PGA TOUR event June 25-30 at Detroit Golf Club to feature seven major championship winners; Top young players granted sponsor exemptions, including three players making PGA TOUR debuts
DETROIT (June 21, 2024) – The majority of the 156-player field for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic has been finalized. The sixth-annual PGA TOUR event will return to Detroit Golf Club from June 25 – 30 and be broadcast live on Golf Channel and CBS.
The 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic field includes seven major championship winners, 63 PGA TOUR winners, and features 10 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, including:
- No. 23 – Cameron Young
- No. 26 – Tom Kim
- No. 30 – Chris Kirk
- No. 31 – Akshay Bhatia
- No. 36 – Min Woo Lee
- No. 41 – Will Zalatoris
- No. 42 – Stephan Jaeger
- No. 42 – Nicolai Højgaard
- No. 41 – Robert MacIntyre
- No. 49 – Rickie Fowler (2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic winner and Rocket Mortgage ambassador)
Other notable players include:
- Cameron Champ – Three-time PGA TOUR winner
- Stewart Cink – Eight-time PGA TOUR winner, including The Open Championship in 2009
- Cam Davis – 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic winner
- Jason Dufner – Five-time winner on the PGA TOUR, including the 2013 PGA Championship; Sponsor exemption into 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
- Zach Johnson –2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain and winner of the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open Championship
- Kevin Kisner – Four-time PGA TOUR winner
- Matt Kuchar – Nine-time PGA TOUR winner
- Nate Lashley – Wire-to-wire winner of the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic after getting into the 2019 field as the third alternate
- Francesco Molinari – Winner of three PGA TOUR events including The Open Championship and Quicken Loans National in 2018
- Ryan Moore – Five-time PGA TOUR winner
- Webb Simpson – 2012 U.S. Open and 2018 PLAYERS Championship winner
- Brandt Snedeker – Nine-time PGA TOUR winner
- Camilo Villegas – Five-Time PGA TOUR winner
- Jimmy Walker – Six-time PGA TOUR winner, including the 2016 PGA Championship. Sponsor exemption into 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
- Gary Woodland – Four-time PGA TOUR champion and winner of the 2019 U.S. Open
The Rocket Mortgage Classic has become known as a tournament ‘Where Future Stars Start,” and the event has granted sponsor exemptions to a number of golf’s most exciting young players. Three of those players will be making their PGA TOUR debuts at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic:
- Miles Russell – The 15-year-old amateur, who is among the most decorated players in junior golf, will make his PGA TOUR debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. A high school freshman from Jacksonville, Florida, he became the youngest player to make the cut in the 35-year history of the developmental Korn Ferry Tour in April, when he finished 20th at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
- Luke Clanton – Clanton will make his PGA TOUR debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Number 5 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, he finished 41st as one of six amateurs at the 2024 U.S. Open. The Miami-area native was a First Team All-American as a sophomore and set the Florida State single-season scoring average record (69.33).
- Benjamin James – Number 4 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, he played in the 2024 U.S. Open and just finished his sophomore season at Virginia. James played on the winning Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams in 2023.
- Jackson Koivun –Number 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, he was the NCAA Championship Individual Runner-Up at Auburn and the 2024 Fred Haskins Award winner honoring the year’s outstanding college golfer.
- Neal Shipley – Shipley will make his PGA TOUR debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The seventh player to be the low amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year (2024), he was the 2023 U.S. Amateur runner-up and turned pro this week.
The final five spots in the Rocket Mortgage Classic field will be awarded to Sunday’s winner of THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Golf Invitational presented by Rocket Mortgage – a 36-hole tournament taking place at Detroit Golf Club – and four Monday qualifiers.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic field is listed below. More tournament information is available at www.RocketMortgageClassic.com.
2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic – Final Field as of Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. ET (Alphabetical)
Albertson, Anders
Alexander, Tyson
Baddeley, Aaron
Barjon, Paul
Barnes, Erik
Berger, Daniel
Bhatia, Akshay
Blair, Zac
Bramlett, Joseph
Brehm, Ryan
Bridgeman, Jacob
Bryan, Wesley
Buckley, Hayden
Campillo, Jorge
Campos, Rafael
Cauley, Bud
Champ, Cameron
Cink, Stewart
Clanton, Luke +
Cole, Eric
Coody, Parker
Coody, Pierceson
Crowe, Trace
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cam
Dougherty, Kevin
Dufner, Jason +
Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
Duncan, Tyler
Dunlap, Nick
Echavarria, Nico
Endycott, Harrison
Fishburn, Patrick
Fowler, Rickie
Fox, Ryan
Furr, Wilson
Garnett, Brice
Ghim, Doug
Gotterup, Chris
Greyserman, Max
Griffin, Ben
Griffin, Lanto
Gutschewski, Scott
Hadley, Chesson
Hale, Jr., Blaine
Hall, Harry
Hardy, Nick
Higgo, Garrick
Highsmith, Joe
Hisatsune, Ryo
Hodges, Lee
Hoey, Rico
Hoffman, Charley
Højgaard, Nicolai
Hossler, Beau
Hubbard, Mark
Jaeger, Stephan
James, Ben +
Johnson, Zach
Kim, Chan
Kim, Michael
Kim, S.H.
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kizzire, Patton
Knapp, Jake
Knowles, Philip
Kohles, Ben
Koivun, Jackson +
Kuchar, Matt
Laird, Martin
Lashley, Nate
Lee, K.H.
Lee, Min Woo
Lindheim, Nicholas
Lipsky, David
List, Luke
Lower, Justin
MacIntyre, Robert
Malnati, Peter
Martin, Kyle #
McCormick, Ryan
McNealy, Maverick
Meissner, Mac
Merritt, Troy
Mitchell, Keith
Molinari, Francesco
Montgomery, Taylor
Moore, Ryan
Moore, Taylor
NeSmith, Matt
Noren, Alex
Norlander, Henrik
Norrman, Vincent
Novak, Andrew
Olesen, Thorbjørn
Pan, C.T.
Pendrith, Taylor
Pereda, Raul
Phillips, Chandler
Rai, Aaron
Ramey, Chad
Reavie, Chez
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Russell, Miles +
Ryder, Sam
Schenk, Adam
Schmid, Matti
Shelton, Robby
Shipley, Neal +
Sigg, Greyson
Silverman, Ben
Simpson, Webb
Skinns, David
Sloan, Roger
Smalley, Alex
Snedeker, Brandt
Spaun, J.J.
Springer, Hayden
Stevens, Sam
Streelman, Kevin
Suh, Justin
Svensson, Adam
Tarren, Callum
Taylor, Ben
Teater, Josh
Thompson, Davis
Thorbjornsen, Michael
Todd, Brendon
Tosti, Alejandro
Trainer, Martin
Tway, Kevin
Valimaki, Sami
van Rooyen, Erik
Vegas, Jhonattan
Villegas, Camilo
Walker, Jimmy +
Wallace, Matt
Whaley, Vince
Whitney, Tom
Wilkinson, Tim
Woodland, Gary
Wu, Brandon
Wu, Dylan
Young, Cameron
Young, Carson
Yu, Kevin
Yuan, Carl
Zalatoris, Will