Young favored at 2026 Rocket Classic; model fades Koivun
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- Cameron Young is the +950 favorite at the 2026 Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club, where Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are both taking the week off ahead of the final year the event is scheduled.
- Jackson Koivun, fresh off a 3M Open title that included a final-round 61, sits at +1800 odds but the SportsLine model projects he 'barely cracks the top 10' this week and flags him as a fade.
- J.J. Spaun at +3300 is a model-backed target, with four top-10 finishes on the season, 20th place in the FedEx Cup standings, and two top-10s at this event in the prior three years.
- SportsLine's model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, ran 10,000 simulations of the Rocket Classic field and has correctly predicted 17 majors, including the 2026 Masters (its fifth straight).
- Chris Gotterup (+1500) and Xander Schauffele (+1600) round out the top of the board, with Wyndham Clark, Si Woo Kim, Russell Henley and Jake Knapp all between +2000 and +2500.
- The Rocket Classic is the second-to-last event on the PGA Tour regular-season schedule before the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the final year the tournament is currently scheduled to be held.
Why it matters: With Scheffler and McIlroy sidelined, bettors sorting the Rocket Classic field get a contrarian framework: fading the hottest player in golf (3M Open winner Koivun) and backing mid-tier value like +3300 Spaun. The model's 17-major track record gives those calls unusual weight in a board where favorites are bunched tightly between +950 and +2500.
