Chasing his first PGA Tour victory, England’s Aaron Rai drew level with Akshay Bhatia at the top of the Rocket Mortgage Classic leaderboard on day two.
William AllenWAS_AllenUpdate: Jun 29th, 2024 14:54 EDT0
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The US’s Akshay Bhatia and England’s Aaron Rai are tied for the lead ahead of day three of the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, with both on 13-under after round two. Seeking his first ever PGA Tour win, Rai shot a seven-under 65 yesterday, to pull level with Bhatia at the top of the leaderboard at Detroit Golf Club. Bhatia carded 67 on day two in Michigan, having scored an unmatched 64 on Thursday.
Behind Bhatia and Rai, the chasing pack is led by South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen, and US trio Taylor Montgomery, Troy Merritt and Cameron Young. That foursome all head into the weekend on 11-under. The defending champion, American Rickie Fowler, is in a tie for 36th place after finishing his second round on six-under.
Rocket Mortgage Classic 2024: today’s updated tee times and groups
Updated Saturday tee times
First tee:
12:48 p.m. ET: Ben Silverman, Vince Whaley, Justin Lower12:59 p.m. ET: David Skinns, Jacob Bridgman, Luke Clanton (a)1:10 p.m. ET: Bud Cauley, Davis Thompson, Ben Kohles1:21 p.m. ET: Chris Kirk, Nick Hardy, Andrew Novak1:32 p.m. ET: Nick Dunlap, Dylan Wu, Will Zalatoris1:43 p.m. ET: Michael Kim, Robby Shelton, Hayden Springer1:54 p.m. ET: Zach Johnson, Patrick Rodgers, Nicolai Hojgaard2:05 p.m. ET: Roger Sloan, Min Woo Lee, JJ Spaun2:16 p.m. ET: Neal Shipley, Joe Highsmith, Jhonattan Vegas2:27 p.m. ET: Jake Knapp, Wesley Bryan, Sam Stevens2:38 p.m. ET: Eric Cole, Cam Davis, Joel Dahmen2:49 p.m. ET: Troy Merritt, Erik van Rooyen, Cameron Young3 p.m. ET: Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai, Taylor Montgomery
10th tee:12:48 p.m. ET: Ryan Fox, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler12:59 p.m. ET: Matti Schmid, Patton Kizzire, Ben Griffin1:10 p.m. ET: Rico Hoey, Aaron Baddeley, Nate Lashley1:21 p.m. ET: Hayden Buckley, Kevin Streelman, Ryan McCormick1:32 p.m. ET: Maverick McNealy, Blaine Hale Jr, Carl Yuan1:43 p.m. ET: Max Greyserman, Peter Malnati, Taylor Moore1:54 p.m. ET: Callum Tarren, Patrick Fishburn, Harry Hall2:05 p.m. ET: Chris Gotterup, Taylor Pendrith, Nico Echavarria2:16 p.m. ET: Mark Hubbard, Pierceson Coody, Ryan Moore2:27 p.m. ET: Brandon Wu, Kevin Yu, Davis Riley2:38 p.m. ET: Luke List, Beau Hossler, Ryo Hisatsune2:49 p.m. ET: Chandler Phillips, Nicholas Lindheim, Ben James (a)
Hole locations for the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic pic.twitter.com/6JcImxvwTx
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