After summer stops in Illinois and Minnesota, Michigan gets its turn as PGA Tour hosts when the Rocket Classic tees off in the Motor City later this week.
South African Aldrich Potgieter enters as the defending champion after his career triumph at 20-year-old in June 2025, while world No. 3 Cameron Young is listed as the tournament favorite with both Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy resting up ahead of the FedExCup playoffs.
Golf Channel and Golf Channel mobile will be broadcasting and streaming Round 1 coverage of the 2026 Rocket Classic from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Here’s a look at the groupings and tee times for the first 18 holes at Detroit Golf Club (note: streaming links will be provided here once available).
2026 Rocket Classic Round 1 tee times and groupings (all times in ET)
| Time | Tee | Players |
| 7:00 AM EDT | 1 | Brendon Todd Lanto Griffin Eric Cole |
| 7:00 AM EDT | 10 | Nick Dunlap Joel Dahmen Max McGreevy |
| 7:11 AM EDT | 1 | Emiliano Grillo Christiaan Bezuidenhout Mark Hubbard |
| 7:11 AM EDT | 10 | Seamus Power Michael Kim Zac Blair |
| 7:22 AM EDT | 1 | Peter Malnati Austin Smotherman Danny Walker |
| 7:22 AM EDT | 10 | Patton Kizzire Chandler Phillips Takumi Kanaya |
| 7:33 AM EDT | 1 | Ricky Castillo Chris Kirk Tony Finau |
| 7:33 AM EDT | 10 | Jackson Koivun Wyndham Clark Keegan Bradley |
| 7:44 AM EDT | 1 | Andrew Novak Davis Riley Lucas Glover |
| 7:44 AM EDT | 10 | Chris Gotterup Xander Schauffele Rickie Fowler |
| 7:55 AM EDT | 1 | William Mouw Kevin Yu Matt Kuchar |
| 7:55 AM EDT | 10 | Akshay Bhatia Aldrich Potgieter Si Woo Kim |
| 8:06 AM EDT | 1 | Stefano Mazzoli Ryan Gerard Stephan Jaeger |
| 8:06 AM EDT | 10 | Brandt Snedeker Adam Schenk Nick Taylor |
| 8:17 AM EDT | 1 | Harry Hall Davis Thompson Kevin Streelman |
| 8:17 AM EDT | 10 | Nico Echavarria Karl Vilips Aaron Wise |
| 8:28 AM EDT | 1 | Adam Svensson Mackenzie Hughes Sam Stevens |
| 8:28 AM EDT | 10 | Doug Ghim Vince Whaley Pierceson Coody |
| 8:39 AM EDT | 1 | Gordon Sargent Kensei Hirata Christo Lamprecht |
| 8:39 AM EDT | 10 | Haotong Li Adrien Dumont de Chassart Ryan Celano |
| 8:50 AM EDT | 1 | Neal Shipley Pontus Nyholm Daniel Azallion |
| 8:50 AM EDT | 10 | Patrick Fishburn Keita Nakajima Joe Hooks |
| 9:01 AM EDT | 1 | Jesper Svensson Davis Chatfield Keenan Huskey |
| 9:01 AM EDT | 10 | Johnny Keefer Ben James Ryan Ruffels |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 1 | David Lipsky Justin Lower Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 10 | Chad Ramey Denny McCarthy Kevin Roy |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 1 | Brice Garnett Matthieu Pavon Rico Hoey |
| 12:21 PM EDT | 10 | Patrick Rodgers Beau Hossler Michael Thorbjornsen |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 1 | Lee Hodges Ryo Hisatsune Thorbjørn Olesen |
| 12:32 PM EDT | 10 | Matt Wallace Andrew Putnam Jordan Smith |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 1 | Russell Henley Hideki Matsuyama Brooks Koepka |
| 12:43 PM EDT | 10 | Garrick Higgo Matt McCarty Sungjae Im |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 1 | Cameron Young J.J. Spaun Ben Griffin |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 10 | Steven Fisk Joe Highsmith Corey Conners |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 1 | Jake Knapp Patrick Cantlay Jordan Spieth |
| 1:05 PM EDT | 10 | Brian Campbell Harris English Webb Simpson |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 1 | Michael Brennan Taylor Pendrith Billy Horschel |
| 1:16 PM EDT | 10 | Jacob Bridgeman Cam Davis Nicolai Højgaard |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 1 | Tom Hoge Max Greyserman Dylan Wu |
| 1:27 PM EDT | 10 | Austin Eckroat Mac Meissner Hank Lebioda |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 1 | Rafael Campos Taylor Moore Matti Schmid |
| 1:38 PM EDT | 10 | Erik van Rooyen Ben Kohles Rasmus Højgaard |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 1 | Kristoffer Ventura Zecheng Dou A.J. Ewart |
| 1:49 PM EDT | 10 | Marco Penge Luke Clanton Brad Dalke |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 1 | Alejandro Tosti Trace Crowe Zach Bauchou |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 10 | Jackson Suber Hayden Springer Chandler Blanchet |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 1 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen Marcelo Rozo Justin Quiban |
| 2:11 PM EDT | 10 | John Parry Adrien Saddier William Jennings |
| 2:22 PM EDT | 10 | John VanDerLaan Jeffrey Kang Patrick Wilkes-Krier |