Rocket Mortage Classic 2023 – Day 2 Betting Tip and Prediction

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Day one of the Rocket Mortgage Classic became a shootout, with a ton of players recording under-par rounds on Thursday. Taylor Moore and Peter Kuest are tied atop the leaderboard at 8-under, followed by seven players one stroke behind.

Pretournament favorites Tony Finau (14/1), Justin Thomas (14/1) and Hideki Matsuyama (18/1) all struggled and will have to go low in order to make the cut.

In this article, we’ll provide a round two betting tip for a Friday matchup that caught our eye.

Rocket Mortgage Classic Day 2 Prediction: Head-to-Head Matchup 

The following matchup is strictly for the 18 holes played on Friday.

Thomas Detry over Zac Blair @ 2/3 (-150)

Thomas Detry has been hovering around between 80-90th in the Official Golf World Rankings for about a year and has been playing extremely solid. Zac Blair was ranked 719th at the end of 2022 and 451st last week before a tie for second at the Travelers Championship (PGA Tour Elevated Event) shot him all the way up to 99th.

The Belgian’s body of work over the course of this season has been significantly better than Blair’s.

Detry vs. Blair Cuts

• Detry: 17 made cuts in 20
• Blair: 10 missed cuts in 17 events

The BYU product’s positive result at the Travelers Championship was a heartwarming story last week, but before that, he only recorded one top-10 finish and three inside the top 30. Detry has nine results of 30th or better, along with six top-15 finishes.

Even last season, Detry produced better results on the PGA Tour than Blair did on the Korn Ferry Tour. The 30-year-old also performs much better on Fridays, holding a scoring average of nearly two strokes better than the Salt Lake City, Utah native.

Second-round Scoring Averages

• Detry: 69.06 (tied for sixth out of 191 players)
• Blair: 70.75 (98th out of 191)

The two players have played together in 10 events this campaign, with Detry recording a better round two score in seven of them (70%). Prior to last week, the Brussels, Belgium native had shot lower during the second round of six tournaments in a row.

Round 2 Score Comparison

Tournament	Detry’s Round Two Score	Blair’s Round Two Score
Traveler’s Championship	68	65
Charles Schwab Challenge	68	76
Valero Texas Open	67	74
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	69	71
Farmers Insurance Open	75	78
The American Express	66	71
Worldwide Tech. Championship	66	69
Shriner Children’s Open	73	71
Sanderson Farms Championship	67	72
Fortinet Championship	70	69

The 2/3 (-150) odds provided by Unibet seem a little too juicy for Detry. Given his performance this season, he definitely holds the advantage come Friday. If you’re interested in looking at both players’ complete tournament logs, then check them out below.

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