Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, MI — July 29, 2022
Another perfect day greeted the PGA Tour professionals as round two of the Rocket Mortgage Classic got underway at the Detroit Golf Club. Player groups are the same as round one, tee times are swapped from morning to afternoon based on when the group played yesterday. Starting holes are also the opposite of which nine the group started the tournament on.
If you missed the Mark Hubbard comedy show on the 11th hole yesterday morning, a video has finally surfaced. Hubbard teed off at 6:56 am on the back nine. After making par on the 10th, his tee shot on the 216-yard par three 11th hole hit short of the green. In disgust, Hubbard let go of his club as he completed his swing and the four iron fell to the ground. The ball bounced and then rolled across the green towards the hole. After making a complete circle of the cup the ball fell in for a remarkable hole-in-one. Disappointment to disbelief in a matter of seconds.
Early Groups
Cameron Young, runner-up in The Open Championship two weeks ago, took advantage of the excellent scoring conditions Friday morning to post a 31 on his opening nine. After teeing off at the 10th hole, Young went birdie, eagle, birdie on 12, 13, and 14.
Sahith Theegala also carded a 31 on the back nine to nose ahead of Finau and Pendrith at the top of the leaderboard at nine-under-par. However, a bogey on the par-three fifth hole dropped him back into a tie at eight under.
Charley Hoffman’s 33 on the front side propelled him into a tie for the lead. A birdie on the 10th gave him the top spot briefly until a bogey on 11 took the lead away. Playing in the same group as Hoffman, Richy Werenski used an eagle on the par-five, fourth. Along with birdies on three and seven to come within two of the lead after his opening nine. Birdies on 10 and 11 pushed him into the crowd sitting at the top of the cumulative score sheet.
New Leaders Climb the Board
Theegala was the first to record a lower number than yesterday’s leaders. A birdie on the eighth finished his round at 67 for the day. Combined with his 68 on Thursday he became the leader in the clubhouse at nine-under-par.
Just as he did on his opening nine, Cameron Young strung three holes together(3,4, and 5) under par to push his two-day total to nine-under. Playing the front side to close out his round, a birdie on par-five, seventh gave Young a 63. The lowest round of the tournament, to that point, put him at 10 under atop the leaderboard.
Adam Scott shot 66 on his Friday round, carding six birdies without a bogey to go with his opening round 69 to join Theegala at nine under. Richy Werenski’s 66 got him to the eight-under mark as play concluded in the morning session. After one-half of the field completed play on day two the expected cut was predicted to be three-under-par.
The Afternoon Groups
Taylor Pendrith started his afternoon on fire. Birdies on the first four holes moved him into the lead alone at 12 under. Three more birdies brought him to -15 with three holes to play. A bogey on 16 cost him a stroke but he quickly gained it back with another birdie on 17. His second round 65 left him alone at the top of the leaderboard.
Tony Finau kept pace with Pendrith shooting his second bogey-free round of the tournament. Carding a 66 for a two-day total of 14 under, just a stroke off the lead. Lee Hodges matched his first-round score of 66 to move into sole possession of third place at -12.

Russell Henley and Stewart Cink joined Cameron Young at 10 under in a share for fourth place.
The Cut
With red scores dotting the leaderboard consistently the cut fell at three-under par. Will Zalatoris, Keegan Bradley, and defending champion Cam Davis made it on the number to survive and continue playing into the weekend.
Mark Hubbard and Gary Woodland did not, both finished at two under and headed home. Joining them were Matt Kuchar(-1), Rickie Fowler(+3), and Davis Love III(+5). If Pendrith and Finau can continue their dominant performances, they may separate themselves from the remainder of the field and make Sunday a match-play final.
Second Round Leaderboard at The Rocket Mortgage Classic
Player | To Par | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |
1 | Taylor Pendrith | -15 | 64 | 65 | 129 |
2 | Tony Finau | -14 | 64 | 66 | 130 |
3 | Lee Hodges | -12 | 66 | 66 | 132 |
T4 | Cameron Young | -10 | 71 | 63 | 134 |
T4 | Russell Henley | -10 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
T4 | Stewart Cink | -10 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
T7 | Sahith Theegala | -9 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
T7 | Adam Scott | -9 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
T7 | Stephan Jaeger | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
T7 | Si Woo Kim | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
T7 | Patrick Cantlay | -9 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
T7 | Scott Stallings | -9 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
T13 | Richy Werenski | -8 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
T13 | Charley Hoffman | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T13 | Sam Ryder | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T13 | Zach Johnson | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T13 | John Huh | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T13 | Austin Smotherman | -8 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
T13 | Justin Lower | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T13 | Callum Tarren | -8 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T21 | Adam Svensson | -7 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
T21 | Chris Kirk | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
T21 | Wyndham Clark | -7 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
T21 | Michael Thompson | -7 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
T21 | Matt Wallace | -7 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
T26 | Brandon Wu | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
T26 | Sung Kang | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
T26 | Brendan Steele | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
T26 | Seth Reeves | -6 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
T26 | KK Limbhasut | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
T26 | Taylor Moore | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
T26 | Danny Willett | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
T26 | Austin Cook | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
T26 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
T35 | Kurt Kitayama | -5 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
T35 | Nick Watney | -5 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
T35 | Adam Hadwin | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T35 | Bo Hoag | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
T35 | Ryan Brehm | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T35 | Webb Simpson | -5 | 66 | 73 | 139 |
T35 | Jason Day | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T35 | Jhonattan Vegas | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
T35 | Roger Sloan | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T35 | Vince Whaley | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
