After last week’s weather-affected Travelers Championship, the PGA Tour has now arrived in Michigan! The next event on its calendar, the Rocket Mortgage Classic, is set to commence on June 27 and end on June 30 at the Detroit Golf Club.
Before the actual battle of the pros begins, the tournament organized some special events, such as the First Tee and Area 313 Celebrity Scramble. And now, with the tee times and pairings for the tournament’s first two rounds out, the excitement is undoubtedly even higher.
The field of 156 players will be seen competing for a huge purse of $9.2 million. And here’s when they tee off of Friday and Saturday:
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Round 1
| TIME | TEE | PLAYERS |
| 6:45 AM EDT | 1 | Martin Laird
Lanto Griffin
Doug Ghim |
| 6:45 AM EDT | 10 | Garrick Higgo
Kelly Kraft
Carl Yuan |
| 6:56 AM EDT | 1 | Aaron Baddeley
Sam Ryder
Max Greyserman |
| 6:56 AM EDT | 10 | Tyler Duncan
Ryan Moore
Brandon Wu |
| 7:07 AM EDT | 1 | Matt NeSmith
Hayden Buckley
Kevin Yu |
| 7:07 AM EDT | 10 | Nate Lashley
Kevin Tway
Jason Dufner |
| 7:18 AM EDT | 1 | Taylor Moore
Adam Svensson
Brandt Snedeker |
| 7:18 AM EDT | 10 | Davis Riley
Peter Malnati
Brendon Todd |
| 7:29 AM EDT | 1 | Luke List
Chad Ramey
Adam Schenk |
| 7:29 AM EDT | 10 | Nick Dunlap
Chris Kirk
Erik van Rooyen |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 1 | Brice Garnett
Vincent Norrman
Ryan Brehm |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 10 | Robert MacIntyre
Tom Kim
Cameron Young |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 1 | Martin Trainer
Tim Wilkinson
Andrew Novak |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 10 | Lee Hodges
Nick Hardy
K.H. Lee |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 1 | Beau Hossler
Josh Teater
Greyson Sigg |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 10 | Joel Dahmen
Alex Noren
Aaron Rai |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 1 | Kevin Streelman
Bud Cauley
Scott Gutschewski |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 10 | Chesson Hadley
Tyson Alexander
Sami Valimaki |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 1 | Ben Kohles
Chandler Phillips
David Skinns |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 10 | Davis Thompson
Callum Tarren
Ryo Hisatsune |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 1 | Alejandro Tosti
Patrick Fishburn
Jackson Koivun (a) |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 10 | Jacob Bridgeman
Jorge Campillo
Danny Guise |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 1 | Chan Kim
Trace Crowe
Luke Clanton (a) |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 10 | Nicholas Lindheim
Erik Barnes
Brandon Berry |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 1 | Ben Silverman
Wilson Furr
Ben James (a) |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 10 | Ryan McCormick
Kevin Dougherty
Angelo Giantsopoulos |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 1 | Henrik Norlander
Justin Suh
Dylan Wu |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 10 | Jhonattan Vegas
David Lipsky
Vince Whaley |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 1 | Jimmy Walker
Roger Sloan
Carson Young |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 10 | C.T. Pan
Maverick McNealy
Joseph Bramlett |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 1 | Charley Hoffman
Ryan Fox
Harry Hall |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 10 | Eric Cole
Zac Blair
Justin Lower |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 1 | Akshay Bhatia
Stephan Jaeger
Min Woo Lee |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 10 | Daniel Berger
Webb Simpson
Keith Mitchell |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 1 | Chris Gotterup
Taylor Pendrith
Jake Knapp |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 10 | Matt Wallace
Chez Reavie
J.J. Spaun |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 1 | Rickie Fowler
Will Zalatoris
Cam Davis |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 10 | Nico Echavarria
Francesco Molinari
Matt Kuchar |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 1 | Kevin Kisner
Cameron Champ
Gary Woodland |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 10 | Camilo Villegas
Stewart Cink
Zach Johnson |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 1 | Patrick Rodgers
Mark Hubbard
Nicolai Højgaard |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 10 | Wesley Bryan
Taylor Montgomery
Matti Schmid |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 1 | Troy Merritt
Patton Kizzire
Ben Griffin |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 10 | Michael Kim
Robby Shelton
S.H. Kim |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 1 | Alex Smalley
Sam Stevens
Ben Taylor |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 10 | Mac Meissner
Parker Coody
Willie Mack III |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 1 | Thorbjørn Olesen
Joe Highsmith
Tom Whitney |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 10 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Michael Thorbjornsen
Neal Shipley |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 1 | Paul Barjon
Hayden Springer
Blaine Hale, Jr. |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 10 | Pierceson Coody
Rico Hoey
Miles Russell (a) |
| 2:22 PM EDT | 1 | Harrison Endycott
Raul Pereda
Kyle Martin |
| 2:22 PM EDT | 10 | Rafael Campos
Anders Albertson
Nick Bienz |
Round 2
| TIME | TEE | PLAYERS |
| 6:45 AM EDT | 1 | Jhonattan Vegas
David Lipsky
Vince Whaley |
| 6:45 AM EDT | 10 | Henrik Norlander
Justin Suh
Dylan Wu |
| 6:56 AM EDT | 1 | C.T. Pan
Maverick McNealy
Joseph Bramlett |
| 6:56 AM EDT | 10 | Jimmy Walker
Roger Sloan
Carson Young |
| 7:07 AM EDT | 1 | Eric Cole
Zac Blair
Justin Lower |
| 7:07 AM EDT | 10 | Charley Hoffman
Ryan Fox
Harry Hall |
| 7:18 AM EDT | 1 | Daniel Berger
Webb Simpson
Keith Mitchell |
| 7:18 AM EDT | 10 | Akshay Bhatia
Stephan Jaeger
Min Woo Lee |
| 7:29 AM EDT | 1 | Matt Wallace
Chez Reavie
J.J. Spaun |
| 7:29 AM EDT | 10 | Chris Gotterup
Taylor Pendrith
Jake Knapp |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 1 | Nico Echavarria
Francesco Molinari
Matt Kuchar |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 10 | Rickie Fowler
Will Zalatoris
Cam Davis |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 1 | Camilo Villegas
Stewart Cink
