Rocket Classic – Final-Round Notes & Victory Quotes 

– Sunday, August 2, 2026 –

Weather: Cloudy with scattered showers. High of 74. Wind NNE 10-15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph.

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“THE FEELING’S UNBELIEVABLE” ….

Michael Thorbjornsen @TaylorMadeGolf captures @RocketClassic to become golf’s newest champion & @PGATOUR ‘s eighth first time this season

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 Michael Thorbjornsen (1^st/-18)

• The new World No. 40 (up from 60th) 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)

Michael Thorbjornsen – Victory quotes  (Tee Scripts)

“Honestly, just felt like another week even after yesterday’s round. I feel like I’ve put myself in this position a few times now.

“Obviously haven’t been able to get it done. I mean, try, try, try again and hopefully the outcome’s a little different. I just feel like today was much better.

“I’m coming in with a better game, a better swing and just overall more control of the ball, which is the most important thing in golf.

“Yeah, the feeling’s unbelievable. It still doesn’t really — I don’t really know how to feel. I’m feeling a lot of things, I can’t really put the words to it. Just extremely, extremely grateful to be sitting here right now.

“This is my third time playing the event, maybe fourth. I’ve always loved coming here. I think the food’s great. We found a great few food spots the past few years. Course is great, fans are great. Course got even better this year.

“Obviously, you want to be able to come back to a course that you won at. Yeah, I’m crossing
my fingers hoping that we kind of do find an event here at some point”.

Additional notes

• Making his Rocket Classic debut, 10-time PGA TOUR winner Xander Schauffele (2^nd/-16) records 16th runner-up finish and first since the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship (T2); moves from No. 15 to No. 11 FedExCup standings

• 54-hole leader Davis Riley (3^rd/-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 (4^th/-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)

• At the conclusion of next week’s Wyndham Championship, the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings will qualify for the first event of the Playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship (Aug. 13-16)

Top 70 FedExCup Bubble Following the Rocket Classic: