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Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner talk about why Scottie Scheffler is the player to beat at Oakmont in the U.S. Open and how the courses difficult greens could bring out the best in the world's No. 1 golfer.

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Former LIV player receives sponsor invite into hometown Rocket Classic

James Piot will finally play his hometown PGA Tour event. The 26-year-old Piot, who grew up just outside Detroit in Canton and starred at Michigan State, received a sponsor exemption into this week's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Piot got the call on Monday morning, just before he was set to tee it up in the Rocket Classic's open qualifier at Fieldstone Golf Club in Auburn Hills. Advertisement 'For it to actually happen is the coolest thing in the world,' Piot told the Detroit News on Monday. 'It's awesome. Just the fact I finally get to play in the Rocket Classic, it's a dream come true. Ever since the event was created on the schedule, I wanted to be a part of it.' This will mark Piot's first PGA Tour start in over three years. He competed in four Tour events, plus the Masters and U.S. Open, in 2022, a year after he won the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. But Piot's Tour future – including a likely invite into the Rocket – was put on hold when he opted to join LIV Golf for the league's inaugural season in June 2022. Piot also competed the following season on LIV, but after finishing 47th in points, just inside the open zone, his contract was not renewed by the HyFlyers, the team captained by Phil Mickelson. Piot's PGA Tour suspension ended in October 2023. He has played mostly on the Asian Tour since his LIV stint ended, but earlier this year he Monday-qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour's Lecom Suncoast Classic, where he missed the cut.

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Former LIV player receives sponsor invite into hometown Rocket Classic

James Piot will finally play his hometown PGA Tour event. The 26-year-old Piot, who grew up just outside Detroit in Canton and starred at Michigan State, received a sponsor exemption into this week's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Piot got the call on Monday morning, just before he was set to tee it up in the Rocket Classic's open qualifier at Fieldstone Golf Club in Auburn Hills. 'For it to actually happen is the coolest thing in the world,' Piot told the Detroit News on Monday. 'It's awesome. Just the fact I finally get to play in the Rocket Classic, it's a dream come true. Ever since the event was created on the schedule, I wanted to be a part of it.' This will mark Piot's first PGA Tour start in over three years. He competed in four Tour events, plus the Masters and U.S. Open, in 2022, a year after he won the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. But Piot's Tour future – including a likely invite into the Rocket – was put on hold when he opted to join LIV Golf for the league's inaugural season in June 2022. Piot also competed the following season on LIV, but after finishing 47th in points, just inside the open zone, his contract was not renewed by the HyFlyers, the team captained by Phil Mickelson. Piot's PGA Tour suspension ended in October 2023. He has played mostly on the Asian Tour since his LIV stint ended, but earlier this year he Monday-qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour's Lecom Suncoast Classic, where he missed the cut.

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Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler highlight field for 2025 Rocket Classic in Detroit

The 2025 Rocket Classic field is officially set, with many big names coming out to Detroit for the city's biggest annual golf event. The first big wave of commitments to the 2025 classic included four past champions: Cam Davis (2024 and 2021), Rickie Fowler (2023), Tony Finau (2022) and Nate Lashley (2019). Davis is the only two-time winner of the event, winning the 2024 tournament on the final hole after a collapse from runner-up Akshay Bhatia, who committed to the tournament on Wednesday, June 18. The lefty is looking to repeat his 2024 performance but with a better finish, after three-putting the final hole to fall to a tie for second place despite topping the leaderboard for most of the tournament. Lashley won the inaugural event in 2019, then known as the Rocket Mortgage Classic (changing to the Rocket Classic for the 2025 event). Finau holds the tournament record shooting a 26-under-par in the 2022 event. The highest-ranked golfer committed to the event is Collin Morikawa, currently ranked as the world's No. 4 golfer. The world's No. 8 golfer (and current U.S. Open champion) J.J. Spaun initially committed to the tournament, but pulled his name from the list earlier on Friday. MORE BACKSTORY: U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun pulls out of Rocket Classic Former Masters champion (and the world's No. 11 golfer) Hideki Matsuyama also committed to the event on Thursday, June 19. The 2025 Rocket Classic will run from June 26-29 at Detroit Golf Club. Here is the full list of participants: 2025 Rocket Classic field All participants listed in alphabetical order. Stream the Rocket Classic on Fubo How to watch 2025 Rocket Classic Dates: Thursday, June 26 to Sunday, June 29 Channel: Golf Channel (3-6 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, 1-3 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday), CBS (3-6 p.m. ET, Saturday and Sunday) Streaming: ESPN+ (Saturday and Sunday), Fubo (all four days)