Aldrich Potgieter had five straight birdies to surge into the third-round lead and finished with a 7-under 65 on Saturday for a two-shot edge.

DETROIT (AP) — Aldrich Potgieter ended the protracted Rocket Classic, making an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to outlast Max Greyserman for his first PGA TOUR title on Sunday.

Aldrich Potgieter is a PGA Tour winner, after defeating Chris Kirk and Max Greyserman in a five-hole playoff at the Rocket Classic.

Aldrich Potgieter won his first PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic in a playoff. Potgieter sank a 17-foot birdie putt on ...

By taking down Max Greyserman in a five-hole playoff in Detroit, Potgieter became the third youngest PGA Tour winner in 50 years, older than only Spieth and Tiger.

Potgieter carried a two-shot lead into the final round but bogeyed two of his first five holes to allow the pack to catch up.

While Aldrich is young for PGA Tour standards overall he is particularly young relative to South African standards. By ...

At the Detroit Golf Club, 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter made history on Sunday, winning his first PGA Tour title in dramatic fashion.He sank an 18-foot birdie on the fifth playoff hole, edging out ...

Latest PGA Tour winner Aldrich Potgieter withdrew from the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run without giving an explanation.

Potgieter had five consecutive birdies on the front nine Saturday in taking the outright lead at Detroit Golf Club.

Rookie Aldrich Potgieter made history a fortnight ago when he became the youngest South African PGA Tour title winner after ...

After achieving his first PGA Tour win in the Rocket Classic, Potgieter jumps all the way to 41 in the PGA money leader ...