Rocket Mortgage Classic R1

Rocket Classic 2021 R1
July 01-04
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan
$7,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Davis Thompson shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 to take the first round lead on Thursday in Michigan matching Detroit Golf Club’s record set by Nate Lashley in the inaugural event in 2019, and J.T. Poston.

Rocket Classic 2021 R1

“Sounds good on Sunday,” he said of his lead. “It’s only Thursday. I know I’ve got a long way to go.”

Playing in his third PGA Tour event as a professional, Thompson arrived in Michigan on a sponsor exemption after asking tournament officials for a spot via email. He was T35 in his first start at the Palmetto Championship in June and missed the cut at last week’s Travelers Championship.

Rocket Classic 2021 R1

“I’ve played in a few pro events now, so you’ve just got to keep your emotions in check. Anything can happen. I know I’m playing well, so I’m just going to have some confidence going into (Friday) and hopefully I can play another good round.”

Brandon Hagy, Tom Lewis and Joaquin Niemann shot 65s to tie for second place and Seamus Power and J.J. Spaun shot 66s to tie for fifth.

Rocket Classic 2021 R1

Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, who decided to part ways with caddie Tim Tucker, had a tricky start with three bogeys and three birdies on his front nine then pars all the way through the back nine to close with a 72.

Play was delayed for several hours in the afternoon due to the weather and several players had yet to finish their rounds when play was suspended due to darkness.

