
Hideki Matsuyama, ranked 18th, has also found limited success since his April Masters win. He’ll look to improve on last year’s eighth-place finish.

Webb Simpson, the world’s 15th-ranked player, has only played in four events since the start of April, and three of those were majors. Reed has four top-10 finishes since his win at the Farmers Insurance Open in January. Patrick Reed, ranked ninth, is the only other top-10 player showing up this week. So it’ll be interesting to see if he can back that performance up that he had here last year.” And he’s a heavy favorite again this week. “And he just absolutely destroyed the field last year, winning by three shots. “This was kind of the first look at Bryson DeChambeau and his new power game he’s brought in, the change in his body,” says CBS Sports on-course reporter Colt Knost. Can he do it again? READ MORE: Philadelphia Weather: Excessive Heat Warning Issued For Parts Of Delaware Valley And that added strength helped him overpower the course. He shot 23-under in the debut of his new, bulkier physique. The highest-ranked player is last year’s champion, Bryson DeChambeau, at sixth. The field set to take on the club’s North Course is solid. With the course largely unchanged and some recent weather to soften things up, this year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic should be another birdie-fest.

This year’s field will face a Detroit Country Club course where the previous two winners went low. ( CBS Detroit) - The PGA Tour returns to Detroit for the third instance of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
