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After elite fields for the US Open and Travelers Championship (a Signature Series Event), it’s more of a bog-standard week on the PGA Tour.

The Rocket Classic is in its seventh edition and usually attracts weaker fields although a look at the trophy shows that those with a bit of star power have flourished.

Bryson DeChambeau, Rickie Fowler and Tony Finau have all won and did so with scores of -23, -24 and -26 respectively.

Yep, this is a birdie-fest so it may be worth reminding ourselves of some of the bonus points rules in this game:

No dropped shots in a round +3
3 consecutive birdies +3
Round of 64 or better +3
All four rounds sub-70 +5

That adds to the basic points scoring system which sees a birdie worth +3, an eagle +8 and better than eagle (including a hole in one) +10.

As usual, the captain and underdog (UD, the lowest-priced player) in your six man line-up both score x1.25pts.

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Top Tier Picks (18m and over)

Patrick Cantlay (20.4M): I prefer Cantlay to the more expensive pair of Keegan Bradley and Collin Morikawa. The former may find it hard to go again after his Travelers win and has a lot going through his head about being a playing captain at the Ryder Cup while Morikawa has gone eight starts without a top 10. Cantlay’s form shows a couple of MCs but they were both in majors. Strip out those PGA and US Open flops and his results in non-majors are consistently good: 12-12-4-13. What’s more, he was runner-up here on his only previous start in 2022 and is 23rd for Birdie Average this season.

Harry Hall (19.2M): The Englishman abroad is the fifth most expensive player in the game but it’s justified on recent form. Ninth at the Travelers and sixth at Colonial two starts earlier form part of a sequence that shows five straight top 35s. Tied 31st here last year and a winner of the PGA Tour’s ISCO Championship last summer, he looks ideally equipped for this birdie-fest. Hall is 2nd for SG: Putting and 4th for Birdie Average in 2025. He did suffer from the sickness bug that swept the Travelers but shooting 65 when under the weather on Sunday suggests he’s a hardy soul. Hall should be fine for this.

Others to consider: Hideki Matsuyama (19M) could only manage 30th at the Travelers but he may have found something at the finish when striking it beautifully in a Sunday 65. Around The Green has been an important stat here and Matsuyama excels in that area. Cam Young (18.6M) fell away to 52nd last week but was fourth in both the US Open and Canadian Open before that. He has form of 6-2 here so, if not out of gas (it’s his fifth straight week), the American has strong credentials.

Mid-Range Value Selections ($14.2m up to 18m)

Rickie Fowler (17.4M): Fowler ended a four-year victory drought when winning this event two years ago. The Californian was in great form at the time and his current play is decent too with three top 16s in his last five starts, including seventh at Memorial. He’s 5-for-6 at Detroit GC with a win and a 12th.

Wyndham Clark (17.2M): The 2023 US Open champ created unfavourable headlines after an altercation with a locker at Oakmont but he put that behind him with 17th at the Travelers. That was his best finish since late March so perhaps a summer surge awaits. This looks a good place for him to have another strong week given finishes of 17th (2019) and eighth (2022) on his two appearances. He’s 22nd for Birdie Average.

Others to consider: Davis Thompson (16.2M) has seven straight rounds in the 60s on this par 72 and an opening 63 in 2021 remains the joint-course record. Four sub-70 laps last year helped him finish in a four-way tie for second. A 25th at the Travelers last week is encouraging, as is five straight top 25s on Donald Ross courses. Taylor Moore (15.2M) is definitely in the course horse bracket having cracked the top 10 (10-4-6) on all three visits. He’s logged top 25s in two of his last four starts, including 19th in the PGA Championship. Ryo Hisatsune (14.4M) is a cult figure for this column after previous strong performances when selected. The Japanese star has four top 10s in his last 13 events, including sixth at Colonial on his penultimate start. At a couple of million higher Akshay Bhatia (16.4M) led after 18, 36 and 54 holes last year before three-putting the last to finish tied second. His recent 16th at Memorial included a Saturday 80 so that sullied a good week at Muirfield Village.

Underdog Options (14m and Under)

Adam Hadwin (13.6M): The Canadian is definitely showing better signs and although he couldn’t build on a Thursday 66 at the Travelers he’s played the weekend in seven of his last eight events. Bumping him up to genuine Underdog (UD) candidacy is a course record that shows second place in 2023 and fourth in 2020.

Danny Willett (13M): The former Masters winner plays a fairly light schedule these days but 13th in Canada on his latest outing highlighted a revival. He’s made six of his last nine cuts, including three of the last four and the putter is hot (3rd SG: Putting Canada, 2nd SGP at Augusta). Here at Detroit GC he’s cashed on all four visits and was fourth on debut.

Others to consider: Danny Walker (13.4M) is an option if turning to the Birdie Average charts for inspiration. He ranks 9th and has shot good scores in lower grade events. Ben Silverman (13M) was in a real funk after nine straight missed cuts but he’s gone 20-70-36 in his last three and posted 17th here last year. It’s been feast or famine for Hayden Buckley (12.4M) in his last five events (7th, 10th and three missed cuts) but obviously there is some appealing upside in that run. In two Rocket starts he was 24th on debut in 2022 and 14th after 54 holes last year before slipping back. And how about Antoine Rozner (14M) as a very reliable UD. The Frenchman has quietly, but very impressively, made 12 straight cuts on the PGA Tour and he’s cracked the top 35 in each of the last five. This is his course debut.

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