Rocket Classic 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	Thru	R1
1	Davis Thompson *	-9	F	63
T2	Tom Lewis	-7	F	65
T2	Brandon Hagy	-7	F	65
T2	Joaquin Niemann *	-7	F	65
T5	Seamus Power *	-6	F	66
T5	J.J. Spaun	-6	F	66
T7	Fabián Gómez *	-5	F	67
T7	Hank Lebioda *	-5	F	67
T7	Michael Gligic	-5	F	67
T7	Matthew Wolff *	-5	F	67
T7	Si Woo Kim	-5	F	67
T7	Kevin Kisner *	-5	F	67
T7	Satoshi Kodaira *	-5	F	67
T7	Jason Day	-5	F	67
T7	Pat Perez *	-5	F	67
T7	Robert Streb *	-5	F	67
T7	Chris Kirk	-5	F	67
T7	Troy Merritt *	-5	F	67
T7	Roger Sloan *	-5	15
T20	Danny Willett *	-4	F	68
T20	Chez Reavie *	-4	F	68
T20	Jonas Blixt	-4	F	68
T20	Scott Stallings *	-4	F	68
T20	Beau Hossler *	-4	16
T20	Joseph Bramlett *	-4	15
T20	Garrick Higgo *	-4	F	68
T20	Brendon Todd	-4	F	68
T20	Cam Davis *	-4	F	68
T20	Henrik Norlander	-4	F	68
T20	Bo Van Pelt *	-4	F	68
T20	Patton Kizzire *	-4	F	68
T20	Bubba Watson *	-4	F	68
T20	Richy Werenski	-4	F	68
T20	Lanto Griffin	-4	F	68
T20	Maverick McNealy *	-4	F	68
T36	Sungjae Im *	-3	F	69
T36	Justin Suh	-3	F	69
T36	Sung Kang	-3	F	69
T36	Charles Howell III	-3	F	69
T36	Phil Mickelson *	-3	F	69
T36	Ted Potter, Jr.	-3	F	69
T36	Sebastián Muñoz *	-3	F	69
T36	Luke Donald *	-3	F	69
T36	Kramer Hickok	-3	F	69
T36	Dylan Frittelli *	-3	F	69
T36	Jason Kokrak	-3	F	69
T36	Patrick Reed	-3	F	69
T36	Webb Simpson	-3	F	69
T36	Curtis Thompson *	-3	16
T36	Lucas Glover *	-3	17
T36	Aaron Baddeley	-3	F	69
T36	Chesson Hadley *	-3	F	69
T36	J.B. Holmes	-3	F	69
T36	Jimmy Walker	-3	F	69
T36	Willie Mack III *	-3	15
T56	Connor Arendell	-2	14
T56	Josh Teater *	-2	F	70
T56	Martin Laird	-2	F	70
T56	K.H. Lee	-2	F	70
T56	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	70
T56	Will Zalatoris	-2	F	70
T56	Bo Hoag	-2	F	70
T56	Chris Baker *	-2	F	70
T56	Scott Brown	-2	16
T56	Michael Gellerman *	-2	15
T56	Camilo Villegas	-2	F	70
T56	Peter Uihlein	-2	F	70
T56	Andrew Landry *	-2	F	70
T56	Andrew Putnam *	-2	F	70
T56	Harrison Frazar *	-2	F	70
T56	Matt Jones	-2	F	70
T56	Michael Thompson *	-2	F	70
T56	Brandt Snedeker *	-2	F	70
T56	Joel Dahmen	-2	F	70
T56	Sean O’Hair *	-2	F	70
T56	Alex Noren *	-2	F	70
T56	Patrick Rodgers *	-2	F	70
T56	Mark Hubbard	-2	F	70
T56	Tyler McCumber	-2	F	70
T56	Hideki Matsuyama *	-2	F	70
T56	Rickie Fowler *	-2	F	70
T56	Kyle Stanley	-2	F	70
T56	Max Homa *	-2	F	70
T56	Kevin Stadler	-2	F	70
T56	Mark Anderson	-2	F	70
T56	Rory Sabbatini *	-2	F	70
T87	Matthew NeSmith *	-1	F	71
T87	Vincent Whaley	-1	F	71
T87	Ryan Brehm *	-1	F	71
T87	Anirban Lahiri	-1	F	71
T87	Mackenzie Hughes *	-1	F	71
T87	Byeong Hun An	-1	F	71
T87	Brian Stuard *	-1	F	71
T87	Ryan Armour	-1	F	71
T87	Danny Lee *	-1	F	71
T87	Cameron Champ	-1	F	71
T87	Russell Knox *	-1	F	71
T87	Hunter Mahan	-1	16
T87	Doug Ghim	-1	16
T87	Harold Varner III *	-1	F	71
T87	Tom Hoge	-1	F	71
T87	Cameron Percy	-1	F	71
T87	Denny McCarthy *	-1	F	71
T87	William McGirt	-1	F	71
T87	Kevin Tway	-1	F	71
T87	Keegan Bradley	-1	F	71
T87	Mito Pereira *	-1	14
T87	John Pak	-1	16
T87	Nelson Ledesma *	-1	15
T110	Kris Ventura	E	14
T110	Gary Woodland	E	F	72
T110	Sebastian Cappelen *	E	F	72
T110	Sepp Straka	E	F	72
T110	Austin Eckroat *	E	F	72
T110	Adam Hadwin *	E	16
T110	Cameron Tringale	E	16
T110	K.J. Choi *	E	16
T110	Bryson DeChambeau	E	F	72
T110	Nick Taylor	E	F	72
T110	Adam Schenk	E	F	72
T110	Doc Redman	E	F	72
T110	D.J. Trahan *	E	F	72
T110	Nate Lashley	E	F	72
T124	Rhein Gibson *	+1	F	73
T124	Harry Higgs *	+1	F	73
T124	Bronson Burgoon	+1	F	73
T124	Robby Shelton	+1	F	73
T124	Adam Long *	+1	F	73
T124	Michael Kim *	+1	F	73
T124	Jason Dufner	+1	F	73
T124	Austin Cook *	+1	F	73
T124	Rafa Cabrera Bello	+1	16
T124	Grayson Murray *	+1	16
T124	David Hearn	+1	16
T124	Daniel Wetterich	+1	F	73
T124	Rob Oppenheim *	+1	14
T137	Tain Lee	+2	14
T137	Timothy O’Neal *	+2	14
T137	Peter Malnati	+2	F	74
T137	Vaughn Taylor *	+2	F	74
T137	Matt Every *	+2	F	74
T137	Nick Watney *	+2	16
T137	Rafael Campos	+2	16
T137	Ben Taylor	+2	16
T137	Martin Trainer	+2	F	74
T137	James Hahn *	+2	F	74
T137	Emiliano Grillo	+2	F	74
T148	Scott Piercy	+3	F	75
T148	Brian Gay	+3	F	75
T148	Brice Garnett *	+3	F	75
T148	Ben Martin *	+3	F	75
T148	Sam Ryder	+3	F	75
153	Scott Harrington *	+4	F	76
T154	Will Gordon *	+5	F	77
T154	Chase Seiffert	+5	F	77
T154	Jeff Roth	+5	F	77
* Player started on the back nine