Nasty weather delaying Round 3 start

The first two rounds of the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic have been phenomenal, with players showing the ability to score low at Detroit Golf Club. Unfortunately, if you’re a golf fan hoping to tune into the third round, you’ll need to be a little more patient until you can get your golf fix.

As of this writing (12:15 p.m. ET), play at the Rocket Mortgage Classic is still suspended, with the PGA Tour Communications releasing the following on its official X (formerly Twitter) account early this morning.

Since that initial report, the start of the third round has been pushed back an additional two times, with a hopeful start now scheduled for 12:48 p.m. ET.

The PGA Tour Communications’ X account also shared the predicted weather forecast for today’s third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic — but it doesn’t look too promising until about 4 p.m. EST. So who knows if or when play will actually begin on Saturday.

In preparation of the nasty weather, the PGA Tour did announce that groupings for Round 3 of the Rocket Mortgage Classic would include threesomes, which is meant to help speed up the pace-of-play in hopes of completing the third round on Saturday. But with fan entry also delayed, it’ll be interesting to see if or when the tournament gets off and running today.

According to The Detroit News, if play is postponed at any point during Saturday, fans with Saturday grounds ticket will be allowed to use those tickets for Sunday.

Let’s all hope Mother Nature cooperates and clears up in time for today’s Rocket Mortgage Classic to be played as planned. For those interested in tuning in, details are below (which includes third round pairings).

How to watch the Rocket Mortgage Classic on TV Saturday

Golf Channel will broadcast the early coverage, which started at 1 p.m. ET, followed by CBS at 3 p.m. ET. Peacock will offer a simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage and Paramount+ will stream CBS’ coverage.

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 3 groupings

Tee No. 1

Ben Silverman, Vince Whaley
David Skinns, Jacob Bridgeman, Luke Clanton (a)
Bud Cauley, Davis Thompson, Ben Kohles
Chris Kirk, Nick Hardy, Andrew Novak
Nick Dunlap, Dylan Wu, Will Zalatoris
Michael Kim, Robby Shelton, Hayden Springer
Zach Johnson, Patrick Rodgers, Nicolai Højgaard
Roger Sloan, Min Woo Lee, J.J. Spaun
Neal Shipley, Joe Highsmith, Jhonattan Vegas
Jake Knapp, Wesley Bryan, Sam Stevens
Eric Cole, Cam Davis, Joel Dahmen
Troy Merritt, Erik van Rooyen, Cameron Young
Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai, Taylor Montgomery

Tee No. 10

Ryan Fox, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler
Matti Schmid, Patton Kizzire, Ben Griffin
Rico Hoey, Aaron Baddeley, Nate Lashley
Hayden Buckley, Kevin Streelman, Ryan McCormick
Maverick McNealy, Blaine Hale, Jr., Carl Yuan
Max Greyserman, Peter Malnati, Taylor Moore
Callum Tarren, Patrick Fishburn, Harry Hall
Chris Gotterup, Taylor Pendrith, Nico Echavarria
Mark Hubbard, Pierceson Coody, Ryan Moore
Brandon Wu, Kevin Yu, Davis Riley
Luke List, Beau Hossler, Ryo Hisatsune
Chandler Phillips, Nicholas Lindheim, Ben James (a)

Nick Dimengo

Golf.com Editor