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PGA Tour Brunch Look-Back at the 2025 Rocket Mortage Classic
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
DETROIT - Aldrich Potgieter (Winner/-22) earned his first PGA TOUR title in 20th start at 20 years, 9 months, 16 days. A 17-foot, 10-inch birdie putt on the fifth sudden death playoff hole (par-3 15th) made the difference as he became the seventh-youngest PGA TOUR winner since the start of the 1983 season.
Potgieter won the longest playoff on TOUR since 2021 BMW Championship (Patrick Cantlay def. Bryson DeChambeau/six holes) and became the youngest PGA TOUR winner from South Africa since 1983, with the previous being Garrick Higgo/ 22 years, 1 month, 1 day/2021 at Palmetto Championship at Congaree.
Potgieter is the only the third PGA TOUR winner under the age of 21 since the start of the 2020-21 season (Nick Dunlap/2024 American Express, 2024 Barracuda Championship; Tom Kim/2022 Wyndham Championship, 2022 Shriners Children’s Open). He’s the ninth first-time winner on TOUR this season, second TOUR rookie to win this season (Karl Vilips/Puerto Rico Open), and third player to make the Rocket Classic his first PGA TOUR victory (Nate Lashley/2019, Cam Davis/2021).
Potgieter earned 500 FedEx Cup Points and moves from No. 73 to No. 36 in the FedExCup standings.
Rocket Mortgage Classic | Final Leaderboard
1 Aldrich Potgieter* 62 70 65 69 266 (-22)
P2 Max Greyserman 63 70 66 67 266 (-22)
P2 Chris Kirk 65 65 69 67 266 (-22)
T4 Michael Thorbjornsen 65 67 68 67 267 (-21)
T4 Jake Knapp 72 61 66 68 267 (-21)
*def. Max Greyserman with a birdie-2 on the fifth playoff hole (No. 15), after both made par on the first three holes (Nos. 18, 15, 16) and birdie on the fourth hole (No. 14).
Kirk was eliminated on the second playoff hole (No. 15) with bogey -4.
Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)
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On This Day in Golf History
June 30, 1929 - Bobby Jones won his third U.S. Open championship, taking a 36-hole playoff by 23 strokes over Al Espinosa on the West Course at Winged Foot Country Club in Mamaroneck, NY. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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