{"id":370,"date":"2020-07-08T08:29:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:44:01","slug":"rocket-mortgage-classic-and-the-muirfield-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/rocket-mortgage-classic-and-the-muirfield-double\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Mortgage Classic and the \u201cMuirfield Double\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DeChambeau wins in Detroit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic<\/a> at Detroit Golf Club delivered not only excitement, but our first bit of controversy as well. Bryson DeChambeau, nicknamed “The Mad Scientist” for his uniquely scientific approach to the golf swing, put the emphasis on \u201cmad\u201d after making a poor shot out of a greenside bunker on the par 5 7th<\/sup> hole during Saturday\u2019s 3rd<\/sup> round, failing to get up and down for birdie. After angrily swatting the sand and then muttering various expletives while leaving the green, he then accosted a camera man for filming his less than professional display. Blowing his top at a camera man for simply doing his job raised a few eyebrows, but in spite of the momentary lapse, DeChambeau charged from three shots back of Matthew Wolff with a sizzling 65 on Sunday and cruised to victory. A new found power surge that he credits to an offseason change in diet and robust exercise regimen has him bombing it off the tee (one of his drives was measured at 375 yards). While he won\u2019t be in the field for the first leg of the \u201cMuirfield Double\u201d at Jack\u2019s course in Dublin, OH, we\u2019ll get a chance to see him the week after for the Memorial where he recorded his second career win in 2018. Bryson has also vaulted to the odds-on favorite for winning one or more of the three majors coming up later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WorkDay Charity Open<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The inaugural WorkDay Charity Open<\/a>, and first leg of the \u201cMuirfield Double\u201d at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio begins this Thursday (July 9). The Jack Nicklaus masterpiece, and venue for the Memorial Tournament<\/a>, has perennially drawn one of the strongest fields on the PGA Tour\u2014and this year we get to enjoy it two weeks in a row. The powerhouse field will include Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, and Bubba Watson. Brooks Koepka’s younger brother, Chase, will also be teeing it up this week (the Tour graciously added him to the field after he qualified for the Travelers Championship but withdrew after learning that Brooks\u2019 caddie had tested positive for COVID-19). In addition, the deep field will include Xander Schauffele (2017 Tour Championship winner and runner up in 2019), Hideki Matsuyama (2014 Memorial Champion), and Patrick Cantley (the reigning Memorial Champion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muirfield Village<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Muirfield Village Golf Club was designed and founded by Jack Nicklaus in 1974 while he was at the height of his PGA Tour career (and he won the Memorial twice, in 1977 and 1984). Jack is notorious for designing difficult tracks, and Muirfield may be the toughest of all with a course rating of 78.6 and a slope of 155. In addition to Jack himself, the list of past winners at Muirfield reads like a who\u2019s who among golf\u2019s elite, including Tiger Woods (5-time winner of the Memorial), Tom Watson, Greg Norman, Ernie Els, Hale Irwin, Vijay Singh and Fred Couples. Known for its thick rough, tight fairways and firm greens, year in and year out Muirfield provides a test where the biggest names in golf can display their skills, and identifies the player who is at the very top of his game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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