A crowded leaderboard and plenty of golfers already low heading into Sunday made for an exciting final round of the PGA Tour’s Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club.
Entering play, 20-year-old South African Aldrich Potgieter was the leader by two strokes over Max Greyserman and four others, with 19 other golfers within four strokes of second place. Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa was lurking four shots back in a tie for 10th as well.
Potgeiter carded a 7-under 65 on Saturday to move to the front of the pack and reclaim the lead he held after shooting an opening-round 62. He is looking for his first PGA Tour victory, though he did prevail in a Korn Ferry Tour event last year.
In the end, it would come down to a three-way playoff between Potgieter, Greyserman, and Chris Kirk. Kirk was the first to be eliminated after bogeying the second playoff hole. But the battle between Potgieter and Greyserman was just getting started.
Each of them parred the third playoff hole and birdied the fourth. Potgieter needed another birdie on the fifth playoff hole in order to secure the win. Here’s the full payout for each of the tournament’s top-50 finishers.
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How to watch Rocket Classic Round 4
Follow final-round action Sunday, June 29, from Detroit Golf Club on Golf Channel, CBS and various streaming platforms.
TV: Golf Channel (1-3 p.m. ET), CBS (3-6 p.m. ET)
Streaming: ESPN+, Paramount+, Fubo
Rocket Classic purse, payouts
The total purse for the PGA Tour’s Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club is $9.6 million, with $1.728 million going to the winner. Here are the total payouts, based on each player’s finish:
1st: Aldrich Potgieter – $1,728,000
2nd: Max Greyserman – $1,046,400
3rd: Chris Kirk – $662,400
T-4th: Michael Thorbjornsen – $432,000
T-4th: Jake Knapp – $432,000
T-6th: Nicolas Echavarria – $336,000
T-6th: Jackson Suber – $336,000
T-8th: Andrew Putnam – $261,600
T-8th: Colin Morikawa – $261,600
T-8th: Matt Fitzpatrick – $261,600
T-8th: Kevin Roy – $261,600
T-8th: Thriston Lawrence – $261,600
T-13th: Chandler Phillips – $172,000
T-13th: Min Woo Lee – $172,000
T-13th: Harry Hall – $172,000
T-13th: Ben Griffin – $172,000
T-13th: Hideki Matsuyama – $172,000
T-13th: Mark Hubbard – $172,000
T-19th: Cameron Champ – $117,984
T-19th: Sami Valimaki – $117,984
T-19th: Chan Kim – $117,984
T-19th: Matt McCarty – $117,984
T-19th: Doug Ghim – $117,984
T-24th: Nicolai Højgaard – $88,800
T-24th: Harry Higgs – $88,800
T-26th: Akshay Bhatia – $70,080
T-26th: Jacob Bridgeman – $70,080
T-26th: Michael Kim – $70,080
T-26th: Matthew Riedel – $70,080
T-26th: Chris Gotterup – $70,080
T-26th: Chad Ramey – $70,080
T-32nd: Patrick Cantlay – $58,560
T-32nd: Vince Whaley – $58,560
T-34th: Joe Highsmith – $47,931.43
T-34th: Hayden Springer – $47,931.43
T-34th: Kristoffer Ventura – $47,931.43
T-34th: Davis Thompson – $47,931.43
T-34th: William Mouw – $47,931.43
T-34th: Philip Knowles – $47,931.43
T-34th: Lee Hodges – $47,931.43
T-41st: Thorbjørn Olesen – $36,000
T-41st: Peter Malnati – $36,000
T-41st: Luke List – $36,000
T-41st: Keegan Bradley $36,000
T-41st: Ryan Gerard – $36,000
T-46th: Cameron Young – $27,091.20
T-46th: Gary Woodland – $27,091.20
T-46th: Takumi Kanaya – $27,091.20
T-46th: Matt Wallace – $27,091.20
T-46th: Justin Lower – $27,091.20