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Detroit Golf Club

Detroit Golf Club

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Par
70
Yardage
7,328
Designer
Donald Ross
Opened
1906
Greens
Creeping Bentgrass
Fairways
Creeping Bentgrass
Avg winning score
-21.8 (8 ed.)

Detroit Golf Club is a par-70, 7,328-yard PGA Tour golf course in Detroit, Michigan, USA, designed by Donald Ross. It has hosted 8 PGA Tour events in OTIS's 15-season window; the most recent was won by Michael Thorbjornsen (2026).

What this course rewards

Distance venue — length off the tee gets rewarded here. Length: 72nd percentile of tour venues. Emphasis is derived from this venue's profile — it describes what the course rewards, and complements the course-fit model (terms in the glossary).

  1. Off the tee33%

    graded on all-drives distance and total driving (distance + accuracy combined)

  2. Approach23%

    graded on mid/long-iron proximity (150–175 yds) and long-iron proximity (175–200 yds)

  3. Course history18%

    past results at this venue

  4. Around the green14%

    scrambling from rough and sand

  5. Putting12%

    5–10 ft make rate and lag putting

Hole by hole

Par, yardage, and how the field actually scored — difficulty ranks 1 (hardest) to 18. From the most recent tournament played here. Tap or arrow through the holes; bar height is hole length.

Hole 1Par 4 · 389 yds

Field average
3.837 (-0.163)
Difficulty
#14 of 18
Birdies · Pars · Bogey+
38 · 95 · 14

Under par · par · over par, share of the field

Hole 1 at Detroit Golf Club
HoleParYardsScoring avgDifficulty
143893.837#14
244974.136#6
343603.844#13
456024.592#17
531352.925#10
645224.163#3
745084.306#2
843533.626#16
931993.048#7
OUT353,56534.477
1044113.776#15
1132433.150#5
1244884.034#8
1344163.939#9
1455624.537#18
1531482.864#12
1644533.925#10
1745254.340#1
1844804.163#3
IN353,72634.728
TOTAL707,29169.205

Hosting history

SeasonTournamentWinnerScorePurse
2026Rocket ClassicMichael Thorbjornsen-18$10,000,000
2025Rocket ClassicAldrich Potgieter-22$9,600,000
2024Rocket Mortgage ClassicCam Davis-18$9,200,000
2022 - 2023Rocket Mortgage ClassicRickie Fowler-24$8,800,000
2021 - 2022Rocket Mortgage ClassicTony Finau-26$8,400,000
2020 - 2021Rocket Mortgage ClassicCam Davis-18$7,500,000
2019 - 2020Rocket Mortgage ClassicBryson DeChambeau-23$7,500,000
2018 - 2019Rocket Mortgage ClassicNate Lashley-25$7,300,000

Does a player fit this course?

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Player history here

Rounds played, best finish, and scoring at this venue — cited from results, lower scoring is better. “Similar venues” is a player's scoring across every distance course of this type, the closest honest read on venue fit (Strokes Gained can't be split by venue, so this is scoring, not SG).

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Tournament intelligence

LAST TOURNAMENT HERE

Rocket Classic

2026-07-30 · won by Michael Thorbjornsen

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A disclosed similarity model over archetype, length, greens, and par — method.

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