How to watch the 2025 Rocket Classic: Tee times, streaming info, odds and picks
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Time to lose our minds in Detroit Golf City. That's a thing, right? Better than a hair metal rock tour, the 2025 PGA Tour continues onward with this weekend's tournament. The purse totals $9.6 million, with the top finisher getting a cool $1,728,000. A few of the sport's headliners are sitting this one out, but the field still includes world No. 5 Morikawa, plus domestic standouts like Bradley and Patrick Cantlay. Since its inception in 2019, the tourney has been won by four Americans (Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau and Nate Lashley) and twice by Australian Cameron Davis (2021 and 2024). The venue will undergo a massive renovation effort after hosting this year's go.
Morikawa is trying to get right amid a PGA rough patch. He's ranked outside the top 10 in each of his past seven outings, including a tie for 42nd place in last weekend's action. The Californian was fantastic in his most recent Detroit visit, though, finishing 24 under at this course in 2023.
In addition to winning the Travelers Championship, Bradley has churned out top-10 finishes at this year's PGA Championship, Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational. He's been bumped up to No. 7 in the world rankings. Cantlay, meanwhile, missed the cut at PGA Championship and the U.S. Open, but he was a solid 8 under at River Highlands. Elsewhere, North Carolina's Ben Griffin rides a budding hot streak. He played into the top 10 in the last two majors, and won the Charles Schwab Challenge in late May.
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The complete list of tee times can be found here.
Courtesy of The Athletic's sports betting editor Vik Chokshi:
There's no rocket science involved here. My outright bets are usually based on a couple of models I follow, and I take into account course history and form. I also love betting on golf long shots (usually +2000 or longer range).
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Here are a couple of guys I think are worth sprinkling pizza money on this week:
Outright winner picks (Odds via BetMGM)
Cameron Young +2200
Rickie Fowler +4000
Alex Noren +6000
Byeong Hun An +6000
Stephan Jaeger +6600
Emiliano Grillo +6600
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