Brooks 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The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday, July 28, the five-time major champion has withdrawn from the 2026 Rocket Classic after committing to the tournament on July 13.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.
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.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 28, 2026
The 2027 event will be played at Silverado Resort… pic.twitter.com/yTPB23KlxO
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.)
- 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.)
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
