From one birdie-fest to another! This week, we head to the Detroit Golf Club for the 2025 Rocket Classic. This venue has been a resurgence place for names like Rickie Fowler, and has a two-time champion in just 6 years on tour. 

Let’s dive in!

 

Rocket Classic 2025: Daily Fantasy Golf Picks & Projections

Coming off a major championship and multiple signature event, it should be no surprise that this event is treated as more of an off week for the top players than anything else. That said, this is a fun event and allows for a wide diversity of lineups. We’ve seen the worlds longest players and guys who struggle to get off the tee at tour average length all have great success here, and as a result, this one should be interesting.

 

Detroit Golf Club: Course Breakdown This Week

Established in 1899, this is a historic venue, though it has only been a mainstay on the PGA Tour since 2019 when it became the home of this event. Playing just under 7,400 yards at a par of 72, this event has historically been a bit of a birdie-fest. Funny enough, Cam Davis is the winner of the two events with the lowest score, that being -18. We’ve seen winning scores as high as -26. 

Detroit Golf Club is an interesting venue in the aspect that there are no stats here that have a higher importance than tour average. That said, looking back at previous years, we do see a bit of variance in what has mattered most. In 2024, Putting and Driving Accuracy were the only two stats with a higher than average correlation to total Strokes Gained. 2023 showed us that Approach mattered more, while putting remained king. 2021 is the only really “unique” year in this aspect, as this was the only showing that play around the green played major importance.

As a result, we will put a larger emphasis on Approach from two distinct distances, 50-125 and 200+ as the largest concentrations of approach play typically fall into these buckets as well as greens in regulation percentage from these areas. Driving Accuracy and SG: Putting will receive a boost as well.

The Par 3s at this course all play between 160-233 yards, the par 4s play 370 to 490, and the par 5s at 550-635. These create some distinct scoring baskets to focus on. The birdie-fest nature of this event puts emphasis on birdie or better percentage. This event has minimal hazards in play, wide fairways, and greens that have always played true. Bad putters don’t suddenly figure it out here, but great putters consistently shine. This course is also very similar in nature to TPC Twin Cities. This will be our top comp course for this week.

Some top players in key stats this week:

Driving Accuracy: Collin Morikawa, Paul Peterson, Ben Kohles, Takumi Kanaya, Andrew Putnam, Brice Garnett, Joel Dahmen, Brandt Snedeker, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy

SG: Putting: Harry Hall, Brandt Snedeker, Sam Ryder, Nico Echavarria, Jacob Bridgeman, Cameron Young, Sami Valimaki, Quade Cummins, Akshay Bhatia, Cristobal Del Solar

GIR Percentage < 125: Ricky Castillo, Jake Knapp, Rico Hoey, Collin Morikawa, Noah Goodwin, Max McGreevy, Patrick Cantlay, Henrik Norlander, Paul Peterson, Jeremy Paul

 

Rocket Classic 2025 Field: Golf DFS

To put it bluntly, this is a week field overall. Collin Morikawa leads the way as the top player in the field at 5th in the OWGR, and is joined by last weeks winner Keegan Bradley as the only top 10 players in the field. Past that, only Hideki Matsuyama, Ben Griffin, and Patrick Cantlay join as the only other player in the top 20. Defending champion Cam Davis is in the field looking to not only defend his title, but secure his 3rd win at this venue. Every other winner in this events history (Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau, and Nate Lashley) that isn’t Bryson DeChambeau is in attendance as well looking to secure a 2nd win. With a softer overall field, I expect some of the top name to have high roster percentages, meaning diamonds in the rough will take a larger importance.

