Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan — June 30, 2024
Conditions at Detroit Golf Club changed dramatically during the final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Temperatures dropped into the low 70s Fahrenheit and the wind shifted to the west. Yesterday, all the par-5 holes were downwind. Today, the wind is in golfers' faces.
As a result, birdies were harder to come by and the leaderboard was crowded. Min Woo Lee was 2 under for the day and 16 under after 14 holes despite a double bogey on the par-5 seventh hole. He chipped in from off the green for a birdie on the par-3 15th hole. Lee followed that up with another birdie on the 17th hole to move into a tie for the lead at 18 under.
On the final hole, the par-4 18th, Lee hit his second shot over the green and into the rough. His chip rolled to the right of the green. Lee chipped it back to the hole, but it was inches short. He tapped in for a bogey and fell back to 17 under par. He left the clubhouse in the lead.
Akshay Bhatia, who was in the lead, made his first bogey of the tournament on the third hole. He birdied the fourth and seventh holes to finish at 18 under par. He made nine consecutive pars to take sole possession of the lead until the 17th hole.
Cam Davis, playing in the group just ahead of him, birdied the 17th hole to move to 2 under par for the day, tying Bhatia at -18, then on the 18th hole, Davis hit his second shot into the rough to the right of the green.
Returning to the par-5 17th, Bhatia hit his driver down the fairway, but his second shot flew into a bunker on the right side of the green and, after a nice out, had a good birdie putt, but pushed it too far right.
Bhatia's playing partner, Aaron Lai, who is joint third-round leader, alternated three birdies and three bogeys in the first 16 holes. He also had a good chance for birdie on the 17th hole, but missed wide left.
Down to the final green, Davis chipped out of the deep greenside rough to within 4 feet of the pin. He calmly sank the putt, taking Lee out of the running for the win and giving Bhatia and Lai exactly what they needed to do.
Teeing off the 18th hole, Bhatia was on the fairway again, with a light lie in the rough on the right.
He had a good break and Lie was able to make good contact with the ball, but his second shot landed in a bunker on the left side of the green and he couldn't sink his powerful shot.
Bhatia's second shot cleared the bunker but landed 31 feet left of the hole. His winning birdie putt was 4 feet short. His tying putt slid wide of the cup, giving Bhatia his first three-putt of the tournament.
Bhatia rests his head on his putter after three-putting on the final green at the Rocket Mortgage Classic / Photo by AP
Davis' second PGA Tour victory came at the same venue where he won his first in 2021. He became the first two-time winner at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
It's close
Some players wondered what might have happened if that had happened. This is the second time Bhatia has led/co-led after 54 holes; the last time was at the 2024 Valero Texas Open, which he won. It's also the second consecutive tournament he's played in the final group. He finished tied for fifth at last week's Travelers Championship.
This is the first time in 85 Tour starts that Lye has led/co-led after 54 holes and just the second time he has played in the final group in the final round (first: 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, tied for sixth). He is yet to win on the PGA Tour.
Cameron Young (T3/-16) has seven runner-up finishes since joining the PGA Tour at the start of the 2021-22 season, the most of any player without a win in that span. Scottie Scheffler leads the tour with eight runner-up finishes in that span. Young finished T6 at -15.
Davis Thompson started the final round at 13 under par. He had six birdies in the final round and two bogeys for a final score of 17 under par, which puts him in a tie for second place.
Amateur Luke Canton finished the third round in the 60s and under par, finishing in a tie for the top 10 with a score of 14 under par.