T45 | Tyler Duncan | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T45 | Max Homa | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
T45 | J.J. Spaun | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T45 | Cameron Tringale | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T45 | Troy Merritt | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
T45 | Kevin Streelman | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T45 | Wesley Bryan | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T45 | Bo Van Pelt | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T45 | Doc Redman | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T45 | Patrick Rodgers | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T45 | Patton Kizzire | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T45 | Luke Donald | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T45 | Hayden Buckley | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
T45 | Ben Martin | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T59 | Henrik Norlander | -3 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
T59 | Beau Hossler | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | David Lipsky | -3 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
T59 | Rory Sabbatini | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
T59 | Will Zalatoris | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T59 | Trey Mullinax | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | Keegan Bradley | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
T59 | Joohyung Kim | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
T59 | Chris Gotterup | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T59 | Cam Davis | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
T59 | Nate Lashley | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
T59 | William McGirt | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | Cameron Champ | -3 | 66 | 75 | 141 |
T59 | David Lingmerth | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | Russell Knox | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | Peter Malnati | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T59 | Chris Naegel | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
Cut Line | |||||
CUT | Seung-Yul Noh | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Brice Garnett | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Harris English | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Lucas Glover | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Chad Ramey | -2 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
CUT | Adam Schenk | -2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
CUT | Matthias Schwab | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Brandon Matthews | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Joshua Creel | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Aaron Baddeley | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Mark Hubbard | -2 | 68 | 74 | 142 |
CUT | Robert Streb | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Gary Woodland | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
CUT | Nick Taylor | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Sepp Straka | -2 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
CUT | Morgan Hoffmann | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
CUT | Jared Wolfe | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
CUT | Alex Smalley | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
CUT | Ryan Palmer | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
CUT | Kevin Kisner | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
CUT | Dylan Wu | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
CUT | Curtis Thompson | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
CUT | Ryan Moore | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
CUT | Bill Haas | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
CUT | Matt Kuchar | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
CUT | Scott Gutschewski | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
CUT | Tommy Gainey | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
CUT | Michael Gligic | -1 | 77 | 66 | 143 |
CUT | Satoshi Kodaira | E | 70 | 74 | 144 |
CUT | Davis Riley | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Sean O’Hair | E | 73 | 71 | 144 |
CUT | Chesson Hadley | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Garrick Higgo | E | 73 | 71 | 144 |
CUT | Kevin Chappell | E | 70 | 74 | 144 |
CUT | Maverick McNealy | E | 75 | 69 | 144 |
CUT | Chase Seiffert | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Jim Knous | E | 72 | 72 | 144 |
CUT | James Hahn | E | 72 | 72 | 144 |
CUT | Denny McCarthy | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Kramer Hickok | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Kevin Tway | E | 72 | 72 | 144 |
CUT | Max McGreevy | E | 71 | 73 | 144 |
CUT | Brian Stuard | 1 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
CUT | Grayson Murray | 1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
CUT | Hank Lebioda | 1 | 73 | 72 | 145 |
CUT | Andrew Landry | 1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
CUT | Dawie van der Walt | 1 | 76 | 69 | 145 |
CUT | David Skinns | 1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
CUT | Kelly Kraft | 1 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
CUT | Erik Flores | 1 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
CUT | Luke List | 2 | 76 | 70 | 146 |
CUT | Dylan Frittelli | 2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
CUT | Scott Piercy | 2 | 73 | 73 | 146 |
CUT | Jonathan Byrd | 2 | 72 | 74 | 146 |
CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | 2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
CUT | Joseph Bramlett | 2 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
CUT | Ben Cook | 2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
CUT | Nick Hardy | 2 | 71 | 75 | 146 |
CUT | Joel Dahmen | 3 | 77 | 70 | 147 |
CUT | Michael Thorbjornsen (a) | 3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
CUT | Rickie Fowler | 3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
CUT | Harry Higgs | 3 | 72 | 75 | 147 |
CUT | Brandon Hagy | 3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
CUT | Luke Guthrie | 3 | 71 | 76 | 147 |
CUT | Ben Kohles | 3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
CUT | Greyson Sigg | 3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
CUT | Martin Trainer | 4 | 71 | 77 | 148 |
CUT | Robert Garrigus | 4 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | 4 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
CUT | C.T. Pan | 4 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
CUT | Davis Love III | 5 | 78 | 71 | 149 |
CUT | Doug Ghim | 6 | 73 | 77 | 150 |
CUT | Paul Barjon | 7 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
CUT | Cole Hammer | 7 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
CUT | Andrew Novak | 7 | 76 | 75 | 151 |
CUT | Brian Gay | 7 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
CUT | Wyatt Worthington II | 9 | 79 | 74 | 153 |
CUT | Brett Drewitt | 13 | 80 | 77 | 157 |
WD | Cameron Percy | ||||
WD | Camilo Villegas | ||||
WD | Vaughn Taylor |