The Rocket Classic gets underway Thursday at Detroit Golf Club.
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The 2025 Rocket Classic gets underway Thursday morning with the first round at Detroit Golf Club in Michigan. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Rocket Classic TV coverage, streaming info and Round 1 tee times.
How to watch Rocket Classic on Thursday
Two years ago, Detroit was the culmination of Rickie Fowler‘s return to form after a four-year winless drought. With a birdie on the first playoff hole after was wayward tee shot, Fowler reached the winner’s circle once again at the Rocket, just two weeks after a heartbreaking close call at the U.S. Open and it couldn’t have come at a more fitting stop.
Fowler has a long-standing partnership with Rocket — formerly known as Quicken Loans — and has never missed this tournament since its inception.
“Seeing that partnership continue to grow and kind of hear about this dream from them and wanting a tournament to ultimately end up in Detroit, it seemed like I wouldn’t say a big ask but it’s a big move. But that’s where Rocket’s based, up here in Detroit,” Fowler said Wednesday. ” To see this event grow, see the fan and town support that we’ve — that’s grown over theyears, and then also what Rocket, the Rocket family’s been able to do with kind of helping rebuild Detroit, like I say, it’s just been great to be a part of and fun to be back this week.”
Fowler will be looking to find that form once again this week in Detroit as he comes into the week having recorded his first three top-25s of the season in his last five events, including a T7 at the Memorial which got him into the Open Championship.
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And all the action gets started on Thursday.
You can watch the first round of the Rocket Classic on TV via Golf Channel, which will air coverage starting at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage beginning at 6:45 a.m. ET.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2025 Rocket Classic.
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Golf Channel will carry first-round TV coverage of the 2025 Rocket Classic from 3-6 p.m. ET on Thursday.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2025 Rocket Classic via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 6:45 a.m. ET. NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will provide a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage for viewers with an active cable subscription.
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2025 Rocket Classic tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
6:45 a.m. – Adam Hadwin, Victor Perez, David Skinns 6:56 a.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Patrick Fishburn, Ben Silverman 7:07 a.m. – Trey Mullinax, Rico Hoey, Chandler Phillips 7:18 a.m. – Nico Echavarria, Patton Kizzire, Peter Malnati 7:29 a.m. – Luke List, Lee Hodges, Seamus Power 7:40 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Brice Garnett, Francesco Molinari 7:51 a.m. – Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Byeong Hun An 8:02 a.m. -Taylor Moore, Karl Vilips, Matt Wallace 8:13 a.m. – Cameron Champ, Michael Kim, Jacob Bridgeman 8:24 a.m. – Alejandro Tosti, Sami Valimaki, Max McGreevy 8:35 a.m. – Antoine Rozner, Quade Cummins, David Ford 8:46 a.m. – Hayden Springer, Mason Andersen, Kris Ventura 8:57 a.m. – Michael Thorbjornsen, Norman Xiong, Micahel La Sasso (a) 12:10 p.m. – Joel Dahmen, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Roy 12:21 p.m. – Nate Lashley, Patrick Rodgers, Vince Whaley 12:32 p.m. – Danny Willett, Ryo Hisatsune, Henrik Norlander 12:43 p.m. – Tom Kim, Jake Knapp, Stephan Jaeger 12:54 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Max Homa 1:05 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Cameron Young, Austin Eckroat 1:16 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Emilliano Grillo, Adam Svensson 1:27 p.m. – Max Greyserman, Mark Hubbard, Nicolai Hjogaard 1:38 p.m. – Ryan Palmer, Beau Hossler, Ben Kohles 1:49 p.m. – Kevin Velo, Luke Clanton, Brett White 2:00 p.m. – James Piot, Braden Thornberry, Frankie Capan III 2:11 p.m. – Philip Knowles, Thomas Rosenmueller, Ben Cook 2:22 p.m. – Anders Albertson, Cristobal Del Solar, Vince Covello
Tee No. 10
6:45 a.m. – Lanto Griffin, Alex Noren, Alex Smalley 6:56 a.m. – Carson Young, Will Gordon, Thorbjorn Olesen 7:07 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, David Lipsky, Danny Walker 7:18 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Cam Davis, Wyndham Clark 7:29 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay 7:40 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Akshay Bhatia 7:51 a.m.- Nick Dunlap, Kurt Kitayama, Adam Schenk 8:02 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker 8:13 a.m. – Ben Martin, Jeremy Paul, Rasmus Hjogaard 8:24 a.m. – Trevor Cone, Noah Goodwin, Paul Waring 8:35 a.m. – Evan Brown, Jesper Svensson, Steven Fisk 8:46 a.m. – Otto Black, Will Chandler, Matthew Riedel 8:57 a.m. – Taylor Dickson, John Pak, Dominic Clemons (a) 12:10 p.m. – Justin Lower, Isaiah Salinda, Mac Meissner 12:21 p.m. – Ryan Gerard, Chan Kim, Aldrich Potgieter 12:32 p.m. – Ryan Brehm, Hayden Buckley, Greyson Sigg 12:43 p.m. – Harry Hall, Aaron Wise, Joseph Bramlett 12:54 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Davis Thompson, Chris Kirk 1:05 p.m. – Matt McCarty, Davis Riley, Camillo Villegas 1:16 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Rafael Campos, Nick Hardy 1:27 p.m. – Chad Ramey, Sam Ryder, Harry Higgs 1:38 p.m. – Kevin Kisner, Doug Ghim, Ricky Castillo 1:49 p.m. – Harrison Endycott, Takumi Kanaya, William Mouw 2:00 p.m. – Paul Peterson, Kaito Onishi, Andi Xu 2:11 p.m. – Thirston Lawrence, Jackson Suber, Joe Hooks 2:22 p.m. – Gordon Sargent, Rikuya Hoshino, Ashton McCulloch (a)
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