The 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic - Final Round
⛳️ HAPPY 4th of JULY to ALL PGA TOUR BRUNCH SUBSCRIBERS 🎆
COURSE: Detroit Golf Club (Detroit, Michigan)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @RocketClassic
OFFICIAL SITE: (Rocket Mortgage Classic)
TV COVERAGE: Today, July 4: Golf Channel starts-off the coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
STREAMING: Final round PGA Live coverage of Featured Groups streaming 8:15am to 3:00pm (EDT) and Featured Holes 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio offers final round coverage on PGA Tour Radio airing from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) or until conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com
How to Watch: In case of changes, see: (PGATourCom)
SPECIAL: 4th of July Discount for PGA Tour Brunch
Rocket Mortgage Classic: Final Round Notes
Co-leader Joaquin Niemann is bogey-free through 54 holes in bid for second career PGA Tour victory. The last player player to go 72 holes without a bogey and proceed to win a tournament was J.T. Poston at the 2019 Wyndham Championship.
Co-leader Troy Merritt drained his first career PGA Tour ace at the par-3 11th hole en route to his fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead. Merritt is two-for-three with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in stroke-play events on the Tour.
Following missed cuts in the 2019 and 2020 Rocket Mortgage Classic, Hank Lebioda (T-3) at (-13) has three top-10 finishes in his career, including a T-5 at last week’s Travelers Championship. His best finish in 62 Tour starts is T-3 at the 2019 Bermuda Championship.
Leaderboard After 54 Holes:
Troy Merritt 67-68-67—202 (-14)
Joaquin Niemann 65-69-68—202 (-14)
Hank Lebioda 67-70-66—203 (-13)
Cam Davis 68-68-67—203 (-13)
Brandon Hagy 65-71-68—204 (-12)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
The Basics:
Final Round Tee Times today at 7:35am (EDT) through 2:05pm (EDT) when the leaders tee-off.
Weather: The Sunday forecast is for partly/mostly cloudy skies with temperatures ranging from 77-88 degrees. Sixty-five percent humidity dropping to 46% by 4pm (EDT). Winds are 3-6 mph.
PGATourBrunch will post before 12:00pm Noon (EDT) on Monday with a Rocket Mortgage Classic wrap-up.
This Week: The John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run (Silvis, Illinois)
What They’re Saying:
Niemann, Merritt Tied at Rocket Mortgage Classic (PGATourCom)
Crowded Leaderboard on the Chase in Detroit (CBS Sports/AP)
Media Missteps by DeChambeau and Mickelson (Golf Week/USA Today)
Im, Kim WD from The Open to Concentrate on Olympics (CBS Sports HQ)
On This Day in Golf History:
July 4, 2006 - Annika Sorenstam won the women’s U.S. Open for the third time beating Pat Hurst in an 18-hole Monday playoff at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. Sorenstam shot a (70) to Hurst’s (74) to claim her 10th and final major title.- Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
Ace!
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