Aldrich Potgieter started the day with a two-shot lead and fired six birdies and three bogeys for a 3-under 69 to reach 22-under and enter a playoff for the Rocket Classic title.
Americans Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk both carded 67s to join the playoff. Greyserman stayed bogey-free while Kirk made one bogey and six birdies.
Kirk was eliminated after the second extra hole when he bogeyed the par-3 15th, Greyserman and Potgieter parred the 18th, 15th and 16th and birdied the 14th.
Finally Potgieter birdied the par-3 15th with a 17-foot, 10-inch putt to win his maiden PGA Tour title and become the seventh-youngest winner since the start of the 1983 season.
“It was a big grind. I mean, it was a very long day, kind of couldn’t get ahead of myself. I didn’t get off to the best start, so I knew there was a lot of holes still available, still to get back,” said Potgieter.
“There was a switch that kind of went off when I lost the lead and I kind of felt like I can kind of chase something. I kind of had to pull myself out of the environment I was in before those first couple holes and get in that chase mode where I can kind of play some different golf, golf that I played the first three days.
“When that went off, I birdied the par 5 on 7, birdied 8, had a really good look on 9, so I felt the momentum switch there definitely.
“It was definitely hard playing all those playoff holes where putts weren’t dropping where I had really good looks at it. It was nice to finish on a really good putt on the par-3 to get the victory, so that was good.”
The South African is the third 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 improves to 1-for-2 in converting a 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory on Tour (2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld/P2). 54-hole leaders/co-leaders have won 16 of 28 stroke-play events this season.
This was the longest playoff on Tour since the 2021 BMW Championship (Patrick Cantlay defeated Bryson DeChambeau after six holes.
Greyserman recorded a fourth runner-up finish in 47 start on Tour (2024 3M Open, 2024 Wyndham Championship, 2024 Baycurrent Classic, 2025 Rocket Classic).
American Michael Thorbjornsen fired eight birdies and three bogeys for a 67 and a share of fourth place at 21-under. alongside compatriot Jake Knapp who made six birdies and two bogeys to close with a 68.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aldrich Potgieter | -22 | 62 | 70 | 65 | 266 |
| T2 | Max Greyserman | -22 | 63 | 70 | 66 | 266 |
| T2 | Chris Kirk | -22 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 266 |
| T4 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -21 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 267 |
| T4 | Jake Knapp | -21 | 72 | 61 | 66 | 267 |
| T6 | Nico Echavarria | -20 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 268 |
| T6 | Jackson Suber | -20 | 66 | 65 | 69 | 268 |
| T8 | Kevin Roy | -19 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 269 |
| T8 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -19 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 269 |
| T8 | Collin Morikawa | -19 | 69 | 64 | 68 | 269 |
| T8 | Thriston Lawrence | -19 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 269 |
| T8 | Andrew Putnam | -19 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 269 |
| T13 | Min Woo Lee | -18 | 63 | 73 | 68 | 270 |
| T13 | Hideki Matsuyama | -18 | 67 | 66 | 70 | 270 |
| T13 | Chandler Phillips | -18 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 270 |
| T13 | Ben Griffin | -18 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 270 |
| T13 | Harry Hall | -18 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 270 |
| T13 | Mark Hubbard | -18 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 270 |
| T19 | Sami Valimaki | -17 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 271 |
| T19 | Matt McCarty | -17 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 271 |
| T19 | Chan Kim | -17 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 271 |
| T19 | Cameron Champ | -17 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 271 |
| T19 | Doug Ghim | -17 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 271 |
| T24 | Harry Higgs | -16 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 272 |
| T24 | Nicolai Højgaard | -16 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 272 |
| T26 | Akshay Bhatia | -15 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 273 |
| T26 | Michael Kim | -15 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 273 |
| T26 | Matthew Riedel | -15 | 66 | 71 | 67 | 273 |
| T26 | Jacob Bridgeman | -15 | 68 | 65 | 70 | 273 |
| T26 | Chris Gotterup | -15 | 72 | 66 | 65 | 273 |
| T26 | Chad Ramey | -15 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 273 |
| T32 | Vince Whaley | -14 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 274 |
| T32 | Patrick Cantlay | -14 | 66 | 72 | 67 | 274 |
| T34 | Kris Ventura | -13 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 275 |
| T34 | Joe Highsmith | -13 | 71 | 66 | 69 | 275 |
| T34 | Philip Knowles | -13 | 66 | 64 | 75 | 275 |
| T34 | Hayden Springer | -13 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 275 |
| T34 | Lee Hodges | -13 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 275 |
| T34 | William Mouw | -13 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 275 |
| T34 | Davis Thompson | -13 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 275 |
| T41 | Keegan Bradley | -12 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 276 |
| T41 | Luke List | -12 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 276 |
| T41 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -12 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 276 |
| T41 | Ryan Gerard | -12 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 276 |
| T41 | Peter Malnati | -12 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 276 |
| T46 | Matt Wallace | -11 | 69 | 67 | 73 | 277 |
| T46 | Takumi Kanaya | -11 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 277 |
| T46 | Gary Woodland | -11 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 277 |
| T46 | Cameron Young | -11 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 277 |
| T46 | Justin Lower | -11 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 277 |
| T51 | Victor Perez | -10 | 66 | 70 | 73 | 278 |
| T51 | Nick Hardy | -10 | 69 | 66 | 74 | 278 |
| T51 | Henrik Norlander | -10 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 278 |
| T51 | Lanto Griffin | -10 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 278 |
| T51 | Aaron Wise | -10 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 278 |
| T51 | Webb Simpson | -10 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 278 |
