Rocket Classic - Patio Preview & Early Models

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Patio Preview

Detroit Golf Club

• Not a signature event, but stronger field than normal for this event

  • Cut: Top 65 and ties

• Par 72, ~7,400 yards

  • Scoring average about 70.25 last 5 years

• Donald Ross design with Tom Doak renovations

• Greens: Bent/poa mix

  • Small, 5,100 avg sq ft

  • Average on Stimpmeter

• Long Bluegrass Rough, but not extremely penal

• Known as longer course that plays easy

  • Half of all holes with sub-10% bogey rate

• Two-thirds of holes play at or below par

• 4 Par 3s

  • L5 years average score: 3.02

  • Ranging from 160-233 yards

  • 2 of 4 hardest holes on course

    • 233-yard #11 hardest hole with 23% bogey rate and sub 9% birdie rate

• 10 Par 4s

  • L5 years average score: 3.97

  • Ranging from 372-489 yards

  • 4 of hardest 6 holes on course

  • Half of these holes are around 20% birdie rate or better

  • Only 1 P4 with a bogey rate of greater than 20%

• 4 Par 5s

  • L5 years average score: 4.62

  • As you would expect, the 4 easiest holes on course

  • 3 of the 4 holes with 40%+ birdie rate, all with 30%+ birdie rate

• Last 3 years: at least 77% driver usage 

  • About 8-10% above Tour average

• Driving Accuracy and Good Drive % both 5%+ above Tour average

• Greens-in-Regulation % also 5%+ above Tour average

  • GIR from Rough almost 10% above Tour average

• Most popular proximity buckets

  • 50-125 yards: ~30%

  • 200+ yards: ~23%

• Scrambling rates about average, but scrambling won’t help you here (need birdies)

• Putting right at Tour average, but crucial for scoring 

• Birdie-to-Bogey ratio: 1.76 (Tour average 1.42)

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Recent Past Results

2024: Cam Davis -18 (68, 65, 66, 70); 1 stroke over Lee, Rai, Bhatia, Thompson

2023: Rickie Fowler -24 (67, 65, 64, 68); playoff over Hadwin, Morikawa

2022: Tony Finau -26 (64, 66, 65, 67); 5 strokes over Cantlay, Pendrith, Young

2021: Cam Davis -18 (68, 68, 67, 67); playoff over Merritt, Niemann

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