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The final round tee times for the Rocket Mortgage Classic are here. Can Akshay Bhatia claim his third career win?
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It is Championship Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai remained tied for the lead at 17-under. The 22-year-old remains the only player in the field without a bogey as he shot a 4-under 68 on Moving Day. Can Bhatia hold off this stacked leaderboard to go wire-to-wire and earn his third PGA Tour victory?
Eleven guys are within four shots of Bhatia and Rai, so anyone could pull off the win. Amateur golfer Luke Clanton from FSU shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to sit at 14-under. He could become the second amateur to win this season.
Min Woo Lee is also right there looking to take home his first PGA Tour victory. While Bhatia and Rai have been at the top of the leaderboard for most of the week, all it takes is one extremely low score to take home that first PGA Tour w
Brew a pot of coffee, grab some breakfast, and settle in as we get you ready for the fourth and final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Rocket Mortgage Round 3 Tee Times (ET):
*all tee off on #1
7:40 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Taylor Pendrith
7:50 a.m. — Luke List, Chandler Phillips
8:00 a.m. — Taylor Montgomery, Davis Riley
8:10 a.m. — Callum Tarren, Nicholas Lindheim
8:20 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Zach Johnson
8:30 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Blaine Hale Jr.
8:40 a.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Kevin Streelman
8:50 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Matti Schmid
9:00 a.m. — Pierceson Coody, Ryan Moore
9:15 a.m. — Nico Echavarria, Mark Hubbard
9:25 a.m. — Robby Shelton, Nicolas Højgaard
9:35 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Nate Lashley
9:45 a.m. — Vince Whaley, Matt Kuchar
9:55 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Ben James (a)
10:05 a.m. — Joe Highsmith, Wesley Bryan
10:15 a.m. — Patrick Fishburn, Chris Gotterup
10:25 a.m. — Ryan McCormic, Carl Yuan
10:40 a.m. — Bud Cauley, Nick Hardy
10:50 a.m. — Ryo Hisatsune, Jacob Bridgeman
11:00 a.m. — Hrry Hall, Roger Sloan
11:10 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Max Greyserman
11:20 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Ben Kohles
11:30 a.m. — Michael Kim Beau Hossler
11:40 a.m. — rico Hoey, Chris Kirk
11:55 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Justin Lower
12:05 p.m. — Neal Shipley, Jhottan Vegas
12:15 p.m. — Taylore Moore, J.J. Spaun
12:25 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Dylan Wu
12:35 p.m. — Hayden Springer, Eric Cole
12:45 p.m. — David Skinns, Hayden Buckley
12:55 p.m. —‚ Troy Merrit, Ben SIlverman
1:10 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Patrick Rodgers
1:20 p.m. — Joel Dahmen, Davis Thompson
1:30 p.m. — Luke Clanton (a), Min Woo Lee
1:40 p.m. — Sam Stevens, Erik van Rooyen
1:50 p.m — Cam Davis, Cameron Young
2:00 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai
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