Rocket Mortgage Classic: Round 2
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Detroit Golf Club, Detroit Rock City, Michigan
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This week, the PGA tour rides to the Motor City of Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The week started badly for the tournament with a bad storm rolling through on Sunday, causing trees to collapse, but the ground crews have no doubt the course will be ready for play Thursday. There will also be an issue with air quality from the Canadian wildfires drifting over the border, but nonetheless, the golf will go on. The defending champion, Tony Finau, will be in the field, coming off a record 262 (-26) finish in the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. The purse will be $8.8 million, with $1.584 million going to the winner.
The Field:
This week will not be an elevated event, but will still have some star power. Defending champion Tony Finau joins Max Homa and Tom Kim as the top 10 FedEx point leaders in the field. Other big names in the field this week include Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler, coming off hot performances; Austin Eckroat, who will be looking to keep his hot run going; and Collin Morikawa, who will be making his Rocket Mortgage debut. He has won four times in his debut performances at events. The remaining field of 156 players in total is filled with a mix of young, hungry players and old, savvy players, all looking to cash in this week. For your DraftKings lineups, the play is to look for distance off the tee and good putting mix to beef up your lineups.
The Course:
The Detroit Golf Club, founded in 1899, has hosted the Rocket Mortgage Classic since 2019. The course will be playing as a par 72 (36-36) and 7,370 yards, an average distance for PGA tour events. The course is laid with tee-to-green bent grass/Poa annua with bluegrass roughs. The bent grass greens will be running fast due to a dry spring this year, so putting will be a key stat for success this week. The weather this week will be hazy on Thursday from the wildfire smoke and have an increased possibility of rain over the weekend.
TexHoss Projected Top 5 (via BetOnline):
Tony Finau +1400
Rickie Fowler +1400
Tom Kim +2000
Taylor Moore +6500
Aaron Rai +6000
Tournament Wagers:
Matchup: Sepp Straka OVER Stephan Jaeger (-110) [via Draft Kings]
Matchup: Chris Kirk OVER JJ Spaun (-110) [via Draft Kings]
Matchup: Justin Thomas OVER Collin Morikawa (+100) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Brandon Wu (+300) [via BetOnline]
Top 20: Sepp Straka (+250) [via BetOnline]
Top 20: Taylor Moore (+240) [via Draft KIngs]
Top 20: Troy Merritt (+700) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Doc Redman (+650) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Cameron Champ (+400) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Chris Kirk (+230) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Austin Eckroat (+220) [via Draft Kings]
Top 20: Kyle Reifers (+2500) [via Draft Kings] {post Round 1 - 12:18am add}
Top European: Sepp Straka (+750) [via Draft Kings]
Top Asian: Tom Kim (+300) [via Draft Kings]
1st Round Wagers: (-0.23 units)
[WIN] Matchup: Aaron Rai OVER Sam Stevens (-130) [via BetOnline]
[WIN] Matchup: Cameron Champ OVER Harry Hall (+100) [via BetOnline]
[LOSER] Matchup: Brandon Wu OVER Ludvig Aberg (+105) [via BetOnline]
[LOSER] Matchup: Tom Kim OVER Rickie Fowler (+110) [via Draft Kings]
2nd Round Wagers:
Matchup: Adam Hadwin OVER Adam Schenk (+109) [via BetOnline]
Matchup: Cameron Champ OVER Harry Hall (-105) [via BetOnline]
Matchup: Chris Kirk OVER Byeong Hun An (-120) [via Draft Kings]
Matchup: Doc Redman OVER Austin Cook (-135) [via Draft Kings]
Matchup: Keegan Bradley OVER Tom Kim (+100) [via Draft Kings] {12:18am add}
3 Ball: Troy Merritt OVER Adam Svensson & Garrick HIggo (+200) [via Draft Kings]