2026 Rocket Classic picks: PGA Tour best bets, odds, predictions for Detroit Golf Club
This year’s iteration of the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club is quite a tricky one to handicap.This is the PGA Tour’s eighth visit to Motown for this event, and it’s also the last, as the sponsor declined to renew the partnership for 2027.The timing couldn’t be worse.For the first seven years of the partnership between the PGA Tour, Rocket Mortgage, and Detroit Golf Club, this tournament was viewed as, frankly, a joke.The field was always devoid of any star power, and the course was easily overwhelmed by the B-listers who did make the trip.The average winning score at Detroit Golf Club is 22-under par, and relative unknowns like Cam Davis (twice), Nate Lashley, and Aldrich Potgieter have lifted the trophy in Motown.That’s not the recipe for a tournament to become a financial success, so the powers that be had the course renovated for 2026, hoping to modernize the track and make the tournament more exciting.The most notable changes are that Detroit Golf Club will now play as a par 70 instead of a par 72, and the seventh and 17th holes have been converted from short Par 5s to long Par 4s.Unfortunately, it was too little, too late. And it really is a shame, because this year’s tournament has some serious oomph to it.Whether because of the renovations, because it’s last call in Detroit for the PGA Tour, or some other reason, this year’s field for the Rocket Classic is the strongest in the event’s history.Cameron Young is the 10/1 betting favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook, but the Open Championship runner-up isn’t the headliner in this field.
That honor belongs to 21-year-old rookie Jackson Koivun, who just took home his first PGA Tour title at last week’s 3M Open.This will be Koivun’s fourth start since turning pro at the John Deere about a month ago.The Auburn alum is 20/1 to go back-to-back, putting him in the same range as Chris Gotterup (18/1), Xander Schauffele (20/1), Si Woo Kim (20/1), and Wyndham Clark (22/1).One of the best players i...