Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds 2024: Who Are Favorites To Win At Detroit Golf Club?

June 25, 2024 11:41am

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One of the newest events on the PGA circuit comes back to Detroit Golf Club this week for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Rickie Fowler seeks to become the first repeat winner in the event’s brief history, and Michigan sports betting interest is sure to be high.

BetMichigan.com can assess how past winners have done versus their tournament week odds to help us set the stage for what’s sure to be an action packed four rounds in Detroit.

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Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds 2024

Golfer	Winner Odds	Top 5 Odds	Top 10 Odds
Tom Kim	+1200	+320	+160
Cameron Young	+1400	+350	+180
Min Woo Lee	+2000	+450	+240
Akshay Bhatia	+2000	+450	+240
Stephan Jaeger	+2800	+600	+300
Alex Noren	+2800	+600	+300
Maverick McNealy	+3000	+650	+320
Keith Mitchell	+3000	+700	+350
Davis Thompson	+3000	+700	+350
Aaron Rai	+3000	+650	+300

Last year, Fowler earned his sixth PGA Tour victory by shooting 24-under-par 264 across four rounds. But even that wasn’t enough because Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa had the same 72-hole score, forcing a three-way playoff. Fowler prevailed in that playoff to take home the $1.584 million winner’s check after shooting the third-lowest score in the event’s first five years. However, Michigan sportsbook apps don't love Fowler this week, as he has struggled this season ahead of his return to Detroit.

In 2023, Fowler was the tournament favorite at +1200 odds, according to archives at golfodds.com. He started and ended as the favorite in Detroit even though he hadn’t won a PGA Tour event since 2019. Morikawa made it to the playoff after being listed at +1400 entering the event.

The only other player at +1400 or better last year before Round 1 was Tony Finau, who missed the cut. So did other favorites such as Hideki Matsuyama (+1600), Justin Thomas (+2000) and Tom Kim (+2000). Sungjae Kim (T-24th) and Max Homa (T-21st) also were listed at +2000 entering the week. Hadwin was +6000 entering the tournament but made the playoff.

Tom Kim, Cameron Young Early Favorites

As the week opens, a quartet of young, talented players top the board, with three-time tour winner Tom Kim, fresh off a playoff loss to Scottie Scheffler at The Travelers Championship, opening at +1200. Just behind him is Cameron Young at +1400, who has the dreaded label of "best player yet to win on tour." Young finished in a tie for second in the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. five strokes behind Finau.

Then comes popular Australian Min Woo Lee (+2000) and two-time tour winner Akshay Bhatia (also +2000), who just played alongside Kim and Scheffler in the final group last Sunday at the Travelers.

If the board is to be trusted, Detroit golf fans could see a young, talented player breakthrough this weekend.

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Rocket Mortgage Classic Winners

Year	Winner	Score (To Par)
2023	Rickie Fowler	-24
2022	Tony Finau	-26
2021	Cameron Davis	-18
2020	Bryson DeChambeau	-23
2019	Nate Lashley	-25

Since 2019, a host of up-and-coming talent has emerged victorious in Detroit. Bryson DeChambeau, now on the LIV Tour, won the 2020 tournament at 23-under. Australian personality Cameron Davis captured the title at 18-under in 2021.

Throw in Finau’s 2022 win at 26-under and Nate Lashley’s lone tour win at 25-under in 2019 and you can see that these PGA Tour golfers can put up some seriously low scores at the Detroit Golf Club. With the tournament now heading for its sixth incarnation in 2024, a host of pros are returning to Michigan’s biggest city to get their hands on the event’s $9.2 million purse in 2024.

Of the first five iterations of the event, two were determined in a playoff, with Fowler and Davis coming out on top. Davis won in 2021 against Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann. The largest margin of victory was Lashley’s six-stroke edge at the inaugural event in 2019.

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Rocket Mortgage Classic Q&As

Rickie Fowler ended a winless drought of more than four years (since the 2019 Phoenix Open) by winning the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic. He won a three-way playoff against Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa with a birdie on the first extra hole.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, a relatively new event over the past five PGA Tour seasons, is held at the Detroit Golf Club. It is a private club in Wayne County on the north side of the city near University of Detroit Mercy.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, which started during the 2019 PGA Tour season, will be the featured event on the PGA Tour the week of June 27-30, 2024.

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Christopher Boan

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Christopher Boan is a staff writer for BetMichigan.com. He has covered sports and sports betting for more than seven years and has worked for publications such as ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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