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USA Today
7 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Rocket Classic shaping up for underdogs vs favorites battle at Detroit Golf Club
DETROIT — Low scores have always ruled at the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club, and it's clear the PGA Tour's 2025 tournament is no different. Three players are tied for the lead at 14-under-par 130 after two rounds: Chris Kirk, Philip Knowles and Andrew Putnam. One stroke behind them sits Jackson Suber, who birdied five straight holes on the front nine. Aldrich Potgieter, a big-hitting 20-year-old South African rookie, is tied for fifth at 12-under one day after shooting a then-course record 62 along with Kevin Roy, who squeaked out a 1-under round, tied for eighth at 11-under. Major winners Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama and Gary Woodland also lurk at 11 under par, along with two-time winner on Tour this season Ben Griffin. This tournament is often a battle of the underdogs, and especially given a number of prominent golfers failed to make the 6 under cut, this year will likely be no different. Here's who stood out in Round 2 on Friday entering a hot weekend in Detroit. Philip Knowles makes Rocket Classic history Knowles had the day's most improbable performance when he carded three eagles in his round, with all three coming from off the green. The three eagles had never been accomplished in any round in seven years of the Rocket, and is only the second time it has occurred this season on Tour. Chandler Phillips had three eagles during a round at the Players Championship in March. Knowles recorded the first eagle on 17, his eighth hole of the day, after bogeying 15 and 16. After a 300-yard drive and a 250-yard iron shot, Knowles chipped the ball in from the rough to the left of the hole. Chipping proved to be Knowles' superpower as the day went on. His second eagle, on the par-5 fourth, looked similar — a long drive and a wedge shot followed by an accurate chip-in from 38 yards out. By No. 7, where he recorded his third eagle, it seemed almost comical that a 20-yard wedge shot over a bunker would go in. Knowles wasn't even able to see the ball rolling into the cup because he was below the surface of the green, but no problem. 'All we were trying to do is get it up on the green somewhere and it should trickle out towards the hole, and I didn't see it go in,' Knowles said. 'I was walking up and you see my playing partners just start laughing and the crowd go crazy. That was surreal.' Knowles is still technically a rookie on the Tour despite graduating from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2023 due to a series of medical exemptions. He has suffered a severed nerve in thumb, a bout of mono and a recurring case of shingles that began in his right eye. He has only played in 16 events over two years, and has never played the Rocket. But this trip has been one to remember, particularly since his wife and two daughters are in Detroit to support him. 'Last night we get off the golf course and it's late and it's like, 'OK, where can we find food and get home and do bath and bedtime and get them down first?'' Knowles said. 'I walked in the house, it was an hour and a half before I even changed out of my golf clothes, and you don't think about it. But I love it and I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm always grateful to have them around. I would never not want them to be here.' Jake Knapp shoots Detroit Golf Club course record Knapp broke the course record early Friday, a mark that stood for less than 24 hours. Knapp shot 11-under 61 after shooting an even-par 72 on Thursday, moving from tied for No. 120 to tied for eighth. He had three birdies and eagled No. 17 on his front nine, then birdied six holes on his back nine to finish bogey free. Andrew Putnam gets on a roll Putnam's run of success continued as he shot 66 to tie for the lead. His rise began Thursday with an 8-under 64, but he continued it with another an eagle on No. 7 and four birdies, though he had to struggle for it through windy conditions late in his afternoon round, shooting 1-under on the back nine. 'It didn't feel bogey free,' Putnam said. 'It felt like I was kind of all over the place on the back nine, but the front nine was pretty simple golf. The wind came up, got a couple tricky holes out there, so glad I could grind it out. Another good scoring day.' Min Woo Lee 'The Chef' does not cook 'Let him cook!' rang out across the golf course when teed off Friday after an inspiring first round of 9-under 63. Unfortunately, 'The Chef,' a name his fans have given him, did not cook. Instead, Lee shot 1-over-par 73, dropping him thirty-two spots to tied for 35th by Friday's end. A bogey on 18 ultimately did him in as he missed a short putt wide right. Lee still made the cut, but leaves him six shots back, an uninspiring second-round performance after he led for much of the first round.
