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Detroit's PGA Tour event ends after 2026. Its final field is the strongest yet, with three top-10 players committed for July 30 to August 2 at Detroit Golf Club.
The Rocket Classic is coming back to Detroit this summer, for the last time.
Rocket will not continue past 2026, ending a PGA Tour run that began in 2019 and brought the tour back to a market that had gone without one since the Buick Open left Grand Blanc in 2009. The eighth and final edition runs July 30 to August 2 at Detroit Golf Club.
The field is built to send it off. Two-time major champion Xander Schauffele, ranked No. 10 in the world, committed to his first Rocket Classic. He joins No. 3 Cameron Young and No. 8 Russell Henley, both top-10 players, along with Keegan Bradley, the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, and past champions Tony Finau and Rickie Fowler.
The tournament's short history at Detroit Golf Club has had its moments. Nate Lashley got in as a third alternate in 2019, then led the inaugural event wire to wire and finished at 25 under. Tony Finau set the tournament record in 2022 at 26 under. Rickie Fowler birdied the 72nd hole in 2023 to force a three-way playoff, then won on the first extra hole. Cameron Davis won twice, in 2021 and 2024, the only player to do it.
Off the course, the Rocket Giving Fund has put nearly $10 million into Detroit nonprofits since 2019. Much of that work runs through "Changing the Course," a digital-inclusion effort that has distributed more than 75,000 devices and connected more than 150,000 families to low-cost internet.
The host course is fresh too. Detroit Golf Club is finishing a $16.1 million restoration of its North Course, a return to the original 1916 Donald Ross design led by architect Tyler Rae, funded in part by member contributions and $2.2 million from the 2025 tournament. Work is set to wrap in time for tournament week.
Tickets are at RocketClassic.com, with advance pricing through June 30 at rates up to 50 percent lower than 2025. Thursday grounds passes are $31.30, a nod to the city's 313. Friday is $48, Saturday and Sunday $58 each. After June 30, Thursday and Friday rise to $68 and the weekend to $78. Children 15 and under enter free with a ticketed adult, up to four per adult.
Parking is at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield and Oakland Mall in Troy, with round-trip shuttles to the club. Accessible parking is offered at the University of Detroit Mercy. With prices cut, the venue restored, and a top-heavy field, this is the last easy chance to watch tour golf in Detroit for a while.
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