Zach Johnson |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 10 | Kevin Kisner
Cameron Champ
Gary Woodland |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 1 | Wesley Bryan
Taylor Montgomery
Matti Schmid |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 10 | Patrick Rodgers
Mark Hubbard
Nicolai Højgaard |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 1 | Michael Kim
Robby Shelton
S.H. Kim |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 10 | Troy Merritt
Patton Kizzire
Ben Griffin |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 1 | Mac Meissner
Parker Coody
Willie Mack III |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 10 | Alex Smalley
Sam Stevens
Ben Taylor |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 1 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Michael Thorbjornsen
Neal Shipley |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 10 | Thorbjørn Olesen
Joe Highsmith
Tom Whitney |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 1 | Pierceson Coody
Rico Hoey
Miles Russell (a) |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 10 | Paul Barjon
Hayden Springer
Blaine Hale, Jr. |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 1 | Rafael Campos
Anders Albertson
Nick Bienz |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 10 | Harrison Endycott
Raul Pereda
Kyle Martin |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 1 | Garrick Higgo
Kelly Kraft
Carl Yuan |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 10 | Martin Laird
Lanto Griffin
Doug Ghim |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 1 | Tyler Duncan
Ryan Moore
Brandon Wu |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 10 | Aaron Baddeley
Sam Ryder
Max Greyserman |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 1 | Nate Lashley
Kevin Tway
Jason Dufner |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 10 | Matt NeSmith
Hayden Buckley
Kevin Yu |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 1 | Davis Riley
Peter Malnati
Brendon Todd |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 10 | Taylor Moore
Adam Svensson
Brandt Snedeker |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 1 | Nick Dunlap
Chris Kirk
Erik van Rooyen |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 10 | Luke List
Chad Ramey
Adam Schenk |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 1 | Robert MacIntyre
Tom Kim
Cameron Young |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 10 | Brice Garnett
Vincent Norrman
Ryan Brehm |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 1 | Lee Hodges
Nick Hardy
K.H. Lee |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 10 | Martin Trainer
Tim Wilkinson
Andrew Novak |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 1 | Joel Dahmen
Alex Noren
Aaron Rai |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 10 | Beau Hossler
Josh Teater
Greyson Sigg |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 1 | Chesson Hadley
Tyson Alexander
Sami Valimaki |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 10 | Kevin Streelman
Bud Cauley
Scott Gutschewski |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 1 | Davis Thompson
Callum Tarren
Ryo Hisatsune |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 10 | Ben Kohles
Chandler Phillips
David Skinns |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 1 | Jacob Bridgeman
Jorge Campillo
Danny Guise |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 10 | Alejandro Tosti
Patrick Fishburn
Jackson Koivun (a) |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 1 | Nicholas Lindheim
Erik Barnes
Brandon Berry |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 10 | Chan Kim
Trace Crowe
Luke Clanton (a) |
| 2:22 PM EDT | 1 | Ryan McCormick
Kevin Dougherty
Angelo Giantsopoulos |
| 2:22 PM EDT | 10 | Ben Silverman
Wilson Furr
Ben James (a) |
Although fans will be able to witness the likes of defending champ Rickie Fowler, last week’s runner up Tom Kim, and youngster Akshay Bhatia on the course this week, sadly, the top three golfers in the world won’t be a part of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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Scottie Scheffler skips the Rocket Mortgage Classic for some family time
The 2024 season has been a huge success for Scheffler. The World No. 1 has not only achieved the feat of winning six times in a single season but also managed to make a whopping $27 million in just six months. Thus, after such a busy first half of the season, the 27-year-old decided to take a short hiatus—skipping the Rocket Mortgage Classic—to spend some time with his family. And considering that he became a dad just a few weeks ago, it is no doubt much needed.
Conversely, World No. 2, Rory McIlroy, has been going through a challenging time mentally. Amid his turbulant married life, at the 2024 US Open, he lost to Bryson DeChambeau by a single stroke. The loss was no doubt a hard one, considering that the Northern Irishman has not been able to win a single major since 2014. He even left the course in a hurry, not even congratulating the champ soon after his loss. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that, since his last major victory, McIlroy has finished inside the top 10 of a major event 21 times! Owing to all of this, after the US Open the PGA Tour star revealed that he was taking a break from the sport to calm his mind, and reset. He will likely only be back next month at the final major.
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USA Today via Reuters
May 15, 2024; Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Rory McIlroy waits for the group ahead of them to clear the 18th fairway during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Clare Grant-USA TODAY Sports
Finally, Xander Schauffele, who is currently World No. 3 as per OWGR, will not be attending the tournament either. This season has arguably been the American pro’s best so far. He not only achieved his best career world ranking (#2) during this season but also managed to qualify for the Olympics for the second time in a row. This year, he will be representing the United States as a defending champion in Paris. The reason for his break from golf and missing the Rocket Mortgage Classic this week is not definitively known, but most likely it’s just so he can take a breather and go on a winning spree once more.
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