The skies were clear but lightning figuratively struck twice Saturday at Detroit Golf Club as a second golfer in the 2025 Rocket Classic made three eagles in one round.
Atlanta native Davis Thompson, 26, became the second golfer in two days to hit three eagles in a single round at the PGA Tour’s Rocket Classic in Detroit during the third round.
Before Philip Knowles did it Friday in the second round, the feat had never been accomplished during the previous six years of the Rocket. It had only happened once on the PGA Tour in 2025: Chandler Phillips did it in Round 1 at the Players Championship.
Thompson’s three eagles were even more rare because all three came on the front nine — in his first eight holes.
Thompson, who started the day at 8-under, six shots back of the leaders, had his first eagle on the first hole, where he hit a 303-yard drive. His 80-yard wedge fell in for a deuce on the short par-4. He sunk a birdie on the par-5 fourth, bogeyed Nos. 5 and 6, and then made back-to-back eagles on the par-5 seventh and short par-4 eighth.
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No. 7 has been a popular eagle this week, and Thompson took advantage. A 316-yard drive and 234-yard approach shot gave him a 37-foot putt, which he drained to recover from the bogeys.
The 352-yard par-4 eighth hole is guarded by sand traps on each side, and though many players have birdied it, Thompson defeated the hole by simply driving the ball 344 yards to 7 feet. He capitalized with his third eagle of the day to climb to 5 under par on the round and 13-under total. He last made three eagles in a round at the 2023 American Express, according to the Tour.
Thompson bogeyed the par-3 ninth to shoot a 4-under 32 on the front.
Thompson quickly bounced back with a birdie on the par-4 No. 10.
Thompson moved up 32 spots with his performance on the front nine and inside the top 10 as the leaders were readying to tee off.
He parred Nos. 11-13, then tied the lead with seven others at 14-under with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 14th.
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