2026 Rocket Classic missed cut: Two top-10 golfers miss weekend play

While the second round of the 2026 Rocket Classic saw some familiar faces at the top heading into the weekend – among them, ex-champ Rickie Fowler (who had a wild day all around), World No. 2 Cameron Young and tourney mainstay Peter Malnati – it also handed some rough results for some of the bigger names in the tournament.

>The cut line after second-round play ended on Friday, July 31, was set at 3 under par for 2026 – significantly tougher this year after renovations to the course at Detroit Golf Club. (Last year's cut line: 6 under par.)

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Who missed cut at 2026 Rocket Classic?The biggest name to miss the cut Friday is World No. 7 Chris Gotterup, who shot a 3-over 73 in the second round to finish at 1-over for the tournament. World No. 9 Wyndham Clark had a rough first round (1 over) and an even rougher second round (4-over) to mark the second top-10 player who won't be playing in the third round in Detroit.

>Several other notable names won’t be playing the rest of the weekend, either.

>Those include ex-champions Aldrich Potgieter (2025's winner) and Davis (champ in 2021 and 2024), who both finished at 3-over. Local golfers Joe Hooks (Wayne State) and Patrick Wilkes-Krier (Ann Arbor) finished at 8-over and 7-over, respectively, while social media star Brad Dalke brought up the rear at 16-over – though he did shoot much better on Friday: just 5-over for the round.

Who made 2026 Rocket Classic cut?Some notable golfers who made the cut:

Michael Kim (8-under). • >Xander Schauffele (8-under). • >Russell Henley (6-under). • >Jordan Spieth (6-under). • >Hideki Matsuyama (5-under). • >Tony Finau, 2022 Rocket Classic champion (5-under).2026 Rocket Classic Round 3 tee times7:30 a.m.: Neal Shipley • >7:35: William Mouw, Adam Svensson • >7:45: Marcelo Rozo, Christiaan Bezuidenhout • >7:55: Jackson Suber, Chandler Blanchet • >8:05: Dylan Wu, Rasmus Højgaard • >8:15: Jordan Smith, Mac Meissner • >8:25: Keita Nakajima, Johnny Keefer • >8:40: Karl Vilips, Gordon Sargent • >8:50: Kevin Yu, Matt Kuchar • >9:00: Zecheng Dou, Jackson Koivun • >9:10: Harris English, Max Greyserman • >9:20: Sungjae Im, Brian Campbell • >9:30: Ryo Hisatsune, Matt McCarty • >9:45: Ben James, Beau Hossler • >9:55: Nick Taylor, Davis Thompson • >10:05: Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk • >10:15: Zac Blair, Tony Finau • >10:25: Hank Lebioda, Ben Kohles • >10:35: Nicolai Højgaard, Austin Eckroat • >10:50: Hideki Matsuyama, Joe Highsmith • >11:00: Rico Hoey, Thorbjørn Olesen • >11:10: Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Roy • >11:20: Mark Hubbard, Ricky Castillo • >11:30: Kristoffer Ventura, Adrien Saddier • >11:40: Jordan Spieth, Marco Penge • >11:55: Corey Conners, J.J. Spaun • >12:05 p.m.: David Lipsky, Russell Henley • >12:15: Keegan Bradley, Stephan Jaeger • >12:25: Luke Clanton, Emiliano Grillo • >12:35: Michael Thorbjornsen, Jacob Bridgeman • >12:45: Doug Ghim, Justin Lower • >1:00: Davis Riley, Ryan Gerard • >1:10: Chris Kirk, Xander Schauffele • >1:20: Michael Kim, Peter Malnati • >1:30: Rickie Fowler, Michael Brennan • >1:40: Patrick Fishburn, Matt Wallace • >1:50: Cameron Young, Patrick CantlayNeed to catch up on the news during your lunch break? Sign up for our Sports Briefing newsletter to get daily summaries of Detroit sports!

>You can reach Christian at cromo@freepress.com.

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