The first 36 holes of the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club are in the books and Akshay Bhatia — T-5 at last week’s Travelers Championship — holds the lead at 13 under alongside Englishman Aaron Rai, who is still looking for his first PGA Tour win.
There’s a large pack of players two back of the leaders at 11 under which includes Taylor Montgomery, Troy Merritt, Erik van Rooyen and Cameron Young. Joel Dahmen, Eric Cole and Cam Davis are tied for seventh at 10 under, three back.
Although there is star power at the top of the board, there are plenty of notables heading home a few days early. Here’s a look at 10 big names who missed the cut at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, starting with last week’s runner-up.
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After losing in a playoff to Scottie Scheffler at last week’s Travelers Championship, Kim is headed home thanks to rounds of 73-68. This was Kim’s ninth consecutive week of playing on the PGA Tour.
Rounds of 70-71 weren’t good enough for Keith Mitchell. He tied for 10th at the RBC Canadian Open in his last start.
Two 71s for the RBC Canadian Open winner weren’t good enough to hang around for the weekend. It’s his second missed cut in three outings since his first win on the PGA Tour three weeks ago.
After a 2-under 70 on Thursday, Berger couldn’t get anything going Friday and shot an even-par 70.
Back-to-back 1-under 71s weren’t good enough to earn weekend tee times for Simpson.
Champ shot a 1-over round Thursday and a 1-under round Friday to finish his two days in Detroit at even par.
The 15-year-old made his PGA Tour debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and played great, signing for scores of 74-70.
After finishing fifth (2022) and T-9 (2023) in his last two starts at Detroit Golf Club, Jaeger is headed home early after a first-round 3-over 75.
After an opening 2-under 70, Woodland stumbled his way to a 4-over 76 on Friday to miss the cut by a wide margin.
Despite a 1-under 71 Friday, an opening-round 3-over 75 was too much to overcome for the Georgia Bulldog. Kisner has now missed the cut in 11 of 14 events in 2024.
