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South African’s youngest PGA TOUR winner Aldrich Potgieter joined NBC Universal’s Golf Channel to discuss his win and overall season.
Aldrich Potgieter (Winner/-22)
- Earns first PGA TOUR title in 20th start at 20 years, 9 months, 16 days with 17-foot, 10-inch birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole (par-3 15th) to become the seventh-youngest PGA TOUR winner since the start of the 1983 season
- Wins longest playoff on TOUR since 2021 BMW Championship (Patrick Cantlay def. Bryson DeChambeau/six holes)
- Youngest PGA TOUR winner from South Africa since 1983; previous: Garrick Higgo/ 22 years, 1 month, 1 day/2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree
- 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)
- 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)
- Earns 500 FedExCup Points and moves from No. 73 to No. 36 in the FedExCup standings
- Improves to 1-for-2 converting 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory on TOUR (2025 Mexico Open in VidantaWorld/P2)
- 54-hole leaders/co-leaders have won 16 of 28 stroke-play events this season
- Converts first 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR into victory; 18-hole leaders/co-leaders have won four of 28 stroke-play events this season (Justin Thomas/RBC Heritage, Scottie Scheffler/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, J.J. Spaun/U.S. Open)
- South African becomes second international winner of the Rocket Classic (Cam Davis/Australia/2021 and 2024)
- Rocket Classic is the 16th of 29 PGA TOUR events this season won by an international player
- Earned PGA TOUR membership with a No. 29 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List (top 30 earned TOUR membership); second-youngest graduate in Korn Ferry Tour history at 19 years, 11 months, 23 days; won the 2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club at 19 years, 4 months, 11 days and became the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history.
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