Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images Rocket Mortgage Rewind Nate Lashley raises the trophy after winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club on Jin Detroit, Michigan. It will include the traditional four par-5s, four par-3s, and the 10 par-4s. The newly-reconfigured Detroit Golf Club will play to a par 72 (36-36), while stretching 7,309 yards for the event. To accommodate a PGA Tour event, however, tournament organizers, and club officials, have blended the championship tracks together in order to create one big PGA Tour venue with extra yardage, new pro-style tee boxes, additional sand hazards, rerouted holes, and ample room for the PGA Tour’s traveling circus (TV towers, stadium seating, galleries, concessions, hospitality tents, equipment/TV trucks, parking, and whatnot). Credit: CBS Detroitĭetroit Golf Club is comprised of two historic golf courses – the North and South – both designed by Donald Ross in the early 1900s. Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram The Course A general view of the clubhouse entrance at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan on June 24, 2019, ahead of the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic. The Skinnyįormat: 154 players, 72 holes, stroke-play, 36-hole cut Smith’s 32-win PGA Tour career also included a second Masters triumph in 1936. Horton Smith held the position from 1946 until 1963 the same Horton Smith who won the first ever Masters Tournament in 1934. One of the Detroit Golf Club’s former club pros knows a few things about inaugural golf events. 2, East Lake, Oakland Hills, and Aronimink, among many others. The Club itself has roots dating all the way back to 1899 and the North Course, where the event will mostly be contested (see Course section), is an original design of the legendary golf course architect Donald Ross, whose resume includes Pinehurst No. The Rocket Mortgage Classic might be lacking history, but the host venue, Detroit Golf Club, most definitely does not. Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images History Spotlight Golf legend Bobby Jones congratulates Horton Smith after Smith won the the inaugural Masters Tournament at Jones’ Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on March 25, 1934. Hideki Matsuyama celebrates a birdie putt on the 18th hole as Rickie Fowler looks on during the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on in Scottsdale, Arizona. Other familiar names include top-25 ranked stars such as Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton, and Hideki Matsuyama. 10) – each of whom enters in good form, particularly Simpson and DeChambeau.Ĭo-starring in the Motor City event will be Rocket Mortgage spokesman Rickie Fowler, who will be seeking to bust a slump that’s resulted in three missed-cuts in four of his most recent starts. Headlining at Detroit Golf Club this week will be the top-10 ranked trio of Webb Simpson (No. Unlike the first three post-shutdown events, however, the field in Detroit will have limited star power, featuring just seven of the top-30 ranked players in the world. The PGA Tour makes its return to the Great Lakes State this week for the second edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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