About this episode

The episode discusses the surprising announcement that 2026 will be the last year for the ROCKET CLASSIC tournament, featuring insights from reporter Tony Paul.

Welcome to the Fore Golfers Network/Michigan Golf Live Podcast Ep 525 - Why Is 2026 The End Of The ROCKET CLASSIC? A surprising announcement came from the Rocket Classic team early in the week of June 8th, informing everyone that the 2026 edition of the tournament would be the last. This, following a massive course renovation at Detroit Golf Club that was intended to keep the course "Tour ready" for years to come. So what happened? We're joined by the reporter who broke the story - Tony Paul of The Detroit News - to dig into the behind the scenes story. ---------------- Subscribe to the FGN Podcast Watch FGN videos on YouTube Check out our other sports pod: Church Pew Sports TEXT or CALL (989) 272-2383 to share your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and questions

People in this episode

Host: Hobson Media Enterprises

Guest: Tony Paul

Topics covered

• ROCKET CLASSIC
• golf tournaments
• Detroit Golf Club
• sports news
• course renovation

Keywords

• ROCKET CLASSIC
• Tony Paul
• Detroit Golf Club
• golf
• sports news
• tournament
• course renovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Detroit News

Places: Detroit Golf Club

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