Ex-LIV Golfer to make PGA Tour return at the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic

The 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic is scheduled to take place from June 26 to 29. The Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, will be hosting this event, and it will have 150 golfers competing for a $9.6 million prize pool. In a recent twist in the field for this year's Rocket Mortgage Classic, an ex-LIV Golfer will be taking part in it.

Usually, the PGA Tour has a particular regulation that prohibits LIV golfers from competing. The only exception to this rule is during the four golf Majors, when the PGA aims to make the field as competitive as possible. Interestingly, this is the first time an ex-LIV golfer will be competing in a regular tournament on the PGA Tour.

NUCLR Golf posted about it on their X account, and the golfer is none other than James Piot. The post reads:

"🚨👀⛳️ #NEW — James Piot has been added to the field at The Rocket Mortgage Classic on an unrestricted sponsors' exemption. The move is significant as he completed a 2-year stint with LIV Golf, before being relegated at the end of 2023. Piot is a Michigan native."

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Born in 1998, James Piot became a professional in 2022 and immediately joined LIV Golf. Piot's best performance came at LIV Golf Bangkok, where he finished in the top ten. He competed in the PGA Tour's golf Majors in 2022, missing the cut at the Masters and US Open. His inclusion in the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic is owing to an unrestricted sponsor exemption.

Who won the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic? Explored the top 25 leaderboard

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The 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic was held in Detroit, and it had a really tight leaderboard. The course favours golfers; therefore, under-par rounds were normal on it. After four rounds, several golfers were tied for second with a total score of 17 under par. Cam Davis won the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic with a final score of 18 under par.

For his performance, Cam Davis won $1,656,000 in addition to 500 FedEx points. Speaking of the leaderboard, here are the top 25 golfers, along with their total score and earnings:

1 Cam Davis (-18): $1,656,000
T2 Davis Thompson (-17): $616,400
T2 Min Woo Lee (-17): $616,400
T2 Aaron Rai (-17): $616,400
T2 Akshay Bhatia (-17): $616,400
T6 Rico Hoey (-15): $300,150
T6 Eric Cole (-15): $300,150
T6 Erik van Rooyen (-15): $300,150
T6 Cameron Young (-15): $300,150
T10 Taylor Moore (-14): $206,233
T10 Dylan Wu (-14): $206,233
T10 J.J. Spaun (-14): $206,233
T10 Hayden Springer (-14): $206,233
T10 Nick Dunlap (-14): $206,233
T10 Luke Clanton (-14): --
T10 Sam Stevens (-14): $206,233
T17 David Skinns (-12): $149,500
T17 Ben Silverman (-12): $149,500
T17 Troy Merritt (-12): $149,500
T20 Carl Yuan (-11): $113,068
T20 Patton Kizzire (-11): $113,068
T20 Andrew Novak (-11): $113,068
T20 Ben Kohles (-11): $113,068
T20 Neal Shipley (-11): $113,068
T25 Nate Lashley (-10): $74,980
T25 Matt Kuchar (-10): $74,980
T25 Patrick Fishburn (-10): $74,980
T25 Justin Lower (-10): $74,980
T25 Jhonattan Vegas (-10): $74,980
T25 Joel Dahmen (-10): $74,980

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