Going out with a bang: Final Rocket Classic may have its best-ever field
DETROIT The final field for the final Rocket Classic is set.The PGA Tour announced Friday night the 141 players who are committed to teeing it up at Detroit Golf Club next week,when the eighth and final Rocket Classic will be playedfrom July 30-Aug. 2.There were no major changes with the final list of PGA Tour player commitments, from previous announcements, as the field continues to be highlighted by four players inside the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking, eight in the top 20, 21 in the top 50, and more than half of the top 100. There are 10 major champions. The field is arguably the best in the history of the Rocket Classic, and certainly the best since rival LIV Golf began playing and poaching in 2022.Headliners includeJordan Spieth,Xander SchauffeleandBrooks Koepka, all playing the Rocket for the first time, as well as world No. 3 Cameron Young, No. 5 Russell Henley, No. 7 Chris Gotterup and No. 9 Wyndham Clark,who won this year's U.S. Open. Michael Kim, world No. 57 who shot golf's magic number, 59, at the 3M Open on Friday, also is in.World No. 24 Ryan Gerard was the lone notable new name on Friday's entry list, while Matt Kuchar was the lone notable absence from the previous commitments.There are two local players in the field, DetroiterJoe Hooks, who was given a sponsor's exemption and will play the Rocket for a second straight year, and Ann Arbor nativePatrick Wilkes-Krier, who won the 2025 Michigan PGA Championship to earn his spot in the Rocket.The final four spots in the 145-player field will be decided at Monday's qualifier at The Orchards Golf Club in Washington Township. That qualifier is open to the public and is free to attend.2026 Rocket Classic fieldAs of Friday, July 24Zach BauchouChristiaan BezuidenhoutAkshay BhatiaChandler BlanchetKeegan BradleyMichael BrennanJacob BridgemanDan BrownBrian CampbellRafael CamposPatrick CantlayRicky CastilloDavis ChatfieldLuke ClantonWyndham ClarkEric ColeCorey ConnersPierceson CoodyTrace CroweJoel DahmanBrad DalkeCameron DavisJason DayZecheng DouAdrien Dumont de ChassartNick DunlapNico EchavarriaAustin EckroatA.J. EwartTony FinauPatrick FishburnSteven FiskRickie FowlerBrice GarnettRyan GerardDoug GhimLucas GloverChris GotterupMax GreysermanBen GriffinEmiliano GrilloHarry HallRussell HenleyGarrick HiggoJoe HighsmithKensei HirataRyo HisatsuneLee HodgesRico HoeyTom HogeNicolai HojgaardRasmus HojgaardJoe HooksBilly HorschelBeau HosslerMark HubbardMackenzie HughesSungjae ImStephan JaegerBen JamesWilliam JenningsTakumi KanayaJeffrey KangJohnny KeeferMichael KimSi Woo KimChris KirkPatton KizzireJake KnappBrooks KoepkaJackson KoivunChristo LamprechtHank LebiodaHaotong LiDavid LipskyJustin LowerPeter MalnatiHideki MatsuyamaStefano MazzoliDenny McCarthyMatt McCartyMax McGreevyMaverick McNealyMac MeissnerKeith MitchellTaylor MooreWilliam MouwKeita NakajimaRasmus Neergaard-PetersenAndrew NovakPontus NyholmThorbjorn OlesenJohn ParryMatthieu PavonTaylor PendrithMarco PengeChandler PhillipsAldrich PotgieterSeamus PowerAndrew PutnamChad RameyDavis RileyPatrick RodrgersKevin RoyMarcelo RozoRyan RuffelsAdrien SaddierGordon SargentXander SchauffeleAdam SchenkMatti SchmidNeal ShipleyWebb SimpsonJordan SmithAustin SmothermanBrandt SnedekerJ.J. SpaunJordan SpiethSam StevensKevin StreelmanJackson SuberAdam SvenssonJesper SvenssonNick TaylorDavis ThompsonMichael ThorbjornsenBrendon ToddAlejandro TostiErik van RooyenJohn VanDerLaanKristoffer VenturaKarl VilipsDanny WalkerMatt WallaceVince WhaleyPatrick Wilkes-KrierAaron WiseDylan WuSudarshan YellamarajuCameron YoungKevin YuThis article originally appeared on Golfweek: Going out with a bang: Final Rocket Classic may have its best-ever field