| |
 |
| |
Featured
groupings
released
for
inaugural
Rocket
Mortgage
Classic
Dustin
Johnson,
Gary
Woodland,
Rickie
Fowler
headline
Detroit’s
first
PGA TOUR
event
PONTE
VEDRA
BEACH,
Florida
– The
PGA TOUR
released
today
the four
featured
groupings
for
Thursday-Friday
at this
week’s
inaugural
Rocket
Mortgage
Classic
at
Detroit
Golf
Club in
Detroit,
Michigan.
Full
groupings
and
starting
times
for the
first
two
rounds
at the
Rocket
Mortgage
Classic
will be
released
officially
at
approximately
12 p.m.
EDT on
Tuesday,
June 25.
To
watch
the
featured
groupings
on
Thursday-Friday,
fans in
the
United
States
can tune
into the
Golf
Channel
telecast
(3-6
p.m.
EDT) and
stream
PGA TOUR
LIVE via
subscription
on NBC
Sports
Gold
(www.nbcsports.com/pgatour)
and
Amazon
Prime
Video
Channels
(amazon.com/video/pgatourlive).
Featured
Groupings
Dustin
Johnson,
Chez
Reavie,
Patrick
Reed
•
Johnson
is No. 2
in the
Official
World
Golf
Ranking
and No.
7 in the
FedExCup
standings
• Reavie
won last
week’s
Travelers
Championship,
his
first
TOUR
title in
11
years,
to move
to No.
12 in
the
FedExCup
standings
• Reed,
who has
qualified
for the
TOUR
Championship
in five
straight
seasons
(2014-18),
sits
outside
the top
70 in
the
FedExCup
(No. 73)
Gary
Woodland,
Keith
Mitchell,
Brandt
Snedeker
•
Woodland,
making
his
first
start
since
capturing
the U.S.
Open at
Pebble
Beach,
is No. 5
in the
FedExCup
standings
and
seventh
in the
U.S.
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
•
Mitchell,
the
winner
of The
Honda
Classic
earlier
this
year, is
No. 30
in the
FedExCup
standings
•
Snedeker
– the
2012
FedExCup
champion
– shot
59 en
route to
winning
the 2018
Wyndham
Championship,
contested
at
another
Donald
Ross
course,
Sedgefield
Country
Club
Rickie
Fowler,
Charles
Howell
III,
Kevin
Kisner
• All
three
players
have
wins in
the
2018-19
PGA TOUR
season
and are
inside
the top
20 in
both the
FedExCup
and the
U.S.
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
•
Fowler,
a Rocket
Mortgage
ambassador,
is 10th
in the
FedExCup
and
ninth in
the U.S.
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
• Howell
is 15th
in the
FedExCup
and 16th
in the
U.S.
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
on the
strength
of a
victory
at the
2018 RSM
Classic
• Kisner
won the
WGC-Dell
Technologies
Match
Play in
March
and sits
17th in
the
FedExCup
and 15th
in the
U.S.
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
Bubba
Watson,
Hideki
Matsuyama,
Billy
Horschel
• All
three
TOUR
Championship
regulars
sit
outside
the top
30 in
the
FedExCup
standings
•
Watson,
71st in
the
FedExCup
standings,
has
qualified
for the
TOUR
Championship
in eight
of the
last 11
seasons
•
Matsuyama
is 34th
in the
FedExCup
standings
and
looks to
extend
his
streak
of TOUR
Championship
appearances
to six
in 2019;
currently
fourth
in the
International
Presidents
Cup Team
standings
•
Horschel,
the 2014
FedExCup
champion,
is 54th
in the
FedExCup
standings
after
qualifying
for the
TOUR
Championship
in three
of the
last six
years
ABOUT
PGA TOUR
By
showcasing
golf’s
greatest
players,
the PGA
TOUR
engages,
inspires
and
positively
impacts
our
fans,
partners
and
communities
worldwide.
The
PGA TOUR
co-sanctions
more
than 130
tournaments
on the
PGA
TOUR,
PGA TOUR
Champions,
Korn
Ferry
Tour,
PGA TOUR
Latinoamérica,
Mackenzie
Tour-PGA
TOUR
Canada
and PGA
TOUR
Series-China.
Members
on the
PGA TOUR
represent
the
world’s
best
players,
hailing
from 27
countries
(90
members
are from
outside
the
United
States).
Worldwide,
PGA TOUR
tournaments
are
broadcast
to 226
countries
and
territories
in 23
languages.
Virtually
all
tournaments
are
organized
as
non-profit
organizations
to
maximize
charitable
giving.
In 2018,
tournaments
across
all
Tours
generated
a record
$190
million
for
local
and
national
charitable
organizations,
bringing
the
all-time
total to
$2.84
billion.
The
PGA
TOUR’s
web site
is
PGATOUR.COM,
the No.
1 site
in golf,
and the
organization
is
headquartered
in Ponte
Vedra
Beach,
Florida.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
I
HI TECH NEWS
I
SPORTS
I
