Michael Thorbjornsen Wins 2026 Rocket Classic
ROCKET CLASSIC – FINAL ROUND NOTES
Final Leaderboard
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Michael Thorbjornsen | 69 | 64 | 66 | 63 | 262 (-18) |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | 66 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 264 (-16) |
| 3 | Davis Riley | 68 | 64 | 63 | 70 | 265 (-15) |
| 4 | Rasmus Højgaard | 69 | 68 | 61 | 68 | 266 (-14) |
| T5 | Hideki Matsuyama | 67 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 267 (-13) |
| T5 | Matt Wallace | 67 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 267 (-13) |
| T5 | Kristoffer Ventura | 68 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 267 (-13) |
Michael Thorbjornsen (1st/-18)
- Earns first PGA TOUR victory in 65th career start at the age 24 years, 10 months, 17 days
- Previous best finishes on TOUR: T2 (2024 John Deere Classic, 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship)
- Becomes the eighth first-time winner on TOUR this season
- Becomes the fourth first-time winner in tournament history (Nate Lashley/2019, Cam Davis/2021, Aldrich Potgieter/2025)
- First time this season two players 24-years-old or younger have won on TOUR in back-to-back weeks (Jackson Koivun/3M Open/21 years, 2 months, 3 days)
- Entered the final round four strokes back and cards a bogey-free 63 to claim a two-stroke victory
- Records largest final-round come-from-behind win in tournament history (previous: 3/Bryson DeChambeau/2020)
- 262 matches the 72-hole tournament scoring record (Tony Finau/2022)
- Victory marks second top-10 in four starts at the Rocket Classic (T4/2025, Won/2026)
- Earns 500 FedExCup points and moves from No. 69 to No. 38 in the FedExCup standings
- Win marks third top-10 in 20 starts this season (T3/WM Phoenix Open, T7/Genesis Scottish Open)
- Making his Rocket Classic debut, 10-time PGA TOUR winner Xander Schauffele (2nd/-16) records 16th runner-up finish and first since the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship (T2); moves from No. 15 to No. 11 in FedExCup standings
- 54-hole leader Davis Riley(3rd/-15) records his best finish since the 2025 PGA Championship (T2) and second top-10 of the season (T6/Sony Open in Hawaii)
- With rounds of 69-68-61-68, five-time winner on the DP World Tour Rasmus Højgaard (4th/-14) finishes solo-fourth in bid to become the first player from Denmark to win on the PGA TOUR; earns second top-10 of the season (T9/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)