DETROIT – Things are a little different these days on the PGA Tour, as the Rocket Mortgage Classic marks the fourth straight events without fans in attendance. But for some players, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
It was a warm but quiet afternoon Saturday at Detroit Golf Club, which sits inside the city limits and is lined by dozens of brick houses. Some fans have erected makeshift bleachers in their backyard, especially along the seventh hole where property owners can get within a few feet of the tee box.
But on the other side of that fence, a faint but familiar sound could be heard as the leaders played the outward half: an ice cream truck, which was circling the adjacent neighborhood and whose dulcet tones could be heard inside the ropes.