Who is Nick Bienz? All you need to know about Rocket Mortgage Classic’s surprise entry

Nick Bienz made it to the final field for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic via Monday Qualifier on Monday, June 24. He booked his berth at Detroit Golf Club in a hard-fought 5-for-4 playoff.

Nick Bienz carded a bogey-free 7-under 65 that comprised of five birdies and an eagle. However, Danny Guise, Angelo Giantsopoulos, Brandon Berry and Beau Breault also shot the same and they headed to the extra holes for the showdown.

The playoff went for eight holes with Bienz making it to the Detroit Golf Club along with Giantsopoulos, Guise and Berry. Bienz was so nervous before the playoff that he had to calm down with the help of three rounds of beer.

Nick Bienz works at Golf Galaxy as a retailer three days a week. He has never played on the PGA Tour-sanctioned event before and this was his first Monday Qualifier of the season.

Bienz played college golf for Indiana University from where he graduated in 2019. He registered the second-lowest scoring average in the university's history at the time during his senior year. Last year he won the Indian Open, followed by the Northern Open earlier this month.

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When will Nick Bienz play at the Rocket Mortgage Classic?

Nick Bienz will make his PGA Tour debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic which will take place from Thursday, June 27 to Sunday, June 30 at Detroit Golf Club. The tee times for the first two rounds are yet to be announced.

156 players will compete at Rocket Mortgage Classic for the purse of $9.2 million. The winner will bag $1.65 million, the highest for the tournament till date.

Here's the field for the Rocket Mortgage Classic:

• Anders Albertson
• Tyson Alexander
• Aaron Baddeley
• Paul Barjon
• Erik Barnes
• Daniel Berger
• Brandon Berry
• Akshay Bhatia
• Nick Bienz
• Zac Blair
• Joseph Bramlett
• Ryan Brehm
• Jacob Bridgeman
• Wesley Bryan
• Hayden Buckley
• Jorge Campillo
• Rafael Campos
• Bud Cauley
• Cameron Champ
• Stewart Cink
• Luke Clanton
• Eric Cole
• Parker Coody
• Pierceson Coody
• Trace Crowe
• Joel Dahmen
• Cam Davis
• Kevin Dougherty
• Jason Dufner
• Adrien Dumont de Chassart
• Tyler Duncan
• Nick Dunlap
• Nico Echavarria
• Harrison Endycott
• Patrick Fishburn
• Rickie Fowler
• Ryan Fox
• Wilson Furr
• Brice Garnett
• Doug Ghim
• Angelo Giantsopoulos
• Chris Gotterup
• Max Greyserman
• Ben Griffin
• Lanto Griffin
• Danny Guise
• Scott Gutschewski
• Chesson Hadley
• Harry Hall
• Nick Hardy
• Garrick Higgo
• Joe Highsmith
• Ryo Hisatsune
• Lee Hodges
• Rico Hoey
• Charley Hoffman
• Nicolai Højgaard
• Beau Hossler
• Mark Hubbard
• Stephan Jaeger
• Ben James
• Zach Johnson
• Chan Kim
• Michael Kim
• S.H. Kim
• Tom Kim
• Chris Kirk
• Kevin Kisner
• Patton Kizzire
• Jake Knapp
• Ben Kohles
• Jackson Koivun
• Kelly Kraft
• Matt Kuchar
• Martin Laird
• Nate Lashley
• K.H. Lee
• Min Woo Lee
• Nicholas Lindheim
• David Lipsky
• Luke List
• Justin Lower
• Robert MacIntyre
• Willie Mack III
• Peter Malnati
• Kyle Martin
• Ryan McCormick
• Maverick McNealy
• Mac Meissner
• Troy Merritt
• Keith Mitchell
• Francesco Molinari
• Taylor Montgomery
• Ryan Moore
• Taylor Moore
• Matt NeSmith
• Alex Noren
• Henrik Norlander
• Vincent Norrman
• Andrew Novak
• Thorbjørn Olesen
• C.T. Pan
• Taylor Pendrith
• Raul Pereda
• Chandler Phillips
• Aaron Rai
• Chad Ramey
• Chez Reavie
• Davis Riley
• Patrick Rodgers
• Miles Russell
• Sam Ryder
• Adam Schenk
• Matti Schmid
• Robby Shelton
• Neal Shipley
• Greyson Sigg
• Ben Silverman
• Webb Simpson
• David Skinns
• Roger Sloan
• Alex Smalley
• Brandt Snedeker
• J.J. Spaun
• Hayden Springer
• Sam Stevens
• Kevin Streelman
• Justin Suh
• Adam Svensson
• Callum Tarren
• Ben Taylor
• Josh Teater
• Davis Thompson
• Michael Thorbjornsen
• Brendon Todd
• Alejandro Tosti
• Martin Trainer
• Kevin Tway
• Sami Valimaki
• Erik van Rooyen
• Jhonattan Vegas
• Camilo Villegas
• Jimmy Walker
• Matt Wallace
• Vince Whaley
• Tom Whitney
• Tim Wilkinson
• Gary Woodland
• Brandon Wu
• Dylan Wu
• Cameron Young
• Carson Young
• Kevin Yu
• Carl Yuan
• Will Zalatoris