Akshay Bhatia shoots 8-under 64 | Round 1 | Rocket Mortgage | 2024

In the opening round of the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, Akshay Bhatia shoots an 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead after Thursday.

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The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit this week for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Rickie Fowler returns to defend his title after breaking his four-year win drought last year. The victory is his most recent top-15 finish anywhere, but he placed T12 here in 2020 and is also fresh off a T20 at the 2024 Travelers Championship last week at TPC Highlands. Fowler would be the first back-to-back winner in Rocket Mortgage’s history. Tom Kim will tee it up in Detroit after falling to Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the Travelers Championship last week. The World No. 16 has claimed two top-five finishes in his last four events and finished T7 here two years ago. Cameron Young, who finished runner-up here in 2022, will also be in the field this week. He became the 12th player on the PGA TOUR to post a sub-60 score with 59 in Round 3 of the Travelers last week. A T9 finish on Sunday of Travelers was his sixth top-10 worldwide this year. Others to look for include Akshay Bhatia, Will Zalatoris, Min Woo Lee and Robert MacIntyre.

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open up with a 68 batia at two playing 448 yds today yeah there’s a collection of bunkers down there that I don’t think these guys can get to about 340 baa finds his second consecutive Fairway to start the round 134 taking a little bit off of a pitch and wedge see that big flag over there on the left not moving that much right now pretty stagnant right now there was pretty good Breeze this morning see just outside 10 ft going up the hill should be a little left or rer and gets it to go it’s not a bad way to start batia at the four at the Par Four third this should be pretty easy control spin coming out first cut one hop and stop very well done wow great start bir at the first se’s having to put a little cut on that go to that tree that was pretty nice yeah AE batia looking at a putt just under 16 ft for birdie to get to two under and ox’s in there at the seventh batia From the Rough took that that upstairs like what like there should be something in the back beautiful shot it’s just got to be dumped onto the green something like that that’s still going to roll out but terrific shot tie for 16th the US Open and then last week tied for fifth Connecticut you hear it this looks pretty darn good that’s really good mhm up one to the 12th axj batia winner earlier this season on the PGA tour for birdie to get to three under George I think playing with Scotty shler on Saturday and Sunday is really going to serve him well going forward speaking of the 14th Patia his eighth start in a row no signs of slowing down though for the tier he’s motoring inside the top 20 at 4 under from one Lefty to another a baa at the 16th going once again with the three4 shot flight it down a little try and force it back to that flag tremendous currently tied with zotus and four under their T9 inside the top 10 this to pull him within one of the lead slowly uphill see up the hill so carries his good form over this week he’s going to get creative looks like he’s trying to pick up a spare down the bowling alley around the tree over the tree just short of the green perfect yeah that is a nice done again we told you this guy can shape shots so a baa now on 17 playing his third really creative around the greens yes o sh baa with an eagle at 17 that’s going to climb him up to the top of the leaderboard seven under par what a back nine and that’s what he drove for the week so we forget baa a two-time winner still so young just two years old second shot on the way that for 64 for round to 64 thanks for watching the PJ Tour on YouTube to watch more click here to subscribe C here