Daily Record
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
PGA Tour ace back in the lucky Airbnb as Trophy House secret behind stars that can't stop winning revealed
Chris Kirk has a spot secured in the amazing accommodation which spills victors Chris Kirk reckons he'd be foolish not to bag a bed back into specially-dubbed Trophy House which can't stop guesting PGA Tour winners. The American star posted a second-straight 65 at the Rocket Classic to surge to the top of the boards at tis week's event in Detriot. However, looking ahead to next week and the John Deere Classic, Kirk is banking on a room at the specially-named digs near to venue TPD Deere Run. Incredibly, the six-bedroom location shared by stars during that week in Illinois has seen the winner of the tournament emerge for three-straight years. Twelve months ago, Davis Thompson stormed to success having stayed in the accommodation with JT Poston, Denny McCarthy, Ben Kohles, Greyson Sigg and Patton Kizzire. In 2022, it was Poston who came out of that specific front door every day to win the title and, in 2023, it was Sepp Straka who secured victory. Ironically, Thompson only get into the pad last year when the European Ryder Cup hero opted to move into a hotel room with his wife and new baby. It seems Kirk was the found who located the house in the first place and he's dead-set on getting a bed back for next week's tournament. After his second round at the Rocket, he explained an imminent attempt to extend the sequence as he said: 'I'm going to do my best, yeah. I'd be foolish not to stay there, that's for sure. I haven't played the John Deere the last couple of years. But I originally found that house, I guess on Airbnb, probably four years ago, something like that. 'Then I think it's JT that's gotten to know the owners of the house and has just kind of had a set booking for the year. So three years in a row the winner has stayed there. Hopefully I can make it a fourth.' Thompson knew all about it a year ago as he said: 'It's kind of crazy. I stayed in Sepp's room. Me and him may be fighting for that room next year!' Poston gave an insight to the pad and said: 'There's like six of us in there and it's fun because you come back and you're playing cards or throwing football in the backyard. It's a good way to decompress and get away from golf because the hard part of the hotel thing is you get back to the hotel and, if you're alone, you're probably thinking about golf.' Kirk may well already have a trophy to take to Illinois if he maintains his flying Rocket opening over the weekend. Slow play didn't slow his scoring and he said: 'It took us a lot longer to play. I think it was like two hours and 10 minutes to play the front and two hours and 50 minutes to play the back. So it's a little bit tough to kind of stay in a good flow and rhythm when it backs up like that. But really proud of the way I hung in there and kept hitting good shots. 'The last few days, everything has been pretty solid. I played pretty bad all year to the point where I was kind of thinking about not playing the US Open just because I was really struggling and didn't know what I was doing. But I really love Oakmont, so that was kind of why I was like: Alright, I'm going to go play and see what I can do. And I played really solid. 'I drove the ball the best I had all year that week and everything was pretty good. I think it's just one of those things where you're never as far off as you feel like you are when you're not playing very well. It's such a fine line out here. 'All the players on this tour are so good that, you miss a cut by one or two and you feel like it's the end of the world and you feel like you're the worst golfer ever and you're really not as far off as you think. I definitely feel comfortable here. It's a golf course that I like. I don't have really a great reason why.'
Business Wire
16 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Deadline Alert: Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RCKT) Investors Who Lost Money Urged To Contact Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP About Securities Fraud Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP reminds investors of the upcoming August 11, 2025 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ('Rocket' or the 'Company') (NASDAQ: RCKT) securities between , inclusive (the 'Class Period'). IF YOU SUFFERED A LOSS ON YOUR ROCKET INVESTMENTS, CLICK HERE TO INQUIRE ABOUT POTENTIALLY PURSUING CLAIMS TO RECOVER YOUR LOSS UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. What Happened? On May 27, 2025, Rocket disclosed that the FDA had placed a clinical hold on the Phase 2 pivotal trial of its Danon disease treatment, RP-A501, after at least one patient died following a substantive amendment to the protocol that the Company had not disclosed until after the Serious Adverse Event ('SAE') occurred. On this news, Rocket's stock price fell $3.94, or 62.8%, to close at $2.33 per share on May 27, 2025, thereby injuring investors. What Is The Lawsuit About? The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Rocket knew SAEs, including death of participants enrolled in the study, were a risk; (2) Rocket amended the trial's protocol to introduce a novel immunomodulatory agent to the pretreatment regimen without providing this critical update to shareholders; and (3) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. If you purchased or otherwise acquired Rocket securities during the Class Period, you may move the Court no later than August 11, 2025 to request appointment as lead plaintiff in this putative class action lawsuit. Contact Us To Participate or Learn More: If you wish to learn more about this action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact us: Charles Linehan, Esq., Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles California 90067 Email: shareholders@ Telephone: 310-201-9150, Toll-Free: 888-773-9224 Visit our website at Follow us for updates on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook. If you inquire by email, please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased. To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and ethical rules.
