Rocket Classic 2025 leaderboard: Final results and scores from Detroit Golf Club
Aldrich Potgieter's Rocket Classic was "a dream come true," for him and his father, Heinrich.
Aldrich Potgieter defeated Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk in a playoff to win the Rocket Classic for his first PGA Tour title.
Kirk was first to bow out of the three-man playoff with a bogey on the second extra hole. The 20-year-old South African finally ended things on the fifth hole of sudden death with a birdie.
Here's a look at the final leaderboard for those who made the cut in Detroit, Michigan.
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