Former Spartan James Piot fires a two-under 70 in the opening round of the Rocket Classic
The former Spartan and Canton (MI) native, who started his professional career with the LIV Golf Tour, returned to the PGA Tour. On Thursday, Piot had a late afternoon tee time at the Detroit Golf Club, getting his tournament underway.
Despite a slow, and ultimately boring start, Piot broke through with a very exciting back nine. It all led to a final score of 70 (-2), with the former Spartan shooting 35-35 on the two nines. He finished with four birdies and two bogeys.
Sitting at T87 on the standings, but is only one shot off of the placing that would be inside of the cutline, Piot is firmly in the mix to be able to make the weekend at his hometown PGA Tour event.
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