| T51 | Thomas Rosenmueller | -10 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 278 |
| T51 | Will Gordon | -10 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 278 |
| T51 | Kurt Kitayama | -10 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 278 |
| T60 | Byeong Hun An | -9 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 279 |
| T60 | Austin Eckroat | -9 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 279 |
| T60 | Luke Clanton | -9 | 66 | 67 | 77 | 279 |
| T60 | Isaiah Salinda | -9 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 279 |
| T60 | Ryo Hisatsune | -9 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 279 |
| T60 | Beau Hossler | -9 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 279 |
| T60 | Paul Peterson | -9 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 279 |
| T67 | Davis Riley | -8 | 75 | 63 | 74 | 280 |
| T67 | David Skinns | -8 | 69 | 64 | 77 | 280 |
| T67 | Gordon Sargent | -8 | 71 | 66 | 73 | 280 |
| T67 | Camilo Villegas | -8 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 280 |
| T67 | Ben Silverman | -8 | 73 | 64 | 72 | 280 |
| T67 | Brett White | -8 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 280 |
| T73 | James Piot | -7 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 281 |
| T73 | Antoine Rozner | -7 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 281 |
| T73 | Kaito Onishi | -7 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 281 |
| T73 | Emiliano Grillo | -7 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 281 |
| T73 | Kevin Velo | -7 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 281 |
| T78 | Quade Cummins | -6 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 282 |
| T78 | Erik van Rooyen | -6 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 282 |
| T78 | Ben Kohles | -6 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 282 |
| T78 | Adam Hadwin | -6 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 282 |
| T82 | Harrison Endycott | -5 | 67 | 66 | 78 | 283 |
| T82 | Zach Johnson | -5 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 283 |
| 84 | Si Woo Kim | -4 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 284 |
| 85 | Mason Andersen | -3 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 285 |
| 86 | Cristobal Del Solar | -2 | 69 | 68 | 76 | 286 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | -5 | 72 | 67 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | -5 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Kevin Kisner | -5 | 68 | 71 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Anders Albertson | -5 | 68 | 71 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Vince Covello | -5 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | -5 | 68 | 71 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Francesco Molinari | -5 | 71 | 68 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | -5 | 70 | 69 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | -5 | 68 | 71 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | -5 | 70 | 69 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Rasmus Højgaard | -5 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Mac Meissner | -4 | 71 | 69 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | -4 | 73 | 67 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | -4 | 70 | 70 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Wyndham Clark | -4 | 66 | 74 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | -4 | 72 | 68 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | -4 | 69 | 71 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -4 | 67 | 73 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Jesper Svensson | -4 | 70 | 70 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Will Chandler | -4 | 71 | 69 | - | 140 |
| CUT | John Pak | -4 | 69 | 71 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley | -3 | 73 | 68 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Danny Willett | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Max Homa | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Braden Thornberry | -3 | 72 | 69 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Alex Noren | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Trevor Cone | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Paul Waring | -3 | 67 | 74 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Steven Fisk | -3 | 69 | 72 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Norman Xiong | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | -2 | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Rikuya Hoshino | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | -2 | 69 | 73 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Noah Goodwin | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | -1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Tom Kim | -1 | 67 | 76 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Ricky Castillo | -1 | 70 | 73 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Danny Walker | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax | -1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Rico Hoey | -1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | -1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Otto Black | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | Par | 72 | 72 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | Par | 75 | 69 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | Par | 71 | 73 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Cam Davis | Par | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Seamus Power | Par | 73 | 71 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen | +1 | 74 | 71 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Alex Smalley | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | +1 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Dominic Clemons(a) | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Michael La Sasso(a) | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Andi Xu | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III | +2 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Ben Cook | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | +2 | 74 | 72 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Jeremy Paul | +2 | 70 | 76 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Joe Hooks | +4 | 72 | 76 | - | 148 |
| CUT | David Ford | +4 | 71 | 77 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell | +5 | 71 | 78 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Carson Young | +5 | 71 | 78 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Taylor Dickson | +5 | 74 | 75 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Evan Brown | +6 | 74 | 76 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Ashton McCulloch(a) | +8 | 78 | 74 | - | 152 |
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