Rocket Mortgage Classic Results at Detroit Golf Club Position Name Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 Cam Davis -18 68 66* 66 70 270 T2 Davis Thompson -17 68* 69 66 68 271 T2 Ming Woo Lee -17 68 68* 66 69 271 T2 Akshay Bhatia -17 64 67* 68 72 271 T2 Aaron Lai -17 66* 65 68 72 271 T6 Rico Hui -15 69* 69 68* 67 273 T6 Eric Cole -15 66* 68 70 69 273 T6 Eric van Rooyen -15 69* 64 68 72 273 T6 Cameron Young -15 67* 66 67 73 273 T10 Taylor Moore -14 68 71* 66* 69 274 T10 JJ Spaun -14 67* 69 69 69 274 T10 Dylan Wu -14 69 68* 68 69 274 T10 Hayden Springer -14 71 65* 68 70 274 T10 Nick Dunlap -14 67* 69 67 71 274 T10 Luke Clanton(a) -14 69 68* 65 72 274 T10 Sam Stephens -14 69 66* 66 73 274 T17 David Skins -12 71 66* 67 72 276 T17 Troy Merritt -12 69 64* 70 73 276 T17 Ben Silverman -12 67 70* 67 72 276 T20 Carl Yuan -11 68* 71 69* 69 277 T20 Andrew Novak -11 71 66* 70 70 277 T20 Patton Kiziel -11 69 69* 69* 70 277 T20 Ben Coles -11 67 70* 70 70 277 T20 Neil Shipley -11 67* 68 70 72 277 T25 Nate Lashley -10 70* 68 71* 69 278 T25 Matt Kuchar -10 70* 68 71* 69 278 T25 Patrick Fishburne -10 72 67* 69* 70 278 T25 Justin Lower -10 68* 70 68 72 278 T25 Jonathan Vegas -10 67* 69 69 73 278 T25 Joel Dahmen -10 70* 64 68 76 278 T31 Nicholas Lindheim -9 70* 70 70* 69 279 T31 Ben Griffin -9 67 71* 71* 70 279 T31 Kevin Yu -9 70 70* 68* 71 279 T31 Ryan McCormick -9 70* 68 70* 71 279 T31 Akira Hisatsugu -9 75* 65 67* 72 279 T31 Jacob Bridgman -9 68* 69 71 71 279 T31 Harry Hall -9 71 69* 67* 72 279 T31 Roger Sloan -9 68 68* 71 72 279 T31 Max Glaserman -9 69 70* 68* 72 279 T31 Beau Hosler -9 71 69* 66* 73 279 T31 Jake Knapp -9 70 65* 70 74 279 T31 Rickie Fowler -9 66 72* 67* 74 279 T31 Patrick Rodgers -9 69 67* 67 76 279 T44 Taylor Montgomery -8 65* 68 77 70 280 T44 Maverick McNeely -8 73* 66 71* 70 280 T44 Blaine Hale Jr. -8 68 71* 71* 70 280 T44 Brandon Woo -8 71* 69 69* 71 280 T44 Ryan Moore -8 71* 69 69* 71 280 T44 Benjamin James(a) -8 70 70* 68* 72 280 T44 Chris Kirk -8 68* 69 69 74 280 T44 Hayden Buckley -8 71 67* 66* 76 280 T52 Matthias Schmidt -7 66* 72 72* 71 281 T52 Mark Hubbard -7 71 69* 69* 72 281 T52 Bud Corey -7 72 65* 71 73 281 T52 Nick Hardy -7 70* 67 71 73 281 T52 Michael Kim -7 65* 71 70 75 281 T57 Davis Riley -6 70* 70 71* 71 282 T57 Callum Tarren -6 70* 69 71* 72 282 T57 Kevin Streelman -6 70 68* 72* 72 282 T57 Robbie Shelton -6 68* 68 73 73 282 T57 Vince Whaley -6 70* 68 71 73 282 T57 Joe Highsmith -6 71 64* 73 74 282 T63 Zach Johnson -5 68* 68 74 73 283 T63 Pierson Coody -5 69* 71 69* 74 283 T63 Nico Echavarria -5 70* 70 69* 74 283 66 Nikolaj Hoygaard -4 71 65* 73 75 284 T67 Ryan Fox -3 71 67* 76* 71 285 T67 Luke List -3 70 70* 73* 72 285 T67 Chandler Phillips -3 68 72* 73* 72 285 T67 Wesley Bryan -3 68* 67 73 77 285 T67 Chris Gotterup -3 71 69* 68* 77 285 T72 Taylor Pendris -2 70 70* 74* 72 286 T72 Aaron Baddeley -2 68 70* 72* 76 286 74 Peter Malnati -1 70* 69 71* 77 287
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