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2025 Rocket Classic: Preview, Prop Picks, Best Bets
The 2025 Rocket Classic tees off in Detroit on Thursday, and presents a prime opportunity for players to earn critical FedExCup points as the regular season winds down.,The tournament already featured a relatively soft field following a two-week stretch with the U.S. Open and the final signature eve...
Collin Morikawa puts former Cal teammate on bag at Rocket Classic
Collin Morikawa changed caddies once again, switching to a former college golf teammate for this week's PGA Tour event.,Morikawa confirmed to Golfweek that KK Limbhasut will replace Joe Greiner on the bag in the Rocket Classic this week at the Detroit Golf Club. ,Limbhasut, who was on the golf team ...
Cam Davis hopes to regain championship form at Rocket Classic
After a strong start to the season, Cam Davis has cooled considerably with seven missed cuts since February.,The two-time Rocket Classic champion hopes a return to the Motor City can restart his engines when the action begins Thursday at the Detroit Golf Club.,"I would say an event like this definit...
Former LIV golfer James Piot making PGA Tour return
Former LIV Golf competitor James Piot will make PGA Tour history this week at the Rocket Classic.,A late addition Monday to the field at Michigan's Detroit Golf Club, he is the first former LIV player to receive a sponsor's exemption on the PGA Tour, according to Golf Digest.,Piot, 26, a native of F...
Keegan Bradley stuns Tommy Fleetwood on No. 18 to win Travelers
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley birdied the final hole of the Travelers Championship and catapulted past England's Tommy Fleetwood to win the tournament in a stunning conclusion Sunday in Cromwell, Conn.,Bradley shot 2-under-par 68 for a four-round total of 15-under 265 to win by one stroke ov...
Viktor Hovland (neck) WDs from Travelers Championship
Norway's Viktor Hovland was forced to withdraw during the final round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., on Sunday due to a neck injury.,Hovland, 27, appeared to be in pain on his opening tee shot in the final round, though he made par on the first hole. He bogeyed the second hole bef...
Eric Cole (illness) WDs from Travelers Championship
Eric Cole withdrew from the Travelers Championship prior to the final round on Sunday due to illness.,Cole, 37, carded a 68, 67 and 69 to shoot at 6-under-par 204 to reside tied for 14th place after three rounds in Cromwell, Conn.,Cole, who is seeking his first win on the PGA Tour, is 77th in the Of...
Tommy Fleetwood up 3 at Travelers, eyes first PGA Tour win
England's Tommy Fleetwood has put together a nice career, but none of his victories have come on the PGA Tour.,He's in position to change that this weekend, but he won't even be the sentimental favorite for the final day of the Travelers Championship.,Fleetwood shot 7-under-par 63 in Saturday's thir...
Tommy Fleetwood up 3 entering final round at Travelers
England's Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par 63 in Saturday's third round of the Travelers Championship to break away from a high-profile group near the top of the leaderboard at Cromwell, Conn.,Fleetwood, who for the second time in three rounds didn't record a bogey, will carry a three-shot advantage...
Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood tie Scottie Scheffler for Travelers lead
Justin Thomas and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood joined Scottie Scheffler atop the Travelers Championship leaderboard on Friday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.,Thomas posted a 6-under-par 64, tied for the low round of the day, and Fleetwood shot a 65 to reach 9-under 131 for the tournament. Sc...
Si Woo Kim (back) WDs from Travelers Championship
Si Woo Kim of South Korea withdrew from the Travelers Championship in the second round on Friday due to a back injury.,Kim, who shot a 1-over-par 71 in the first round, joined Jordan Spieth and Brian Campbell in making early departures from the tournament in Cromwell, Conn.,Kim was 8-over for the to...
Charlie Woods wins playoff to reach U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
Charlie Woods qualified for his second straight U.S. Junior Amateur Championship with a clutch playoff win.,With his famous father, 15-time major winner Tiger Woods in attendance, the 16-year-old Woods held off two other golfers to claim the final qualifying spot Thursday at Eagle Trace Golf Club in...
Jordan Spieth WDs from Travelers with neck/upper back injury
Jordan Spieth headed for the clubhouse 12 holes into his opening round at the Travelers Championship on Thursday in Cromwell, Conn., withdrawing due to a neck/upper back injury.,Not only does it mark Spieth's first withdrawal after 299 events on the PGA Tour, he said it was his first time withdrawin...
Scottie Scheffler tied for Travelers lead after chasing a 59
After denying that TPC River Highlands is too easy, Scottie Scheffler was on pace for a round of 59 there Thursday in the opening round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,Instead, the World No. 1 carded an 8-under-par 62 and is tied for the lead with Austin Eckroat.,Scheffler was 9 und...
Wyndham Clark ‘very sorry’ for damaging Oakmont lockers
Wyndham Clark delivered an apology Thursday for damaging Oakmont Country Club lockers in anger last week at the U.S. Open.,Clark missed the cut at the third major championship of the season, going 74-74 (8 over par) through two rounds. On Saturday, social media posts from golf podcaster Todd "Tron C...
Brian Campbell (shoulder) WDs from Travelers Championship
Brian Campbell withdrew from the Travelers Championship before the start of Thursday's first round due to a shoulder injury.,The winner of the Mexico Open in February, Campbell joined Corey Conners, who was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a wrist injury suffered during last week's U.S....
Dramatic finish can't save soggy U.S. Open from ratings hit
J.J. Spaun's dramatic victory wasn't enough to salvage the television ratings for Sunday's rain-interrupted final round of the U.S. Open.,The numbers included a 2.4 rating and a Father's Day audience of 5.4 million viewers on NBC (5.05 million, per Nielsen), down 15 percent in ratings and 8 percent ...
Three Ways New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp Can Fix the Stale Golf Schedule
New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has major work ahead. Here are three ways he can fix the Tour’s stale schedule, including shaking up signature events and thinking globally....
Stacked field tackles Travelers Championship after tough U.S. Open
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and new U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun are among the main attractions as the Travelers Championship tees off Thursday in Cromwell, Conn., and the PGA Tour shifts from its hardest level of difficulty to perhaps its easiest.,Spaun was the only player to finish under par ...
100 days from Ryder Cup, Keegan Bradley savoring journey
U.S. captain Keegan Bradley said Wednesday that the only time he isn't thinking about September's Ryder Cup is when he is "inside the ropes Thursday through Sunday.",With the start of the Ryder Cup now just 100 days away, Bradley fielded questions about the experience as he got ready to tee off in t...