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.

Potgieter, who opened the tournament with a course-record 10-under 62, was locked in as both the 18- and 54-hole leader.

The 20-year-old winner is the youngest player on the tour and its biggest hitter, averaging 326-plus yards off the tee.

Aldrich Potgeiter won a three-way playoff with Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk in Detroit for his first PGA Tour victory. See ...

The biggest jump by far was Potgieter who cleared 40 spots on the money list after his Rocket Classic victory. He leaped the ...

South African 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter slept on the 54-hole lead at the Rocket Classic in Detroit, looking for his first ...

Aldrich Potgieter became the 7th-youngest PGA Tour winner since the start of 1983, and the youngest player from South Africa ...

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

Aldrich Potgieter, the PGA TOUR's youngest player and its biggest hitter, had five straight birdies to surge into the ...

Aldrich Potgieter is officially a PGA Tour winner as he outlasted two other players to win the Rocket Classic. How much did ...

Aldrich Potgieter and Max Greyserman move to a fifth playoff hole, with Chris Kirk failing to match the duo at the third ...