Calm and composed under playoff pressure, Titleist Brand Ambassador Aldrich Potgieter drained an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth extra hole to capture his first TOUR victory at 20 years of age. Potgieter, whose winning setup included his Titleist Pro V1x golf ball model, GT2 driver, NEW T250, T150 and T100 irons, Vokey SM10 wedges and Scotty Cameron putter, began the week with a fast start, as he carded a bogey-free 10-under 62 in Round 1 at Detroit Golf Club. On Sunday, he delivered when the moment was biggest, tying the lead with a 71st-hole birdie before making three pars and two birdies in a marathon five-hole playoff to win.
WITB | Aldrich Potgieter
Titleist Pro V1x+ prototype golf ball
GT2 9.0 driver | Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
NEW T250 2-iron | Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 90 TX
NEW T150 4-5 irons | KBS Tour VTen 130 X
NEW T100 6-9 irons | KBS Tour VTen 130 X
Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.12F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60K* wedges | KBS Tour VTen 130 X (46-50), Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Onyx X100 (54-60)
Scotty Cameron 009M tour prototype putter
Over 72 holes of regulation play, the 20-year-old – now the youngest South African to win on the PGA TOUR – gained 10.934 shots on the field from tee to green. Over three and a half of those strokes came from his play off the tee (+3.710, 7th), while he gained over six strokes with his approach play (+6.072, 6th). He gained an additional 1.152 strokes around the green and 1.790 strokes with the flatstick.
Including the playoff, Potgieter hit 86% greens in regulation (66/77), ranking 3rd in the field. He also led the field in driving distance and birdies, converting 27 plus one eagle. He only dropped five shots all week long.
POTGIETER WINS WITH PRO V1x GOLF BALL MODEL
Aldrich Potgieter broke through on the PGA TOUR gaming his Pro V1x+ golf ball, a custom performance option (CPO) designed to finely tune flight, spin and feel. Potgieter, a longtime Pro V1x player, recently made the move to the Pro V1x+ model after finding it helped him hit his preferred spin windows and peak heights with his irons.
Potgieter on why Pro V1x fits his game: “I grew up in the wind in Australia, so I needed to bring the ball flight down a lot. And now where I’m playing in these firm surfaces with not a lot of wind, my flight has tended to be too low. So we want that Pro V1x to spin up for me to help me around the greens and [with] those approach shots in. So it’s done the job to really get that high launch and spin to a front flag.”
Potgieter on the consistency of his Titleist golf ball: “I hit a 7-iron, just a stock 7-iron, I can almost put all five balls that I’m hitting very close just with spin numbers. And if you match those up with the right height, your distance, it’s going to be the exact same. So it’s nice to see everything match up. You’re hitting the same distance, the same spin number, the same launch, everything’s the same and the ball’s just performing very consistent.”
Potgieter on how he marks his golf ball: “I usually just put a thin line on it. I like to match the line thickness to my putter line, just keeping it simple. But yeah, it’s really simple, just a black line and then I put a black dot just next to whatever number I’m using.”
“I’ll be using [the line] on basically every putt that I hit. If it’s from 60 foot, 30 foot, I still have to pick my alignment spot and commit to that. And I feel when I have the line, I don’t have to concentrate on that anymore. I just hit the speed that I want and hopefully the putt goes in.”
Late Sunday evening, Potgieter used his Scotty Cameron 009 tour prototype putter to drain an 18-foot birdie putt for the win, with the black line on his golf ball rolling perfectly end over end into the middle of the cup.
POTGIETER’S VISIT TO TITLEIST PERFORMANCE CENTRE PAYS OFF; WINS WITH NEW T-SERIES IRONS
With over a month off between his last start at the Charles Schwab Challenge and this week’s Rocket Classic, Potgieter paid a visit to the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn for two days to diall in his equipment setup. Titleist’s Director of Tour Promotions Liam McDougall worked with Potgieter to make several tweaks to his bag, specifically targeting approach play and driving accuracy. Potgieter left Woburn with wholesale changes to his iron setup, moving from a blended set of T100 and 620 MB irons (T100 4-5, 620 MB 6-9) to a blended set of NEW T150 and NEW T100 irons (T150 4-5, T100 6-9).
According to MacDougall, the changes to his iron setup gave Potgieter increased peak height and more spin from a variety of conditions, which translated to better control in his approach game. Potgieter’s ball change also helped complement the tweaks made by the team to improve his iron play.
On Thursday, his first competitive round with the new irons, Potgieter led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+ 4.763) en route to a 10-under 62.
