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A familiar face is on top of the leaderboard after the opening round at Detroit Golf Club. Akshay Bhatia, who last week played in the final group alongside Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler, is the solo leader at 8-under 64 at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Bhatia, aided by a 17th hole eagle, leads by one over Taylor Montgomery and Michael Kim.

Rocket Mortgage Classic 2024 Friday tee times, PGA Tour pairings and how to watch

The 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic continues on Saturday, June 29, with the third round at Detroit Golf Club. You can find full Rocket Mortgage tee times for Saturday at the bottom of this post. Featured tee time for Round 3. The leaderboard is tightly packed at the Rocket Mortgage Classic...

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Saturday tee times: Round 3 groupings

Detroit, MI


			  
Three rounds are in the book at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic and 16 golfers are within 5 strokes of the lead. Below, we look at BetMGM Sportsbook’s 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic odds entering Sunday’s final round being played in Detroit. Check back throughout the season for our PGA Tour picks, predictions and best bets.
Co-leaders Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai are tied at 17-under-par 199 and will take a 1-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round at Detroit Golf Club (7,370 yards, par 72). Rai is the No. 62 player in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, while Bhatia is No. 95.
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2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic final-round odds, golfers to watch

Some pros prefer to keep their inner on-course demons concealed from public view. Steve Stricker isn’t one of them. On Wednesday at the U.S. Senior Open Championship, a reporter spied Stricker working on his putting, which prompted him to wonder how one of the best to ever stroke a putt preps for a major championship.

Steve Stricker’s surprising putter change is already paying off

Will Zalatoris came into Saturday’s round at 7-under and just six shots off the Rocket Mortgage Classic leaders. However, after eight holes, the former Wake Forest Demon Deacon withdrew from the tournament. Zalatoris was 3-over through eight when he chose to pull out. The PGA Tour communications team cited...

Rising PGA Tour star Will Zalatoris suddenly Withdraws From Rocket Mortgage Classic

ESPN

Miles Russell, making his PGA Tour debut at age 15, shot a 74 and is 10 shots behind first-round leader Akshay Bhatia at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Miles Russell debuts with 74 at Rocket Mortgage; Bhatia leads

Midland, MI

Two teams that were tied for the lead after the opening 18 holes of the Dow Championship were joined by three more on Friday for a five-way tie at the midpoint in Midland, Mich. Australia's Grace Kim recorded the first hole-in-one of her life as the 23-year-old Australian and American...

Five teams share lead at LPGA's Dow Championship

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The top of the leaderboard at Detroit Golf Club features some interesting names after the action on Thursday

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic scores, takeaways: Akshay Bhatia leads, Rickie Fowler lurks after Round 1

Westchester County, NY

The Independent

 The next round in Newport is on Frank Bensel — and make it a double.The 56-year-old club pro from New York made back-to-back holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open on Friday — a first in the 1,001-tournament history of the USGA and believed to be the only time it’s happened on any major golf tour.“It was like an out-of-body experience,” Bensel said before posing for pictures with the ball, 6-iron and pin flags from the fourth and fifth holes at the Newport Country Club.“I’ve played a lot of golf in my life, and just to see a hole-in-one in...

Frank Bensel makes hole-in-one on back-to-back shots at the U.S. Senior Open

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Akshay Bhatia walked down a fairway at Detroit Golf Club, looking for his ball after a long, straight tee shot, and found it in an improbable spot — underground, after it fell into a drain.Bhatia said he and the PGA Tour rules official, who granted a free drop, had never seen anything like it."It was kind of one-in-a-million chance that ball goes in that small hole in that drain," he said. Bhatia went on to shoot a 5-under 67, good enough for a share of the 36-hole lead with Aaron Rai at 13-under 131 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on...

Akshay Bhatia loses golf ball in a fairway drain, but he's in the lead at Rocket Mortgage Classic

BroBible

Golfers can go a lifetime without getting the chance to record a hallowed hole-in-one, and if you’re still in search of that elusive achievement, you’ll probably be very, very jealous of the seemingly unprecedented feat Frank Bensel Jr. managed to pull off during the second round of the U.S. Senior Open. The PGA states the […]
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Golfer At U.S. Senior Open Makes History With Two Aces On Back-To-Back Holes

Welcome to Playing Through’s morning ritual — Golf Talk Today. Each morning will feature a Golf Talk Today, where the crew will discuss various elements throughout the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more. It is Championship Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai...

Golf Talk Today: Rocket Mortgage final round tee times, can Akshay Bhatia win astonishing 3rd victory

DETROIT (AP) Akshay Bhatia walked down a fairway at Detroit Golf Club, looking for his ball after a long, straight tee shot, and found it in an improbable spot - underground, after it fell into a drain. Bhatia said he and the PGA Tour rules official, who granted a free...

Akshay Bhatia shares the lead in Detroit after his golf ball finds a fairway drain on the 17th

- Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho handled a strong wind and the tough foursomes format for a 3-under 67 on Saturday, giving the American duo a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Dow Championship.

Team of Ally Ewing, Jennifer Kupcho atop LPGA's Dow Champ.

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Golf is a difficult — and complex — game. The best way to make it a bit easier is by making things simpler. Think about the times you’ve played your best...

Make more putts by simplifying your green reading. Here’s how

Greenville, SC

A $10-dollar hot dog for eight bucks? The numbers don’t add up, but under Chris Wehking’s care, the layered flavors make perfect sense. Wehking is the chef at the 3’s, a 12-hole short course in Greenville, S.C., where the menu brims with fresh takes on regional classics.

This course’s hot dog is a Fourth of July classic, done Carolina-style

Akshay Bhatia's golf ball may have gone down the drain on the 17th hole but his hopes of landing a PGA Tour hat-trick have most certainly not at the halfway stage of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Bhatia, 22, has quickly emerged as one of the PGA Tour's brighest young stars...

Akshay Bhatia's ball goes down a drain (!) en route to Rocket Mortgage Classic lead

Delivering the club head through impact straight and efficiently during the golf swing can be difficult when your arms are working against you. This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates a tip to help get rid of the dreaded ‘chicken wing’ in the golf swing. This forces the golfer to flip the golf club through impact with inconsistent results.

Golf instruction: How to stop 'chicken winging' your swing

Jennifer Lopez is “heartbroken” because her marriage to Ben Affleck is “completely over,” according to Fox News. “The marriage is completely over, and Jennifer is heartbroken. She loves love and wanted this to work so badly,” a source told Fox Digital. Fox confirmed People Magazine’s...

Jennifer Lopez Is ‘Heartbroken’ Because Marriage Is ‘Completely Over’: Report

Missouri State

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The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

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2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Sunday tee times: Final-round groupings

The 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic concludes on Sunday, June 30, with the final round at Detroit Golf Club. You can find full Rocket Mortgage tee times...

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Sunday tee times: Final-round groupings

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