OPEN GNN RADIO MINI PLAYERThe 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic is the 12th PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.
The event played after the Travelers Championship is the second-consecutive open event and allocates four spots in the field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features an $8.8 million purse, is played Thursday through Sunday.
Monday qualifiers are tournaments held on Mondays (although a rare few are not), and they feature a field of typically around 80 players that are looking to get into that week's PGA Tour event. The tournaments are 18-hole affairs typically put on by the local PGA of America section nearest to the tournament host. Eligibility is not limited to professionals, as amateurs with a USGA handicap index under 2.0 may play as well.
For the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, the Michigan section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played June 26, 2023, at Fieldstone Golf Club in Auburn Hills, Mich., and the field of 54 players was finalized on June 23 at 5 p.m. local time.
Before the Monday qualifier, there were pre-qualifiers, which is common. This tournament creates a pathway to the Monday qualifier for players who have limited or no status with the PGA Tour and, frankly, raises entry fees.
For this Monday qualifier, the field is filled with players with limited PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour status.
The top four finishers from the Monday qualifier will gain entry to the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic. The last Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners, who won the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic after Monday qualifying.
2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Monday qualifier field
| PLAYER |
|---|
| Steve Allan |
| Jeffrey Andrus Jr. |
| Eric Axley |
| Sangmoon Bae |
| Otto Black |
| Michael Blair |
| Jonas Blixt |
| Beau Breault |
| Wesley Bryan |
| Kyle Chung |
| Tyler Copp |
| Brian Davis |
| Thomas DeMarco |
| Kyle Dobbs |
| Ryan Elmore |
| Matt Every |
| Ethan Farnam |
| Clay Feagler |
| Josh Fryer |
| Cole Hammer |
| David Hearn |
| Wes Homan |
| Peter Hong |
| Dawson Jones |
| Sunghoon Kang |
| Yuto Katsuragawa |
| Barrett Kelpin |
| Chase Komaromi |
| Peter Kuest |
| Rick Lamb |
| Derek Lamely |
| Willie Mack III |
| Dylan Meyer |
| Seung Yul Noh |
| Kosta Ramirez |
| Kyle Reifers |
| Zach Robbins |
| Joshua Sedeno |
| Manav Shah |
| Drew Shepherd |
| Ryan Skae |
| Ted Smith |
| Andy Spencer |
| Hayden Springer |
| Kevin Stadler |
| Stephen Stallings |
| Brett Stegmaier |
| Hunter Thomson |
| Finigan Tilly |
| DJ Trahan |
| Ben Van |
| Sebastian Vazquez |
| Patrick Wilkes-Krier |
| Tae Kyoung (Eric) Yun |
