Aldrich Potgieter reflects on winning his first ever PGA Tour event at 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic
Aldrich Potgieter won the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club, defeating Max Greyserman in a historic playoff! The 20-year-old South African became the youngest golfer to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic as he captured the first PGA Tour triumph of his career. After coming into the final round atop the leaderboard, Potgieter finished with an impressive score of 22-under before eventually fending off Greyserman and Chris Kirk in five playoff holes, sinking a clutch birdie putt on the 15th hole to cap off a memorable win in the Motor City. “I struggled to make putts but I finally got one to the hole. Just saw the ball roll over and knew it was going to go in,” Potgieter explained to CBS following the win. “Big thanks to everyone that has been involved to help me get to this point. I’m just happy to walk away as a winner.”
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aldrick it took 77 holes but you’re officially the youngest winner ever from South Africa here on the PGA Tour describe the type of commitment it took to battle through a day like this it was definitely a tough day um the start um didn’t go my way i struggled to make putts left a lot short so uh finally got one to the hole and I was just saw the ball roll over end over end and I just knew it was going to go in we had plenty of time to talk to your dad who was following you during this entire playoff and he said the sacrifice it has taken to get here from everyone in our family involved talk about that sacrifice and talk about what it means now to have a career changing win yeah we had to give up a lot um moving to Australia moving back immigrating is definitely not the easiest thing and uh coming alone uh at the start of my career um to the States and giving it a a grind and having my dad here has helped so much and um yeah big thanks to my family friends coaches everyone who’s been involved to kind of get me to this point and um I’m just happy to walk away as a winner it’s very late in South Africa but your dad told me everyone is a awake his phone has not stopped buzzing go celebrate this one
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