Aldrich Potgieter, 20, wins Rocket Classic in five-hole playoff

Potgieter outlasted Max Greyserman in an prolonged playoff that started with three golfers. Chris Kirk’s bogey on the second playoff gap price him an opportunity and lowered the playoff to 2 golfers.

Potgieter, a big-hitting 20-year-old, started the event with a 62 on Thursday and ended up with the most important prize. He is the youngest South African to win on tour.

The trio of Potgieter, Greyserman and Kirk completed 72 holes at 22-under 266.

Potgieter and Greyserman each had birdies on the par-5 14th gap the fourth cease within the playoff earlier than Potgieter sank the successful putt.

Kirk and Greyserman shot final-round 5-under-par 67s and Potgieter, who was the first- and third-round chief, had 69.

Kirk had the perfect probability on the primary playoff gap, however was off the mark on a birdie putt of barely greater than 9 ft. Greyserman missed from 11 ft on the second further gap earlier than Kirk was eradicated with a three-putt bogey moments later.

Greyserman, ranked forty eighth on this planet getting into this week, stays and not using a PGA Tour victory. He has 4 runner-up finishes.

It was a bogey-free spherical for Greyserman, who missed a birdie putt from simply inside 12 ft on the ultimate gap that might have given him the victory. He made birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 to rise right into a share of the lead.

Except for a birdie on No. 17, Kirk posted par on seven of his final eight holes in regulation.

It was a crowded leaderboard for your complete day.

Michael Thorbjornsen and Jake Knapp shared fourth place at 21 beneath. Jackson Suber and Colombia’s Nico Echavarria tied for sixth at 20 beneath.

By late afternoon, there have been 26 golfers inside three pictures of the lead. After Potgieter and Greyserman made the flip as the ultimate pairing, there have been a number of fewer so near the highest, however nonetheless greater than a dozen with greater than half of these golfers nonetheless on the course.

Echavarria performed the ultimate seven holes in 4 beneath to match his first-round 66.

Harry Higgs and Akshay Bhatia had 65s for the perfect scores of the final spherical, ending at 16 beneath and 15 beneath, respectively.

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