“Irons were a lot better. Got a new set in the bag so it was nice to see some results” said Potgieter after the round on Thursday. “We needed some more spin to keep the ball in the air a little bit. You wouldn’t have thought that with the driving distance to add more spin, but it kind of keeps the ball in the air a little bit longer. When I hit that knuckle one, it kind of comes off a little hot. So through the year I’ve been long over the green a lot, so trying to take that spin off shot into the wind. Now it’s a little bit easier that it has that bit of spin so I’m not thinking about it too much and I can just hit the shot now.”
A few days later, Potgieter closed out his first PGA TOUR win. He finished the week 3rd in GIR (86%) and 6th in Strokes Gained: Approach (+6.072).
“It was nice to get the refresh, come back with new equipment, not overthinking too much stuff,” said Potgieter after winning. “It’s nice to kind of see some results coming from the club fitting and having some time off to breath a bit.”
At the top end of Potgieter’s bag is his GT2 9.0 driver (A•1 SureFit setting, Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X shaft). GT drivers first launched on the Korn Ferry Tour at last year’s Wichita Open, where Potgieter immediately moved into a GT3 model. This year on the PGA TOUR, he has gamed both the GT3 model and his current GT2, which has been in the bag since early May.
“The GT has been probably the best driver I’ve ever played with just from mishits to everything lining up with consistency,” said Potgieter earlier this season. “It’s just been really good. I’ve seen a lot of players that aren’t sponsored… and I mean probably 90% that I’ve seen use the Titleist driver. So that tells you a lot about the club.”
So far in 2025, Potgieter leads the PGA TOUR in Driving Distance and Ball Speed, and he ranks 4th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. This week, the 20-year-old continued his stellar driving, leading the field in Driving Distance and gaining over three and a half shots off the tee on the field (+3.710).
However impressive Potgieter’s season-long performance off the tee has been, MacDougall made a subtle tweak to Potgieter’s gamer during his recent visit to Woburn, adding weight to the clubhead. According to MacDougall, the heavier setup gave Potgieter more stability and better clubface control, translating to improved driving accuracy.
Potgieter’s power and precision were on full display on the back nine Sunday, as he split the final six fairways in regulation from No. 12 to No. 18 with an average distance of 339 yards across the six tee shots.
He played that closing stretch in 2 under on his way to posting 22 under for the week and securing a spot in the playoff.
POTGIETER BRINGS FOUR VOKEY SM10 WEDGES TO WINNER’S CIRCLE
Another key change to Potgieter’s bag setup from his last start was his wedge setup, another byproduct of his visit to the Titleist Performance Centre. Potgieter worked with Vokey Tour Rep Will Harvey to find ways to improve his wedge-play and Strokes Gained: Around the Green statistics.
For most of 2025, Potgieter had been playing a five-wedge setup to help with yardage gapping. He was gaming an SM10 46.10F, 48.10F, 52.08F, 56.10S and either a WedgeWorks 60A or a 60.04T lob wedge.
This week, Potgieter made the move to a four-wedge matrix: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.12F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60K*.
The removal of the fifth wedge came after significant testing with Harvey. The two precisely dialled in yardage gapping with his 46-degree pitching wedge and his 50-degree gap wedge, which saw an increase in bounce from eight degrees to 12. Potgieter stayed in the S Grind for his sand wedge, which performed well on fairway shots, long bunker shots and greenside pitches and chips.
The biggest change to Potgieter’s grind setup was his lob wedge. Previously, he had played thinner-soled low bounce wedges – either a WedgeWorks A Grind or a T Grind. While Potgieter liked the versatility that these narrow, low bounce options provided, moving to the wider-soled WedgeWorks 60K* helped him improve performance out of the bunker and create more height greenside.
The K* Grind, which Potgieter took to the winner’s circle on Sunday, is one of the most popular lob wedge grinds on tour today. The Rocket Classic runner-up also plays a 60K* lob wedge, as do players like Justin Thomas and Cameron Young.
The K* Grind was born out of player requests to modify the sole of the popular Low Bounce K Grind lob wedge. Instead of the full, smooth sole of the K Grind, the sole of the K* Grind features a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge along with heel, toe and trailing edge relief.
The steeper pre-wear on K* adds forgiveness from the square-faced position, with a narrow ribbon of added bounce along the leading edge helping to resist excessive digging. In an open-faced position, the heel, toe and trailing edge relief on K* allows the leading edge to sit closer to the ground, adding greenside versatility by helping the player slide under the ball easier. And like all K Grind variations, K* has a wide sole that excels out of the bunker.
This week’s winner on the DP World Tour also gamed a 60K* wedge.
POTGIETER’S SCOTTY CAMERON 009M GAMER
On the greens, Potgieter’s trusted flatstick is a Newport-style Scotty Cameron 009M tour prototype, which he used the roll in the winning birdie putt on the par-3 15th green in extra holes.
“It’s been awesome. I never thought that was going to be a blade putter, but yeah, it’s been really good,” said Potgieter on his gamer. “I just feel when I’m rolling the putt the best, this one works the best…just with consistency and I love the sound of it when I roll it.”
