OPEN GNN RADIO MINI PLAYERThe 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Mich.
The 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic field is 156 players.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic field is made up of players who get in off the PGA Tour's eligibility criteria for this event, as well as players who got through open qualifying.
Rocket Mortgage Classic format
The Rocket Mortgage Classic format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into threesomes for the first two rounds. For the first two rounds, the threesomes remain paired together.
In the first two rounds, the threesomes (and one twosome) will have a tee time in the morning wave and the afternoon wave on the tee sheet. Each threesome will also start one round on the first tee and the other on the 10th tee, with the field evenly split each day between morning and afternoon, as well as first- and 10th-tee starts.
A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who make the cut are eligible to finish the event.
For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group. In the final round, players are grouped in threesomes off the first and 10th tees to get play done before expected inclement weather arrives.
The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic winner's share of the purse.
The winning player will earn 500 FedEx Cup points and will earn approximately 41.9 Official World Golf Ranking points.
Rocket Mortgage Classic playoff format
A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The Rocket Mortgage Classic playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18, 15, 16, then 14 played repeatedly by any qualifying players. The Rocket Mortgage Classic playoff competitors compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.
