Golf Glance: Rickie Fowler defends in Detroit
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Posted on: 25 Jun, 2024 at 06:05 PM
Credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports
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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Travelers Championship (Scottie Scheffler)
THIS WEEK: Rocket Mortgage Classic, Detroit, June 27-30
Course: Detroit Golf Club, North Course (Par 72, 7,370 Yards)
Purse: $9.2M (Winner: $1.65M)
Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler
FedEx Cup Leader: Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
X: @RocketClassic
NOTES: Detroit Golf Club is hosting the event for the sixth time. ... Fowler won a three-man playoff last year to claim his first tour title since 2019. ... Miles Russell, 15, makes his PGA Tour debut after being the youngest player to make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event. Other sponsor's exemptions included Auburn star Jackson Koivun and Neal Shipley, who won low amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open. ... Tony Finau set the tournament scoring record of 262 in 2022. ... The North Course is set to undergo a renovation following the completion of next year's event.
BEST BETS: Tom Kim (+1200 at DraftKings) is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 16. He tees it up a week after losing to Scheffler in a playoff at the Travelers. ... Cameron Young (+1600) is coming off a T9 last week that included a 59 in the third round. He finished runner-up here in his last visit in 2022, when Young tied the 18-hole record with a 63 in the second round. ... Min Woo Lee (+2000) is coming off a T21 at the U.S. Open, his 11th made cut in 15 starts this year. ... Akshay Bhatia (+2200) finished T5 last week after a T16 at the U.S. Open.... Stephan Jaeger (+2500) also tied the 18-hole record in the final round last year to finish T9. He has only two top-20s since winning the Texas Children's Houston Open.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: John Deere Classic, Silvis, Ill., July 4-7
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: KPMG Women's PGA Championship (Amy Yang)
THIS WEEK: Dow Championship, Midland, Mich., June 27-30
Course: Midland Country Club (Par 70, 6,277 yards)
Purse: $3M (Winners: $366,082 each player)
Defending Champions: Cheyenne Knight, Elizabeth Szokol
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (Golf Channel/Peacock); 12-1 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 4-5 p.m. (Peacock), 5-7 p.m. (GC/Peacock); Sunday, 12-1 p.m. (NBCSports.com/App), 1-3 p.m. (GC/Paramount+)
X: @dowchampionship
NOTES: This is a 72-hole, stroke-play team event. The two-player teams will compete in foursomes (alternate shot) in the first and third rounds, and in four ball (best ball) in the second and final rounds. There will be a cut to the low-33 teams and ties after 36 holes. In the event there is a playoff, it would be played in foursomes format. ... Each member of the winning team will receive a two-year winner's exemption on the LPGA Priority List, although players will not be awarded U.S. Solheim Cup points or Rolex Women's World Rankings points.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Dick's Open (Padraig Harrington)
THIS WEEK: 44th U.S. Senior Open Championship, Newport, R.I., June 27-30
Course: Newport Country Club (Par 70, 7,024 yards)
Purse: TBD
Defending Champion: Bernhard Langer
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 12-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3-5 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 12-3 p.m. (NBC), 3-5 p.m. (GC); Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (GC)
X: @USGA
NOTES: This is the third of five Champions majors this season. ... The field includes every winner of the event dating back to 2013. ... Defending champion Langer also won it in 2010, while 2022 champion Harrington is coming off his third consecutive victory at the Dick's Open. ... In addition to Langer and Harrington, the 156-player field includes four other World Golf Hall of Fame Members: Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Kaulig Companies Championship, Akron, Ohio, July 11-14
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Nashville (Individual: Tyrrell Hatton; Team: Legion XIII)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
2024 Leaders: Players, Juaquin Niemann; Team, Crushers GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Andalucia, Spain, July 12-14
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