DETROIT — Say what you will about this city — and people have said plenty over the years — but we keep showing up.

That alone should be reason enough for the PGA Tour to keep doing the same.

But it’ll take more than that if they’re going to continue to make this work here in Detroit, where Sunday’s entertaining — and exhausting �...Read more

DETROIT — The kid's all right, that's for sure.

Aldrich Potgieter, all of 20 years old, made a putt of more than 17 feet for birdie on the fifth sudden-death playoff hole to win the Rocket Classic on another wild and crazy Sunday at Detroit Golf Club.

Potgieter beat Max Greyserman, 30, on the fifth extra hole in a playoff featuring one ...Read more

DETROIT — Making the cut on the PGA Tour means more to some than others.

It meant the world to Will Gordon, who at the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club this week was on the last start before his medical exemption was set to run out. He needed a made cut to keep some status on the PGA Tour this season.

Gordon finished his first two rounds ...Read more

Detroit ― Collin Morikawa's been right here before.

Making his second appearance at the Rocket Classic, the field's highest-ranked player, at No. 5 in the world, will once again enter Sunday's final round four shots off the lead.

The last time he did that, in 2023, he shot a final-round 68 and made a playoff, losing to Rickie Fowler. This ...Read more

DETROIT — OK, Detroit Golf Club is not hard. We get it. The players go low here.

But the annual outcry on social media about how the home of the PGA Tour's Rocket Classic is embarrassingly easy is, well, simply not supported by facts.

The Rocket Classic, since debuting in 2019, never has had the lowest winning score on the PGA Tour during ...Read more

DETROIT — After a sluggish first round, it looked like a wrap for Jake Knapp at the Rocket Classic.

But at Detroit Golf Club, when the scoring conditions have been pristine so far this week, anything's possible, and Knapp on Friday did what's never been done before. Knapp shot a course-record 61, 11-under par, to move into contention halfway ...Read more

DETROIT — The man they call "The Chef" got cooking early on Day 1 of the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club, tying the course record with a blistering 9-under 63.

Min Woo Lee's place in DGC lore didn't last more than a few hours, as, later Thursday afternoon, a pair of little-known golfers — 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter and Kevin Roy — ...Read more

DETROIT — Collin Morikawa's got a 1,000-watt smile, but there's some bite in there, too.

Morikawa, the No. 5-ranked player in the world, has had a couple of public dustups with the media this season, including once when he was criticized for not talking to the press after finishing runner-up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and then this ...Read more