This week, Potgieter gained 1.79 strokes on the field on the greens and averaged 1.68 putts per GIR.
LPGA | Dow Championship
Titleist Brand Ambassador Jin Hee Im poured her NEW 2025 Pro V1 in the middle of the cup for birdie to earn a team victory in extra holes. Im, who was gaming her GT3 driver and fairway, 620 CB irons, Vokey SM10 wedges and Scotty Cameron putter, made seven birdies on Sunday in carding a best-ball 8-under 62 and posting 20 under for the week. When that total was matched, the two teams returned to the 18th hole for a playoff, where Im calmly rolled in the winning putt to capture her first career LPGA title.
Im’s team shot rounds of 67 and 68 in the tournament’s alternate shot format (Rounds 1 and 3) while posting a 63 and a 62 in the best ball rounds.
WITB | Jin Hee Im
NEW 2025 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball
GT3 9.0 driver | Graphite Design Tour AD DI-5 S
GT3 15.0 fairway | Graphite Design Tour AD VF-5 S
TSi2 18.0, 24.0 hybrids | Graphite Design Tour AD HY-75 S
620 CB 5-P irons | Aerotech SteelFiber i95cw R
Vokey Design SM10 48.10F, 52.12F, WedgeWorks 58L wedges | Dynamic Gold 95 R300
Scotty Cameron Super Rat 2 tour prototype putter
LIV GOLF LEAGUE | LIV DALLAS
Gaming his Titleist Pro V1x golf ball model, GT3 driver, Vokey SM10 wedges and Scotty Cameron putter, the winner of LIV Dallas made birdie on the first playoff hole to claim the individual title. The 2018 Masters champion was steady down the stretch, making nine straight pars on Maridoe Golf Club’s difficult back nine to post 6 under for the week. On his second trip around the par-4 18th on Sunday, the champion stuck his approach and rolled in the 16-foot birdie putt for the win.
WITB | LIV Dallas Champion
Titleist Pro V1x+ prototype golf ball
GT3 8.0 driver | Aldila Rogue Silver 130MSI 70 TX
716 T-MB 2-iron | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Vokey Design SM10 56.08M, 60.04T wedges | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Scotty Cameron Timeless 2.5+ tour prototype putter
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | U.S. Senior Open Championship
Padraig Harrington (NEW 2025 Pro V1) closed in 3-under 67 to win his second career U.S. Senior Open and his 10th career PGA Tour Champions title. Harrington was unflappable on the back nine, making one birdie and seven pars over his final eight holes to post 11 under and win by one shot over Stewart Cink (NEW 2025 Pro V1).
For the week at Broadmoor Golf Club, the Irishman made 20 birdies on his way to four rounds of 68 or better (67-67-68-67). He ranked 2nd in Greens in Regulation (59/72, 82%) and 2nd in Scrambling (9/13, 69%).
U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPION WINS WITH TITLEIST DRIVER, VOKEY WEDGES
The winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open gamed his TSR3 9.0 driver (D•1 SureFit setting, Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X) and two Vokey Design SM10 wedges (WedgeWorks 44F, 50.12F) en route to his 10th career Champions Tour title.
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | Amundi German Masters
Shannon Tan (NEW 2025 Pro V1) earned her second career LET victory on Sunday, making a clutch par on the last to win by one. Tan was dialled with her ball-striking, hitting all but four greens in regulation and four fairways in regulation through the first three days. Sunday brought difficult, windy conditions, but Tan held steady, finishing at 9 under for the week and leading a 1-through-5 finish for Titleist golf ball players.
GERMAN MASTERS WINNER WINS WITH GT3 DRIVER, T-SERIES IRONS, VOKEY SM10 WEDGES, SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTER
In addition to her 2025 Pro V1 golf ball, this week’s winner on the LET gamed a GT3 driver, GT2 fairways, T-Series irons, Vokey SM10 wedges and a Scotty Cameron putter en route to victory.
WITB | Amundi German Masters winner: NEW 2025 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball; GT3 10.0 driver; GT2 16.5, 21.0 fairways; TSR2 24.0 hybrid; T200 5-6 irons, T100 7-P irons; Vokey Design SM10 50.12F, 54.12D, 58.08M wedges; Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.5 putter
DP WORLD TOUR | Italian Open
Adrien Saddier (NEW 2025 Pro V1) stormed home with a back-nine 5-under 30 to capture his first career DP World Tour title. Saddier, who closed in 66, posted 14 under for the week at Argentario GC to win by two shots. The 33-year-old Frenchman made 20 birdies for the week and got his Pro V1 up-and-down for par in 20 of 26 attempts (77%, T5).
With his maiden victory, Saddier punched his ticket to The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in two weeks’ time.
