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Six of the top 10 players in the FedEx Cup standings—Webb Simpson (1), Sungjae Im (3), Patrick Reed (5), Brendon Todd (6), Lanto Griffin (9) and Sebastian Munoz (10)—are making the trip to Michigan for the second edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic after its debut in 2019. Simpson will be competing at Detroit Golf

7:27 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau were expected to be contenders at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, taking advantage of a relatively weak field and course by PGA Tour standards. Chris Kirk was not. However, a year after taking a leave of absence from the PGA Tour to address alcohol

Matthew Wolff, age 21, had never met Vijay Singh, age 57, prior this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, and says he didn’t know much about the 34-time PGA Tour winner before being paired with him (and C.T. Pan) for the opening two rounds at Detroit Golf Club. “I think he was a little before my time,”

Nervous. Scared. Confused. These were just some of the emotions Cameron Champ was feeling after being told last week that his arrival test for COVID-19 at the Travelers Championship had turned up a positive result. “I really felt fine,” Champ said. “I was extremely cautious because my fiancee’s father has a heart condition so we’ve

7:15 AM ET DETROIT — Olajuwon Ajanaku and Earl Cooper were shocked by the reaction they got at the PGA Merchandise Show in January. The friends and business partners walked the aisles proudly wearing the logo of their new company, Eastside Golf, on their shirts. A logo that features a man playing golf in jeans,

Forecasting the outcome of golf tournaments is a foolish endeavor, which is why “this is Bryson DeChambeau’s week” claims were met with plenty of skepticism. Through one round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, it’s clear that might not have been so outlandish after all. From his very opening tee shot, which went 344 yards, DeChambeau

7:41 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Doc Redman is playing his best golf, priming himself to perhaps earn his first PGA Tour victory. Redman shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Scott Stallings and Kevin Kisner in the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Bryson DeChambeau, the only player with top-10 finishes

The PGA of America announced on Thursday that it is renaming its Horton Smith Award, effective immediately. Smith, a two-time Masters winner and president of the PGA from 1952-54, was a staunch supporter of the organization’s Caucasian-only clause, which was part of the PGA’s bylaws from 1934-’61. The award, which honors PGA members for outstanding

Bryson DeChambeau drinks six protein shakes a day. Viktor Hovland prefers a half-dozen Red Bulls, or at least he did on his overnight drive from Colonial Country Club and the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for the RBC Heritage three weeks ago. The trip spanned 16 hours and covered

9:07 PM ET DETROIT — The PGA Tour announced a significant change to its COVID-19 policies Wednesday that will now allow players or caddies who test positive but are asymptomatic to return to competition if they return two negative test results at least 24 hours apart. Prior to this change, the Tour required a minimum

Cameron Champ was a late addition to the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic field Wednesday night after the tour adjusted its stance on Champ’s negative COVID-19 results. Champ, 25, had to withdraw from last week’s Travelers Championship after testing positive for coronavirus. However, Champ announced on Saturday that he had three negative COVID-19 tests following

8:14 PM ET DETROIT — The nine-hole exhibition match between Bubba Watson and Harold Varner III against Jason Day and Wesley Bryan at The Rocket Mortgage Classic helped raise over $1 million towards the tournament’s charity initiative Wednesday. Watson and Varner won the match and Watson donated $25,000 to the Changing the Course efforts after

Plenty of courses have notable three-hole stretches that are intrinsically connected to a PGA Tour event. The Bear Trap at PGA National and the Honda Classic, the Snake Pit at Innisbrook and the Valspar Championship, the Green Mile at Quail Hollow Club and the Wells Fargo Championship and, of course, Amen Corner at Augusta National

8:05 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back and is coming off what turned out to be another close finish. Dustin Johnson emerged as the champion at The Travelers, finishing one shot ahead of Kevin Streelman. The tour next heads to Detroit Golf Club for the Rocket Mortgage Championship. Which players are

Four more players have tested COVID-19 positive at PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour tournament sites this week. On Tuesday, the PGA Tour announced Chad Campbell has been withdrawn from the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. Campbell, 46, was not yet in the field as he was listed as the tournament’s first alternate. Alex Cjeka

Monday qualifiers for both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour have always been brutal, but as we wrote ahead of pro golf’s restart amid the coronavirus pandemic, they’ve gotten even tougher. Let’s call what happened ahead of this week’s Korn Ferry Tour event Exhibit A. With so many players trying to get into the