Cameron Young Heads Strong Rocket Classic Field As Aldrich Potgieter Defends Title

Cameron Young at The Open — Cameron Young is the highest-ranked player in the field

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The 2026 Rocket Classic will be the final edition under its current name, with the news in June that title sponsor Rocket Companies is pulling out of the event to end a 13-year run with the PGA Tour.

However, it looks set for a fitting send-off, with the field for the final edition of the event in its current guise at Detroit Golf Club set to be strong.

A year ago, Aldrich Potgieter claimed his maiden PGA Tour win at the event. He defends his title, but he is highly unlikely to have it all his own way given the caliber of stars elsewhere in the field.

Four players in the world’s top 10 will head to Detroit for the tournament, the highest-ranked of whom is World No.3 Cameron Young.

He will make his first start at the event since finishing runner-up to Ryan Fox at The Open, with the American looking for his third victory of the year.

Aldrich Potgieter with the Rocket Classic trophy — Aldrich Potgieter is the defending champion

Russell Henley, who won the Charles Schwab Challenge in May, also appears, along with the player ranked seventh in the world, Chris Gotterup, who has three victories this year, the most recent of which came at the John Deere Classic.

The other player in the world’s top 10 is the player ranked ninth, US Open champion Wyndham Clark.

They are far from the only big names in the field for the event, which is the penultimate of the regular PGA Tour season before the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

The man Clark succeeded as US Open champion, JJ Spaun, also plays, looking for his second win of the season after taking the Valero Texas Open title in April.

Two-time Major winner Xander Schauffele also plays, along with a player who has been in good form for much of the season, Si Woo Kim, who led in the final round of The Open before finishing T6.

Wyndham Clark at The Open — US Open winner Wyndham Clark is one of many stars in the field

Other big names to look out for include Ben Griffin, who won three PGA Tour events in 2025, 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Genesis Invitational winner Jacob Bridgeman and Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Akshay Bhatia.

The likes of Patrick Cantlay, Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Keegan Bradley and Jake Knapp add to the quality who will be teeing it up at the tournament.

Aside from Potgieter, other former winners of the event in the field include 2024 champion Cameron Davis, Rickie Fowler, who collected his sixth PGA Tour win in Detroit in 2023, and Tony Finau, who claimed the title four years ago.

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