PGA Tour Brunch | Rocket Classic
PGA Tour Brunch Coverage of Moving Day at 2026 Rocket Classic
DETROIT - Cameron Young (T1/-10) tied the tournament course record with a second-round 9-under (61) (Jake Knapp/R2/2025, and matching Peter Malnati/R1/2026). Young’s (61) marks the second-lowest 18-hole score of his PGA TOUR career (404 rounds), two strokes behind his career-low 59 at the 2024 Travelers Championship (R3/finished T9).
Young holds his fourth 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and second this season; 2-for-3 to date in converting to victory:
2023 John Deere Classic/finished T6
2025 Wyndham Championship/Won
2026 Cadillac Championship/Won
Young owns three made cuts and two Top-10 finishes at the Rocket Classic (T2/2022, T6/2024, T46/2025).
Matt Kuchar (T48/-4) recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 No. 5, his seventh ace on TOUR, tying the most aces on TOUR since 2005 (others with 7: Robert Allenby, Scott Brown).
Rocket Classic | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
T1 Cameron Young 69 61 130 (-10)
T1 Patrick Cantlay 64 66 130 (-10)
T1 Patrick Fishburn 64 66 130 (-10)
T4 Matt Wallace 67 64 131 (-9)
T4 Rickie Fowler 63 68 131 (-9)
T6 Eight players tied 132 (-8)
Leaderboard After 36 Holes: (link)
Rocket Mortgage Classic | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan
YARDS/PAR: 7,328 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT: Donald Ross
PRIZE Money - Purse: $10,00,000/$1,800,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Aldrich Potgieter
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @RocketClassic
Rocket Mortgage Classic | Basics
The Tee Times today are from 7:30am to 1:50pm (EDT).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 9:00am (ET) on Sunday.
Rocket Mortgage Classic | How to Watch
Saturday, August 1, 2026 - (All Times Eastern)
7:00am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio (Online and Sirius XM Radio)
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Golf Channel and Peacock Streaming
3:00pm - 6:00pm - CBS
How to Watch (link)
Rocket Mortgage Classic | Tee Times, Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Leaderboard: (link)
Rocket Mortgage Classic | What They’re Saying
Cam Young Cards 61 at Rocket Mortgage Classic (PGATourCom)
Young Grabs share of Lead at Rocket Classic (ESPN)
Clark MTC (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Today (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 1, 2010 - Stuart Appleby became the fifth player to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour, making birdie on his final three holes in the final round of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia to claim a one-shot victory. Appleby’s scorecard on the 7,020 yard par 70 Old White Course at The Greenbrier resort featured nine birdies and an eagle - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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