A Classic Finish 🚀
Koivun and a majority of the 3M field head to Detroit, Michigan, for the Rocket Classic. Brooks Koepka was in the field and pushed the total to 145. Koepka WD’d Tuesday, but n ot after allowing three extra players to get in. Nice work! The top 65 and ties advance to the weekend where they can play for $10 million. A cool $1.8 million for first, the Rocket is the second-to-last regular season event before the playoffs. With Koivun’s win, Jackson jumped to number 70 in the season-long rankings. A special number, only the top 70 make the FedEx Cup playoffs. This is the eighth year the TOUR travels to Detroit Golf Club; and could be the last. Reports from our friends like Josh Carpenter (Sports Business Journal) have Rocket Mortgage ending their sponsorship in 2026. Can a new presenting sponsor jump in and save the event? Yes. The reality is it will become a second-tier tournament in 2028. All of this comes together as one of golf’s great ironies. Detroit Golf Club closed after the final putt dropped at the 2025 Rocket Classic. A $16 million renovation ensued, and much of the venue has been updated. Well, at least they get one year out of it…
