Only two events remain in the PGA Tour’s regular season and the first of those two is this week at the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club, where a solid field will play for $10 million with the winner taking home $1.8 million.
Last week’s winner of the 3M Open, Jackson Koivun, is back to attempt to add to his haul and improve his standing toward the FedEx Cup Playoffs. He’s at 70th right now in the standings, the last spot that would get into the playoffs.
The man Koivun topped, Scottie Scheffler, is not in Detroit but there are four of the top-10 players in the world on hand, including Cameron Young (3), Russel Henley (5), Chris Gotterup (7), and Wyndham Clark (9). Aldrich Potgieter is the defending champion in this, the last time the event will be played as sponsorship has come to an end.
Young is playing here for the fourth time and he tied for second place four years ago. Si Woo Kim, Akshay Bhatia, J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth are other notables in the field. Brooks Koepka was in but he withdrew earlier in the week, making his playoff hopes unlikely.
Next week is the Wyndham Championship, the final regular season event of the year.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
Here’s the prize money breakdown in Detroit
WIN: $1.8 million
2: $1.09 million
3: $690,000
4: $490,000
5: $410,000
6: $362,500
7: $337,500
8: $312,500
9: $292,500
10: $272,500
11: $252,500
12: $232,500
13: $212,500
14: $192,500
15: $182,500
16: $172,500
17: $162,500
18: $152,500
19: $142,500
20: $132,500
21: $122,500
22: $112,500
23: $104,500
24: $96,500
25: $88,500
26: $80,500
27: $77,500
28: $74,500
29: $71,500
30: $68,500
31: $65,500
32: $62,500
33: $59,500
34: $57,000
35: $54,500
36: $52,000
37: $49,500
38: $47,500
39: $45,500
40: $43,500
41: $41,500
42: $39,500
43: $37,500
44: $35,500
45: $33,500
46: $31,500
47: $29,500
48: $27,900
49: $26,500
50: $25,700
51: $25,100
52: $24,500
53: $24,100
54: $23,700
55: $23,500
56: $23,300
57: $23,100
58: $22,900
59: $22,700
60: $22,500
61: $22,300
62: $22,100
63: $21,900
64: $21,700
65: $21,500
66: $21,300
67: $21,100
68: $20,900
69: $20,700
70: $20,500
71: $20,300
72: $20,100
73: $19,900
74: $19,700
75: $19,500
76: $19,300
77: $19,100
78: $18,900
79: $18,700
80: $18,500
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
