{"id":45345,"date":"2026-08-02T00:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T00:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45345\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T00:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T00:55:44","slug":"rocket-classic-2026-davis-riley-carries-lead-into-final-round-after-63-on-moving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45345\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Classic 2026: Davis Riley carries lead into final round after 63 on Moving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Young\u2019s birdie putt on the 18th hole at Detroit Golf Club turned left on him, leaving him outside the final grouping on Sunday at the Rocket Classic.<\/a><\/p>\n

Young, who carried a share of the 36-hole lead after tying the course record with a 61 on Friday, sits three shots back of leader Davis Riley in Motown.<\/p>\n

Riley, who hasn\u2019t been in contention in a final round since playing in the last grouping at the year\u2019s first tournament<\/a> in Hawaii where he finished T-6, has a baby due at the end of August with his wife, Alexandra. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Riley clan\u2019s adding one and I couldn\u2019t be more excited,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s growing a human and trying to get ready for all that,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m thankful for her to go through pregnancy and probably to deal with me on tough days on the golf course is.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will be Michael Brennan and Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard going off with Riley on Sunday\u2019s final grouping<\/a> (the tee times have been bumped due to inclement weather). <\/p>\n

Brennan is one back, while H\u00f8jgaard is T-3 with Young after shooting 61 of his own to tie the course record on Moving Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Riley, who has not bogeyed since Thursday\u2019s opening round, had an incredible birdie on the par-4 17th on his way to a 7-under 63. <\/p>\n

The last hole he bogeyed at? That same 17th hole.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve been in this position,\u201d he said referring to the Sony Open. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis week I\u2019ve just tried to like, I was just telling myself to play golf, just get lost in the enjoyment of just hitting golf shots, cancel out the noise to the best of my ability,\u201d he added. \u201cI guess to put it into detail is just be in the process with my caddie and just enjoy that process of hitting golf shots. … that brings out the best of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if had a song or an artist he was going to listen on his way over to the course Sunday, Riley\u2019s response evoked some laughs from reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know 7 Mile, Eminem,\u201d he gaffed, issuing a correction seconds later.<\/p>\n

\u201c8 Mile, OK, there you go,\u201d he said, smiling. \u201cI love Eminem \u2014 no lyrics I can think of off the top of my head, but yeah, I do love some Eminem. I may have to blare some Eminem on the way over to the course to kind of get the mojo going around here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Rocket Classic\u2019s final round will be played with groupings as storms are expected to threaten Detroit Golf Club overnight and into Sunday morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Young\u2019s birdie putt on the 18th hole at Detroit Golf Club turned left on him, leaving him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[685],"class_list":["post-45345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cameron-young","tag-cameron-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}