Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Travelers Championship (Scottie Scheffler)
THIS WEEK: Rocket Mortgage Classic, Detroit, June 27-30
Course: Detroit Golf Club, North Course (Par 72, 7,370 Yards)
Purse: $9.2M (Winner: $1.65M)
Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler
FedEx Cup Leader: Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
X: @RocketClassic
NOTES: Detroit Golf Club is hosting the event for the sixth time. … Fowler won a three-man playoff last year to claim his first tour title since 2019. … Miles Russell, 15, makes his PGA Tour debut after being the youngest player to make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event. Other sponsor’s exemptions included Auburn star Jackson Koivun and Neal Shipley, who won low amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open. … Tony Finau set the tournament scoring record of 262 in 2022. … The North Course is set to undergo a renovation following the completion of next year’s event.
BEST BETS: Tom Kim (+1200 at DraftKings) is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 16. He tees it up a week after losing to Scheffler in a playoff at the Travelers. … Cameron Young (+1600) is coming off a T9 last week that included a 59 in the third round. He finished runner-up here in his last visit in 2022, when Young tied the 18-hole record with a 63 in the second round. … Min Woo Lee (+2000) is coming off a T21 at the U.S. Open, his 11th made cut in 15 starts this year. … Akshay Bhatia (+2200) finished T5 last week after a T16 at the U.S. Open…. Stephan Jaeger (+2500) also tied the 18-hole record in the final round last year to finish T9. He has only two top-20s since winning the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: John Deere Classic, Silvis, Ill., July 4-7
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (Amy Yang)
THIS WEEK: Dow Championship, Midland, Mich., June 27-30
Course: Midland Country Club (Par 70, 6,277 yards)
Purse: $3M (Winners: $366,082 each player)
Defending Champions: Cheyenne Knight, Elizabeth Szokol
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (Golf Channel/Peacock); 12-1 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 4-5 p.m. (Peacock), 5-7 p.m. (GC/Peacock); Sunday, 12-1 p.m. (NBCSports.com/App), 1-3 p.m. (GC/Paramount+)
X: @dowchampionship
NOTES: This is a 72-hole, stroke-play team event. The two-player teams will compete in foursomes (alternate shot) in the first and third rounds, and in four ball (best ball) in the second and final rounds. There will be a cut to the low-33 teams and ties after 36 holes. In the event there is a playoff, it would be played in foursomes format. … Each member of the winning team will receive a two-year winner’s exemption on the LPGA Priority List, although players will not be awarded U.S. Solheim Cup points or Rolex Women’s World Rankings points.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Dick’s Open (Padraig Harrington)
THIS WEEK: 44th U.S. Senior Open Championship, Newport, R.I., June 27-30
Course: Newport Country Club (Par 70, 7,024 yards)
Purse: TBD
Defending Champion: Bernhard Langer
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 12-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3-5 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 12-3 p.m. (NBC), 3-5 p.m. (GC); Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (GC)
X: @USGA
NOTES: This is the third of five Champions majors this season. … The field includes every winner of the event dating back to 2013. … Defending champion Langer also won it in 2010, while 2022 champion Harrington is coming off his third consecutive victory at the Dick’s Open. … In addition to Langer and Harrington, the 156-player field includes four other World Golf Hall of Fame Members: Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Kaulig Companies Championship, Akron, Ohio, July 11-14
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Nashville (Individual: Tyrrell Hatton; Team: Legion XIII)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
2024 Leaders: Players, Juaquin Niemann; Team, Crushers GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Andalucia, Spain, July 12-14
–Field Level Media