00:08
Birdies all round
Birdies for both players on the par-5 14th.
We're onto a fifth playoff hole, back to the par-3 15th.
Aldrich Potgieter
Rocket Classic Final Round: Aldrich Potgieter lands first PGA Tour title in five-hole playoff
Rocket Classic 2025 Final Scores: South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter, 20, enters the record books with a first PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic.
Aldrich Potgieter won his first PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic in a playoff over Max Greyserman.
Potgieter, 20, drained a 15 footer for birdie on the fifth playoff hole, the par-3 15th.
He becomes the youngest ever PGA Tour winner from South Africa.
Potgieter also becomes the fifth International-born player under the age of 21 to win on the PGA Tour, joining Seve Ballesteros, Rory McIlroy, Joaquin Niemann and Tom Kim.
Greyserman was left to pick up the fourth agonising runner-up finish of his PGA Tour career.
Chris Kirk was also in the playoff but he was eliminated when making bogey on the second playoff hole.
Potgieter, Greyserman and Kirk finished the week on 22-under par.
Michael Thorbjornsen and Jake Knapp also had their chances on Sunday but ended up one shot shy of the playoff in a tie for fourth.
1 | Aldrich Potgieter | -22 | 69 |
2 | Max Greyserman | -22 | 67 |
2 | Chris Kirk | -22 | 67 |
4 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -21 | 67 |
4 | Jake Knapp | -21 | 68 |
Scroll down to see how the Rocket Classic was won and lost...
30 Jun 2025
00:13
Potgieter wins the Rocket Classic
Potgieter makes birdie on the par-3 15th - the fifth playoff hole - to win his first PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic.
The 20-year-old becomes the youngest South African on the PGA Tour.
He also becomes the fifth player to win on the PGA Tour under the age of 21, joining Seve Ballesteros, Rory McIlroy, Joaquin Niemann and Tom Kim.
23:51
Pars all round
Greyserman narrowly misses his birdie attempt from 17 feet, and Potgieter also misses his birdie attempt from 15 feet.
Onto a fourth playoff hole, this time the par-5 14th.
23:35
Kirk eliminated
Kirk makes a three-putt bogey.
He's eliminated.
Greyserman had 10 footer for birdie but missed on the right side.
Potgieter got up and down from par from the back of the green.
We're onto the third playoff hole, the par-4 16th.
Potgieter vs Greyserman.
23:22
Pars all round
Everyone two putts.
Onto the second extra hole.
Par-3 15th this time.
23:16
Kirk holds the advantage
Kirk to 10 feet
Potgieter to 20 feet
Greyserman to 40 feet
22:57
Three way playoff
Potgieter and Greyserman make two-putt pars on 18 and we're headed into a playoff with Kirk.
Playoff holes are: 18 then 15, 16, 14 repeated.
22:48
Knapp par on 18
Knapp -21 (F)
Knapp leaves it in the jaws of the hole for birdie from 12 feet.
It's a par and round of 68 for Knapp, who finishes at 21-under.
22:41
Greyserman ties the lead
Greyserman -22 (17)
Greyserman drains a five footer to move into a share of the lead.
Three players tied on 22-under.
A birdie for either Greyserman or Potgieter on 18 wins it.
22:41
Potgieter birdie ties the lead
Potgieter -22 (17)
Potgieter two putts for birdie on the par-5 17th to join Kirk on 22-under.
22:33
Kirk makes par at 18
1 | Chris Kirk | -22 | 67 |
2 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -21 | 67 |
2 | Jake Knapp | -21 | 17 |
2 | Aldrich Potgieter | -21 | 16 |
2 | Max Greyserman | -21 | 16 |
22:31
Knapp birdie
Knapp -21 (17)
Knapp narrowly misses a 14 footer for eagle and he taps in for birdie to move to 21-under par.
22:26
Birdie bomb for Greyserman
Greyserman -21 (16)
Greyserman drops a birdie bomb from 40 feet on the par-4 16th to move to 21-under par alongside Potgieter.
22:19
Thorbjornsen par at 18
Thorbjornsen -21 (F)
Thorbjornsen can only make par on the par-4 18th.
He sets the new clubhouse target of 21-under par.
Likely not good enough.
22:18
Kirk takes the lead
Kirk -22 (17)
Kirk gets up and down from the front greenside bunker to make birdie and take the outright lead on 22-under par.
Chris Kirk
22:14
Leaderboard update
1 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -21 | 17 |
1 | Chris Kirk | -21 | 16 |
1 | Aldrich Potgieter | -21 | 15 |
4 | Nico Echavarria | -20 | 66 |
4 | Jackson Suber | -20 | 68 |
4 | Jake Knapp | -20 | 16 |
4 | Max Greyserman | -20 | 15 |
22:11
Potgieter bogey
Potgieter -21 (14)
Potgieter duffs his chip from the back of the green and it leads to a bogey.
We have a three-way tie for the lead between Potgieter, Kirk and Thorbjornsen.
Knapp and Greyserman waiting in the wings just one back.
22:07
Thorbjornsen birdie
Thorbjornsen -21 (17)
Three birdies in the last four for Thorbjornsen, but he's likely going to come up short.
21:59
Potgieter takes solo lead
Potgieter -22 (14)
Potgieter gets up and down for birdie to assume the outright lead on 22-under par.
He holds a one-shot lead over Kirk, who has just made par on 16.
21:41
Potgieter ties the lead
Potgieter -21 (13)
Potgieter joins the lead with a birdie on the par-4 13th.
21:36
Suber bogey
Suber -19 (16)
Suber out of it after a bogey on the par-4 16th.
21:35
Par for Kirk on 14
Kirk -21 (14)
Sloppy par for Kirk on the very easy par-5 14th.
Open the door for the chasing pack.
21:23
Echavarria sets the target
Echavarria -20 (66)
Echavarria book ends his week with a round of 66.
He sets the target of 20-under.
echavarria
21:17
Leaderboard update
1 | Chris Kirk | -21 | 12 |
2 | Nico Echavarria | -20 | 17 |
2 | Jackson Suber | -20 | 14 |
2 | Aldrich Potgieter | -20 | 11 |
2 | Max Greyserman | -20 | 11 |
6 | Kevin Roy | -19 | 67 |
6 | Jake Knapp | -19 | 11 |
21:15
Suber enters the mix
Suber -20 (14)
Suber makes birdie on the 14th to move to 20-under par.
