Golf betting tips: Rocket Classic 2025
Tournament: Rocket Classic
When: June 26-29, 2025
Where: Detroit Golf Club, Michigan
Course details: Par 72, 7,370 yards
72-hole record: 262 Tony Finau (2022)
18-hole record: 63 (multiple players)
Weather forecast: Light rain Thursday; thunderstorms Friday; dry and warm over the weekend
Total prize money: $9,600,000 (about £7m)
Watch: Sky Sports Golf
Rocket Classic outright odds
(Courtesy of BoyleSports)
Collin Morikawa 9/1
Keegan Bradley 12/1
Patrick Cantlay 12/1
Ben Griffin 16/1
Cameron Young 20/1
Wyndham Clark 25/1
Hideki Matsuyama 25/1
Harry Hall 28/1
Kim Si-woo 28/1
30/1 bar
(E/W 1/5 odds 10 places; odds correct at time of writing; alternative prices and place terms available)
Ron Wood's Rocket Classic tips
Course overview
Detroit Golf Club is medium length and flat, and the rough is forgiving. The fairways are tree-lined and the greens small, but it's a course that throws up countless birdie opportunities. If it plays soft – and rain is in the forecast for Thursday and Friday – it can favour the big hitters.
Outright selections
Collin Morikawa, the world No.5, is the highest-ranking player in the field and heads the outright betting. He tied for second in this tournament in 2023 but he has been in woeful form over the past couple of months. In particular, his putting has been letting him down, which doesn't bode well now.
There's also Keegan Bradley, fresh from his win in last week's Travelers Championship, but he has no worthwhile course form and it will be a surprise if he enjoys back-to-back wins.
Instead, preference is for Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee. Let's start with the first name. The 2022 US Open champion, Fitzpatrick has been hinting at a return to form. He tied for 17th in last week's Travelers, where a slow start didn't help, but only three players bettered his third round of 63.
The Englishman wasn't alone in finding Oakmont too demanding in the US Open on his penultimate outing, but he tied for eighth at the US PGA Championship in May. His last five tournaments have been signature events or majors and this is a notable drop in class. So while he has never played this course, he putts well, which gives him a chance.
Min Woo Lee was joint-second, beaten one stroke, in this event last year, and his game suits this course. His recent form is ropey to say the least, but he is dropping out of elite company for the first time since winning in Texas in March. He appeals with 10 places on offer each-way.
Fowler can finish as top American
It's hard to know what you're going to get from Rickie Fowler, but he won this event in 2023 and has offered glimpses of form recently, notably his tied-seventh finish in the Memorial Tournament two outings ago. He doesn't appeal each-way outright (35/1) but is only slightly shorter to be the leading USA player, which looks generous enough for a speculative win punt in that market.
Past Rocket Classic winners
(US unless stated)
World rankings
Scottie Scheffler
Rory McIlroy
Xander Schauffele
Justin Thomas
Collin Morikawa
Russell Henley
Keegan Bradley
J.J. Spaun
Sepp Straka
Viktor Hovland
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