Rocket Classic Dealt Blow as Five PGA Tour Golfers Withdraw in Less Than 24 Hours
Rocket Classic Dealt Blow as Five PGA Tour Golfers Withdraw in Less Than 24 Hours originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Rocket Classic’s field of golfers will look different than originally expected. On Sunday, the PGA Tour announced that Christian Bezuidenhout had withdrawn from the event as the Travelers Championship concluded its final day. It would turn out to be the first in a series of withdraws.
The PGA Tour revealed five additional golfers have withdrawn on Monday bringing the total to six with the potential for more to come ahead of Thursday’s first round. This news comes as the PGA Tour concluded its final elevated event at the Travelers Championship.
Stars like Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are among the golfers who will not be competing at the Rocket Classic. There will still be some intriguing names with Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley, fresh off his Travelers Championship win, among the field of golfers.
Charley Hoffman is the latest golfer to withdraw from the Rocket Classic with Hayden Springer set to replace him this week. Additional withdraws on Monday included Brandon Matthews, Eric Cole and Kevin Yu.
Rocket Classic week is here: the PGA Tour is taking over Detroit Golf Club to kick off another edition of this great sports town’s summer tradition.
Big names and past champions already got to work on Monday. pic.twitter.com/tvwaqa89Nv
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) June 23, 2025
Tim Widing was announced as a withdraw on Sunday night as well. Newly added golfers include Harrison Endycott, Brandon Matthews, Joe Hook, Anders Albertson, James Piot and David Ford.
Collin Morikawa is the favorite to win the Rocket Classic amid a revamped field of golfers at +1200, per DraftKings. Patrick Cantlay (+1600) and Bradley (+1800) are closely behind Morikawa in the Rocket Classic odds.
Bradley was able to erase Tommy Fleetwood’s one-stroke lead heading into the final hole to win the Travelers Championship.
“I had a putt to win the tournament, and I just went through my routine, all the stupid cliches that we all say,” Bradley told reporters on Sunday. “I just went through my process, my routine. Tommy’s — sometimes I don’t like when you see the players hit the putt.
“I saw his break a ton and then when I went and felt it with my feet, I felt it at a half degree, and his broke more like a one or maybe more. And I just decided to trust my read because I didn’t feel it, and I played mine left center and it went in right in the middle, so what an incredible memory.”
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
