{"id":724340,"date":"2026-08-02T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724340\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:53:17","slug":"rocket-classic-davis-riley-finishes-strong-to-take-one-shot-lead-into-final-day-at-detroit-golf-club-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724340\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Classic: Davis Riley finishes strong to take one-shot lead into final day at Detroit Golf Club | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davis Riley shot a seven-under 63 to reach 15 under on Saturday and take a one-shot lead going into the final round at the Rocket Classic in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Riley closed with consecutive birdies, making a 54-foot putt followed by a 10-footer to pull into a first-place tie with Michael Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan had a strong round with seven birdies, but missed a nine-foot putt to bogey 18 and lost his share of the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojgaard, Chris Kirk, Rickie Fowler, and Cameron Young sit three shots back. Xander Schauffele is in a group another stroke back going into the final round on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riley is aiming for his third career win and first since the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge &#8211; and to get into the postseason. He has missed 10 cuts, including last week&#8217;s 3M Open, and is No 146 in the FedEx Cup standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Rocket Classic and next week&#8217;s Wyndham Championship are the last two tournaments left before the top 70 advance to playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Riley had an opportunity to win the season-opening Sony Open as the third-round leader before closing with a 71 and falling into a tie for sixth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s been a lot of ups and downs,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just excited that I&#8217;ve started to put the things together and have a chance.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hojgaard became the third player in as many days to match the course record with a 61, giving him the lead before Riley&#8217;s birdies put him ahead. First-round leader Peter Malnati opened with a 61 before plummeting to 4 under with a 71 and 74.<\/p>\n<p>Hojgaard is vying for his first win on the PGA Tour after missing the cut in his last three starts &#8211; and just making it to the weekend at 3 under in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Young matched the mark on the second day, taking a share of the lead at the halfway stage but the world No 3 endured a more difficult round on Saturday, carding a 68.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the fourth round of the Rocket Classic on Sunday from 7pm, live on Sky Sports Golf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky.com\/tv\/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Sky Sports<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/membership\/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stream golf with no contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/golfnow-logo.png\" class=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-image\" alt=\"Golf Now logo.\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-text\" class=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-text\">Get the best prices and book a round at one of 1,700 courses across the UK &amp; Ireland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davis Riley shot a seven-under 63 to reach 15 under on Saturday and take a one-shot lead going&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-724340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}