Michigan Golf Journal June 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Rocket Mortgage Classic Rocket Mortgage Classic Again Puts Detroit in National Spotlight By Tom Lang PGA Tour Pros like Mickelson, Day, Fowler, DeChambeau and Watson Soon to Descend on the Motor City Detroit has garnered attention in recent years for being America’s ‘Comeback City.’ Part of that comeback is supported by the fact Rocket Mortgage was able to draw the PGA Tour to the Motor City in 2019. Although Michigan had hosted excellent pro events for many prior years and decades (i.e. the Buick Open and the Ford Sr. Players Championship), two years ago became the first time in history the PGA Tour stepped inside Detroit city limits to play pro golf. The Rocket Mortgage Classic itself has experienced its own comebacks, the first being the fight to return to competition in 2020 – for its second showing – when