Tournaments / 2026
Rocket Classic
2026-07-30 · Detroit Golf Club
- Winner
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Winning score
- -18
- Field
- 140
- Field strength
- -0.028 SG
The 2026 Rocket Classic was played at Detroit Golf Club, starting 30 July 2026. Michael Thorbjornsen won at 18 under par (262), 2 strokes ahead of Xander Schauffele. The winning card was 69, 64, 66 and 63, and the win paid $1,800,000. Xander Schauffele finished second, and Davis Riley was third. 140 players started the event. The field averaged -0.028 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 89% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 140. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 262
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 264
- Davis Riley
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 265
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Pos
- 4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 61
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 266
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 267
- Kristoffer Ventura
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 267
- Matt Wallace
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 267
- Cameron Young
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 61
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 268
- Chris Kirk
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 268
- Davis Thompson
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 268
- Michael Kim
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 268
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 268
- Ryan Gerard
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Doug Ghim
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Keegan Bradley
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Michael Brennan
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 269
- Rico Hoey
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 269
- Sungjae Im
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Chandler Blanchet
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 270
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 73 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.377
- Top-20 hit rate
- 60%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 24.3
Grade is this event’s percentile (78th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Henley | 1st | 20th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 2nd | 8th |
| J.J. Spaun | 3rd | 50th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 4th | 5th |
| Si Woo Kim | 5th | 42nd |
| Keegan Bradley | 6th | 15th |
| Cameron Young | 7th | 8th |
| Xander Schauffele | 8th | 2nd |
| Corey Conners | 9th | 20th |
| Davis Thompson | 10th | 8th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Davis Riley | 64th | 3rd(−61) |
| Harris English | 17th | 71st(+54) |
| Chandler Blanchet | 70th | 20th(−50) |
| Rasmus Højgaard | 53rd | 4th(−49) |
| J.J. Spaun | 3rd | 50th(+47) |
| Nick Taylor | 16th | 61st(+45) |
| Kristoffer Ventura | 48th | 5th(−43) |
| Michael Brennan | 58th | 15th(−43) |
| Nicolai Højgaard | 21st | 61st(+40) |
| Si Woo Kim | 5th | 42nd(+37) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Rocket Classic in 2026?
- Michael Thorbjornsen won the 2026 Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club, finishing 18 under par.
Where was the 2026 Rocket Classic played?
- The 2026 Rocket Classic was played at Detroit Golf Club, starting 30 July 2026.
What was the winning score at the 2026 Rocket Classic?
- The winning score was 18 under par (262 strokes), posted by Michael Thorbjornsen.
How many players were in the Rocket Classic field?
- 140 players started the 2026 Rocket Classic. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.