USA Today
18 hours ago
- Business
- USA Today
Rocket Classic deal is good through 2026 but there are no plans to pursue signature status
DETROIT — It sounds like Bill Emerson liked what he saw as he watched outgoing PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Grant Gilbert, president of Rocket Mortgage Sports and Entertainment (and son of Rocket Mortgage founder Dan Gilbert), tee it up in the Rocket Classic Pro-Am at Detroit Golf Club. Emerson, the Rocket Companies president who basically writes the million-dollar checks that keep the tournament going and will need to decide if it continues past 2026, walked Wednesday alongside the power group that played with longtime company ambassador Rickie Fowler. Speaking with Emerson afterward, it seemed he liked what he saw. Oh, maybe not those amateurs' swings so much, but rather the entire field that teed off in the first round Thursday and is shaping up to be one of the tournament's strongest, with five players ranked in the top 10 and 11 among the top 50. The tournament is in its seventh year and it hasn't been known for strong fields. Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson made brief appearances but marquee players such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have never played Detroit, and its place on the tour's schedule has been considered the culprit, with the Rocket wedged next to majors and other premier events with bigger purses. 'I think the placement certainly matters as it goes (toward) attracting players,' Emerson said. 'Some weekends are easier than others. 'You know, we got a pretty good field this year, man. So, you know, the weekend we've got, all the people thought maybe that would be a bad one, we've done pretty well getting players to come out here and play.' This year's tournament comes on the heels of the U.S. Open two weeks ago and last week's Travelers Championship, a tour-designated 'signature' event with a $20 million purse. The Rocket's purse is $9.6 million. Collin Morikawa, the tournament's highest-ranked player at No. 5 in the world, made his return to Detroit after losing a thrilling playoff to Fowler in 2023. He gushed about Detroit's strong sports culture and its presence as a big-city event. Most tour stops are in located in tiny suburbs. He said other players feel the same, but the realities of scheduling can be an issue. 'So it's hard,' he said, 'because as much as we would like to play, trust me, we would love to go to new cities, see other places, see other areas. But you just have to build 'em around certain signature events and majors for us, you know?' Rocket has an option to continue the tournament in 2027, but Emerson said many factors will go into that decision —including its spot on the schedule. 'I think it's a factor,' he said. 'I don't think it's a deciding factor. I mean, the place will be the place. … We've made every weekend that they give us work for us in the past, so I don't think it's going be the deciding factor.' Those are welcome words for fans of the tournament — and maybe the tour itself, which is going through a leadership change. The schedule has been considered a bit of a sticking point in negotiations, but Emerson downplaying its singular importance should be good news for incoming PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, who said he would take a 'clean sheet' approach and would even consider signature-event status for the Rocket. 'So I think everything's on the table, including that,' he said. 'I think the feedback from fans, and even some of this feedback I'm getting from players, just in my short amount of time here, is the signature events seem to be working.' It boils down to fans simply wanting to see the best golfers compete against each other, Rolapp said. The signature events are accomplishing that. 'So I think we're going to take a very hard look at the competitive model and figure out how we can improve it for the benefit of the tour and benefit of the fans,' Rolapp said. 'But again, as far as this tournament's place in it, or anyone else, I think it's a blank sheet of paper and we'll take a look at it.' Rocket Classic not sure it wants to pursue signature status Rolapp might not have to even consider elevating the Rocket's status, because Emerson isn't sure that's a path worth pursuing. 'I think at the end of the day, man, it's 'signature,' not 'signature,' it's already a pretty great event,' he said. ' 'Signature' is a different dollar sphere, so you know it's just a question at that point whether we want to put the extra money into being that or not.' The cost could be prohibitive. According to the Sports Business Journal, the sponsorship cost of a regular tour event ranges between $13 million and $15 million. Truist reportedly will pay $200 million over seven years (about $28 million per year) for its signature event. 'I don't see us doing a 'signature' event,' Emerson said. 'I don't see that being something we need to do to make this happen. At the end of the day, man, this is about what we can do for the city of Detroit and as long as we can make the economics work, we want to do that.' The tournament raised nearly $10 million in charitable giving in its first six years. It's a mainstay on the Detroit sports calendar that's well-attended and supported by fans and celebrities. But there's still a lot to work out. Emerson hasn't yet met Rollap and there are questions about merging with LIV Golf, which itself has a new CEO. If nothing else, maybe Detroit golf fans can at least take solace in knowing the guy who signs the checks liked what he saw on Wednesday.
NZ Herald
a day ago
- Science
- NZ Herald
Rocket Lab launches 67th rocket, prepares for next in 48 hours
'Get The Hawk Outta Here' launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company's launch complex in Mahia as seen from Bay View. Photo / Art Hyde Rocket Lab's 67th rocket has launched in the early morning Hawke's Bay darkness, just 48 hours out from its 68th launch. 'Get The Hawk Outta Here' launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company's launch complex in Mahia at 5.28am on Friday morning on behalf of HawkEye360, an
