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See the full story · 2 sourcesBrooks Koepka will not be playing in Detroit after all.
The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday, July 28, the five-time major champion has withdrawn from the 2026 Rocket Classic after committing to the tournament on July 13.
Ben Silverman will take his place in the 147-player field that is now finalized (see full field and tee times below).
Koepka has had a unique schedule this year for a player as accomplished as himself. He had to earn his status back on the PGA Tour after leaving for the start-up rival LIV Golf from 2022-25.
Part of that has included stops at tournaments he has not typically played in to try and earn FedEx Cup points, such as playing the final Rocket Classic in Detroit , where he had never played before.
However, it ultimately didn't work out, as Koepka withdrew during the week of the tournament. There was not a reason given for his withdrawal.
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Koepka has been dealing with a nerve issue that has affected his left hand; he withdrew from the final round of the RBC Canadian Open in June. He then had missed cuts at the U.S. Open and Scottish Open, but finished T-28 at The Open at Royal Birkdale just over a week ago.
Koepka, entering the second-to-last regular-season event of the season, is 84th in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 make the start of the playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.
Rocket Classic replacement tournament
It was a busy news day, as the PGA Tour also announced which tournament will take the place of the Rocket Classic on the schedule after it ends for good after this year .
Sompo, a Japanese insurance company, has agreed to a multi-year deal to replace Dan Gilbert's Rocket Companies as a tournament sponsor.
The Sompo-sponsored tournament will be played at Silverado Resort in Napa, California in 2027 and then will continue as part of the new Championship Series in 2028 at a new market to be determined in the future.
The PGA TOUR and Sompo today announced a multi-year partnership that will make Sompo the sponsor of a full-field PGA TOUR tournament beginning in 2027 and continuing as a new PGA TOUR Championship Series event beginning in 2028. The 2027 event will be played at Silverado Resort… pic.twitter.com/yTPB23KlxO
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 28, 2026 Rocket Classic tee times 2026
The PGA Tour also announced on Tuesday the tee times for the first two rounds of the final final Rocket Classic.
Brendon Todd, Lanto Griffin and Eric Cole will kick things off at 7 a.m. Thursday morning on the front nine, while Nick Dunlap, Joel Dahmen and Max McGreevy start on the back nine at the same time.
Other tee time notables in the first round include:
Tony Finau (7:33 a.m.)
Keegan Bradley (7:33 a.m.)
Wyndham Clark (7:33 a.m.)
Chris Gotterup (7:44 a.m.)
Xander Schauffele (7:44 a.m.)
Rickie Fowler (7:44 a.m.)
Hideki Matsuyama (12:43 p.m.)
Cameron Young (12:54 p.m.)
J.J. Spaun (12:54 p.m.)
Patrick Cantlay (1:05 p.m.)
Jordan Spieth (1:05 p.m.)
Brad Dalke (1:49 p.m.)
The top-ranked players in the Rocket Classic field are Cameron Young (No. 3 in the Official World Golf Rankings), Russell Henley (No. 5), Chris Gotterup (No. 7) and Wyndham Clark (No. 9).
Tee times for the first round and second round of the Rocket Classic pic.twitter.com/0BR05vDvAZ
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) July 28, 2026 Rocket Classic field 2026
Daniel Azallion (Monday qualifier)
Zach Bauchou
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Zac Blair
Chandler Blanchet
Keegan Bradley
Michael Brennan
Jacob Bridgeman
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Ricky Castillo
Ryan Celano (Monday qualifier)
Davis Chatfield
Luke Clanton
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Corey Conners
Pierceson Coody
Trace Crowe
Joel Dahmen
Brad Dalke
Cam Davis
Zecheng Dou
Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
A.J. Ewart
Tony Finau
Patrick Fishburn
Steven Fisk
Rickie Fowler
Brice Garnett
Ryan Gerard
Doug Ghim
Lucas Glover
Chris Gotterup
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Lanto Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Harry Hall
Russell Henley
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Kensei Hirata
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Rico Hoey
Tom Hoge
Keenan Huskey (Monday qualifier)
Ben Kohles
Nicolai Højgaard
Rasmus Højgaard
Joe Hooks
Billy Horschel
Beau Hossler
Mark Hubbard
Matt Kuchar
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Ben James
William Jennings
Takumi Kanaya
Jeffrey Kang
Johnny Keefer
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Chris Kirk
Patton Kizzire
Jake Knapp
Jackson Koivun
Christo Lamprecht
Hank Lebioda
Haotong Li
David Lipsky
Justin Lower
Peter Malnati
Hideki Matsuyama
Stefano Mazzoli
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Max McGreevy
Mac Meissner
Taylor Moore
William Mouw
Keita Nakajima
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Andrew Novak
Pontus Nyholm
Thorbjørn Olesen
John Parry
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
Chandler Phillips
Aldrich Potgieter
Seamus Power
Andrew Putnam
Justin Quiban (Monday qualifier)
Chad Ramey
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Kevin Roy
Marcelo Rozo
Ryan Ruffels
Adrien Saddier
Gordon Sargent
Xander Schauffele
Adam Schenk
Matti Schmid
Neal Shipley
Ben Silverman
Webb Simpson
Jordan Smith
Austin Smotherman
Brandt Snedeker
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Hayden Springer
Sam Stevens
Kevin Streelman
Jackson Suber
Adam Svensson
Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor
Davis Thompson
Michael Thorbjornsen
Brendon Todd
Alejandro Tosti
Erik van Rooyen
John VanDerLaan
Kristoffer Ventura
Karl Vilips
Danny Walker
Matt Wallace
Vince Whaley
Patrick Wilkes-Krier
Aaron Wise
Dylan Wu
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Cameron Young
Kevin Yu
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Brooks Koepka drops out of Rocket Classic after tee times set
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