DETROIT — Rocket Classic officials were crossing their fingers for one more big splash with the field for next week's tournament. And on Wednesday night, they sure got one.
Jordan Spieth will play in Detroit's PGA Tour event for the first time, tournament officials confirmed to The Detroit News.
Spieth, a three-time major champion who has won on the PGA Tour 13 times, pulled out of this week's 3M Open in Minnesota, leading to speculation he could make the Rocket Classic a late addition to his schedule with the PGA Tour playoffs looming. Spieth is 55th in the FedEx Cup standings, and while he's in good shape to make the first playoff event (top 70), the top 50 make the second playoff event and the top 30 make the huge-money Tour Championship.
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Rocket Classic, set for July 30-Aug. 2 at Detroit Golf Club, is the second-to-last regular-season tournament before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Spieth, 32, hasn't won on the PGA Tour since 2022, but he remains a star and a big draw for fans. He joins headliners like Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka among the 145-player field for the eighth and final Rocket Classic. Like Spieth, Schauffele and Koepka are playing in the Rocket Classic for the first time.
The Rocket Classic field now features four players in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking, eight in the top 20, and 54 in the top 100. Spieth, a former No. 1-ranked player in the world, currently is ranked 55th. Spieth's longtime caddie, Michael Greller, grew up in west Michigan.
Most of the Rocket field has been finalized, with the player commitment deadline Friday.
Who's playing in the 2026 Rocket Classic?
Rocket Classic commitments, as of July 22, 2026:
- Zach Bauchou
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Akshay Bhatia
- Chandler Blanchet
- Keegan Bradley
- Michael Brennan
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Dan Brown
- Brian Campbell
- Rafael Campos
- Patrick Cantlay
- Ricky Castillo
- Davis Chatfield
- Luke Clanton
- Wyndham Clark
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Pierceson Coody
- Trace Crowe
- Joel Dahman
- Brad Dalke (sponsor exemption)
- Cameron Davis
- Jason Day
- Zecheng Dou
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- A.J. Ewart
- Tony Finau
- Patrick Fishburn
- Steven Fisk
- Rickie Fowler
- Brice Garnett
- 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
- Nicolai Hojgaard
- Rasmus Hojgaard
- Joe Hooks (sponsor exemption)
- Billy Horschel
- Beau Hossler
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjae Im
- Stephan Jaeger
- Ben James
- William Jennings (sponsor exemption)
- Takumi Kanaya
- Jeffrey Kang
- Johnny Keefer
- Michael Kim
- Si Woo Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Patton Kizzire
- Jake Knapp
- Brooks Koepka
- Jackson Koivun
- Matt Kuchar
- Christo Lamprecht
- Hank Lebioda
- Haotong Li
- David Lipsky
- Justin Lower
- Peter Malnati
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Stefano Mazzoli
- Denny McCarthy
- Matt McCarty
- Max McGreevy
- Maverick McNealy
- Mac Meissner
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Moore
- William Mouw
- Keita Nakajima
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
- Andrew Novak
- Pontus Nyholm
- Thorbjorn Olesen
- John Parry
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Marco Penge
- Chandler Phillips
- Aldrich Potgieter
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Chad Ramey
- Davis Riley
- Patrick Rodrgers
- Kevin Roy
- Marcelo Rozo
- Ryan Ruffels (sponsor's exemption)
- Adrien Saddier
- Gordon Sargent
- Xander Schauffele
- Adam Schenk
- Matti Schmid
- Neal Shipley
- Webb Simpson
- Jordan Smith
- Austin Smotherman
- Jordan Spieth
- Brandt Snedeker
- J.J. Spaun
- 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 (Michigan PGA champion)
- Aaron Wise
- Dylan Wu
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju
- Cameron Young
- Kevin Yu
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Jordan Spieth to play Rocket Classic in Detroit for the first time