 

 

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PGA Best Bets & Predictions: 2025 Travelers Championship (17-26 Overall, +7.10 Units)

  • Taylor Moore: Top 20 (+250)
  • Brandt Snedeker: Made Cut (+130) 
  • Rocket Classic One and Done Picks: 
    • Davis Thompson 
    • Taylor Moore 
 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: Top Tier

Keegan Bradley ($10,400 DraftKings/$11,700 FanDuel)

Coming off a victory at the Travelers Championship, Keegan has found himself near playing captain territory for the Ryder Cup, and he looks poised to continue to build that case this week. Bradley, one of the best all around golfers in this field, lines up well for Detroit Golf Club. He’s performed well at this venue in the past, and is top 12 in this field in SG: Ball-striking, Birdies or Better Gained, SG: Approach, and Par 4: 350-400 scoring. He’s going to be my favorite high end play this week.  

Harry Hall ($9,500 DraftKings/$11,200 FanDuel)

Harry Hall is one of those guys that can almost always find his way into lineups. He’s a top 3 player in terms of Birdies or Better Gained, SG: Putting, and has been playing great golf of late with 5 straight top 25 finishes. He’s been solid on approach, great around the greens, and lines up as a high upside play this week. 

Luke Clanton ($9,000 DraftKings/$10,600 FanDuel)

Clanton is another guy who’s almost always going to find his way into my lineups. He’s top 10 in the field SG: Ball-Striking, SG: Off-the-Tee, Birdies or Better Gained, and SG: Approach this year. Clanton entered this field last year and secured a T10th finish, mostly just struggling around the greens which is something he has improved on in 2025. With the wide open fairways this week, Clanton should shine. 

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: MID-TIER

Keith Mitchell ($8,800 DraftKings/$11,000 FanDuel)

Mitchell has been close quite a bit in 2025, and this is a venue he can break through on. While he has struggled here in the past with two missed cuts in two starts, his 2025 game lines up well for success here. He’s improved his play off the tee substantially, and ranks in the top 12 in this field in that metric, while also maintaining elite ball-striking, approach play, and birdies or better gained. He’s struggled with the putter, but if he gets hot, he can surge up the leaderboard. 

Matt Fitzpatrick ($8,400 DraftKings/$10,000 FanDuel)

Fitzpatrick is making his debut at this event, but lines up well here. He’s been a great driver of late, solid ball-striker, and has had some elite weeks with the putter. He’s a bit more boring, but Fitzpatrick slots in as a solid play who’s likely to make the cut. He’s by far the least exciting guy, but sometimes we need a guy like this in soft fields. 

Davis Thompson ($8,100 DraftKings/$10,100 FanDuel)

One of the runners up in 2024, Thompson is going to look to avenge that finish this week. His putter has been atrocious this year, but he’s putt well at this venue, and he remains a solid play off the tee and has been a top 10 scorer in this field. If he can keep himself neutral on the greens, he can continue his streak of improvement at this venue.

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: VALUE TIER

Doug Ghim ($6,900 DraftKings/$8,000 FanDuel)

Ghim might be one of the most surprising plays this week. He ranks in the top 12 in this field in Ball-striking, SG: Off-the-Tee, Proximity from 50-125, Par 5 scoring, SG: Approach, and Par 4: 350-400. He’s another play who has been bad with the putter, but his overall profile is strong enough to ignore most of those issues.

Patrick Fishburn ($6,900 DraftKings/$8,200 FanDuel)

Fishburn, much like Ghim, has a solid enough game compared to the field to be considered this week. He’s a strong driver, leading this field in SG: Off-The-Tee, top 5 in SG: Ball-striking and Par 5 scoring, and top 10 in Birdies or Better Gained. When you consider his low price here, he becomes an intriguing option to plug into boom-bust lineups.

Cam Davis ($7,400 DraftKings/$8,800 FanDuel)

It’s not often we see the defending champion, and a two time champion at that, be this cheap. Davis missed the cut in his first two starts at this venue, but has since gone win, T14th, T17th, win. That’s really good. Most of his 2025 game has been pretty bad though he did pull off a top 20 at the PGA Championship, RBC Heritage, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and American Express. He’s got the game to win, and he’s proven he can do it here.

 

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