 | 7 6.0 (1 app) | -1.29▲ | F |
| Justin Lower | - | 85 50.0 | 47 46.0 (1 app) | -1.61▼ | F |
| Isaiah Salinda | - | - | 106 60.0 (1 app) | -0.64▲ | D |
| Alejandro Tosti | - | 86 50.0 | 79 50.0 (1 app) | -1.94▲ | F |
| Paul Waring | - | 30 30.0 | 80 50.0 (1 app) | +0.35▼ | D |
| Brice Garnett | - | 87 50.0 | 81 50.0 (1 app) | -2.31▼ | F |
| Ren Yonezawa | - | - | - | +0.88▼ | F |
| Dustin Johnson | - | 37 33.0 | - | - | F |
| Joe Highsmith | - | 59 41.5 | 37 34.0 (1 app) | -0.38▼ | F |
| John Daly II | - | - | - | - | F |
| Fred Biondi | - | - | - | - | D |
| Jon Rahm | - | 49 38.0 | - | - | C |
| Jeffrey Kang | - | 150 65.0 | - | -1.33▲ | F |
| Adrien Saddier | - | 88 50.0 | - | -0.49● | F |
| Vijay Singh | - | 89 50.0 | - | - | D |
| Garrick Higgo | - | 129 51.5 | 82 50.0 (1 app) | -1.45▲ | F |
| Patrick Fishburn | - | 90 50.0 | 83 50.0 (1 app) | -0.68▼ | F |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | - | 91 50.0 | - | -0.15▲ | F |
| Davis Chatfield | - | 92 50.0 | - | -0.71▲ | F |
| Danny Willett | - | 93 50.0 | 84 50.0 (1 app) | -0.88▲ | F |
| Ben Kohles | - | - | 114 78.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Carson Young | - | 94 50.0 | 85 50.0 (1 app) | +0.15▼ | F |
| Matt Kuchar | - | 95 50.0 | 86 50.0 (1 app) | -0.83▲ | D |
| Daniel Bennett | - | - | - | - | F |
| S.T. Lee | - | - | - | -1.34▲ | D |
| Christo Lamprecht | - | 67 49.0 | - | -0.68▲ | D |
| Erik van Rooyen | - | 142 59.0 | 115 78.0 (1 app) | -0.74▲ | F |
| Emilio Gonzalez | - | - | - | -1.36▼ | D |
| Miles Russell | - | - | - | - | F |
| Tyler Duncan | - | - | - | - | F |
| Frankie Capan III | - | 96 50.0 | 87 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Sergio Garcia | - | 130 52.0 | - | - | F |
| Charl Schwartzel | - | 134 54.0 | - | - | - |
| Robert Streb | - | - | - | - | F |
| Martin Laird | - | - | - | - | D |
| Henrik Norlander | - | - | 96 51.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Nick Dunlap | - | 97 50.0 | 88 50.0 (1 app) | -1.89▲ | F |
| Zach Johnson | - | 98 50.0 | 116 82.0 (1 app) | +0.32▼ | D |
| Camilo Villegas | - | 99 50.0 | 111 67.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Keita Nakajima | - | - | - | -1.22▼ | F |
| James Hahn | - | - | - | -1.79▼ | F |
| Marcelo Rozo | - | 100 50.0 | - | -2.00▲ | F |
| Troy Merritt | - | - | - | +0.06▼ | F |
| Neal Shipley | - | 101 50.0 | - | -1.02▲ | D |
| Cam Davis | - | - | 89 50.0 (1 app) | -2.90▼ | F |
| Kota Kaneko | - | - | - | -0.49▼ | F |
| Yuta Sugiura | - | - | - | - | F |
| Kazuki Higa | - | - | - | - | D |
| Taisei Nagasaki | - | - | - | - | F |
| Corey Kozuma | - | - | - | - | F |
| Anson Cabello | - | - | - | - | F |
| Adam Long | - | - | - | - | F |
| Lanto Griffin | - | 102 50.0 | 97 51.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Michael Block | - | - | - | - | F |
| Harry Higgs | - | - | 24 24.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Jason Dufner | - | - | - | -0.72▲ | F |
| Charley Hoffman | - | 103 50.0 | - | -1.90▲ | F |
| Andrew Landry | - | - | - | - | F |
| Justin Hastings | - | - | - | +1.30▼ | D |
| Thomas Rosenmueller | - | - | 98 51.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Hunter Logan | - | - | - | - | F |
| Luke List | - | - | 42 41.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Aaron Wise | - | - | 99 51.0 (1 app) | -1.60▼ | D |
| Marcus Byrd | - | - | - | - | D |
| Mark Geddes | - | - | - | - | F |
| Thomas Avant | - | - | - | - | F |
| Brendon Todd | - | 104 50.0 | - | -4.44▲ | F |
| K.H. Lee | - | 105 50.0 | - | -2.71▼ | F |
| Justin Hicks | - | - | - | - | F |
| Jonathan Byrd | - | - | - | - | D |
| Nick Hardy | - | 106 50.0 | 100 51.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| William McGirt | - | - | - | - | F |
| Ben Martin | - | - | 90 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Ryan Palmer | - | 107 50.0 | 91 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Chesson Hadley | - | - | - | -1.85▼ | F |
| Cameron Champ | - | - | 22 19.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Noah Goodwin | - | - | 92 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Luke Long | - | - | - | - | F |
| Chase Sienkiewicz | - | - | - | - | F |
| Reinaldo Simoni | - | - | - | - | F |
| Nicholas Lindheim | - | - | - | - | F |
| Carson Bertagnole | - | - | - | - | F |
| Scott Piercy | - | - | - | - | F |
| Austin Cook | - | - | - | - | D |
| Fabián Gómez | - | - | - | - | F |
| null null | - | - | - | - | F |
| Taylor Montgomery | - | - | - | - | D |
| Kieron van Wyk | - | - | - | - | F |
| Filip Jakubcik | - | - | - | - | F |
| Michael Kartrude | - | - | - | - | F |
| Chris Nido | - | - | - | - | F |
| Ted Potter, Jr. | - | - | - | - | F |
| Evan Pena | - | - | - | - | F |
| Luke Guthrie | - | - | - | - | F |
| Greg Koch | - | - | - | - | F |
| Tyler Wilkes | - | - | - | - | F |
| null null | - | - | - | - | F |
| Trey Mullinax | - | - | 93 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Cole Hammer | - | - | - | - | F |
| Mason Howell | - | 108 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Austin Wylie | - | 109 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Jimmy Walker | - | 110 50.0 | - | -2.77▲ | F |
| Charlie Crockett | - | 111 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Naoyuki Kataoka | - | 112 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Carlos Ortiz | - | 113 50.0 | - | - | - |
| José María Olazábal | - | 114 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Ángel Cabrera | - | 115 50.0 | - | - | - |
| null null | - | 116 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Casey Jarvis | - | 117 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Bubba Watson | - | 118 50.0 | - | - | - |
| null null | - | 119 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Cameron Smith | - | 120 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Bryson DeChambeau | - | 121 50.0 | - | - | B |
| Tom McKibbin | - | 122 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Mike Weir | - | 123 50.0 | - | - | F |
| null null | - | 124 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Ethan Fang | - | 125 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Fred Couples | - | 126 50.0 | - | - | - |
| null null | - | 127 50.0 | - | - | - |