Things are getting picked over pretty good in the merch tent, which is conveniently located just inside the main entrance for fans. Everyone loves a slick-looking driver headcover, and this one jumped out to me, with its bold black-and-red color scheme and two red stripes cutting through the pattern diagonally. The Rocket Mortgage Classic logo is on top, with a white backdrop. Cost: $42, which is one of the more reasonably finds I found.

Quotable

"I woke up and I saw the delay already, and I went back to sleep." — Min Woo Lee, not sweating the early morning weather in Detroit, which pushed tee times back till after noon. Lee, ranked No. 36 in the world, shot a third-round 66 and was at 14 under, in the hunt heading into Sunday's final round.

Locals watch

Traverse City's Ryan Brehm (1 over), Flint's Willie Mack III (1 over) and Grosse Pointe Woods' Kyle Martin (4 over) all missed the cut at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Most disappointed had to be Brehm, the Michigan State alum who began the tournament with a 4-under 68, but struggled mightily Friday with a 5-over 77. It's just the second time he's missed the cut in Detroit; he's now missed 11-of-16 cuts this season.

AREA 313 update

The AREA 313 Challenge is back, triggering a $313,000 donation from Rocket Mortgage to charity should any player go 3-1-3 on Nos. 14-16 (eagle-ace-birdie) at any point in the tournament. The challenge has yet to be won in, this, the sixth year of the tournament. There have been 11 eagles so far on the 14th, and of those players, five have added the birdie at No. 16: Troy Merritt, David Skinns, Roger Sloan, Cameron Young and Kevin Yu. They've got one more chance at the unthinkable trifecta, which requires the ace at No. 15. It's been aced before during the Rocket.

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