Aldrich Potgieter wins 2025 Rocket Classic on 5th playoff hole in Detroit
Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old South African, earned his first PGA Tour victory with a birdie on par-3 15th hole at Detroit Golf Club, June 29, 2025.
- Top-ranked junior golfer Miles Russell has verbally committed to Florida State University.
- Russell is the youngest player to be named AJGA Player of the Year, breaking Tiger Woods’ record.
- At 15, Russell became the youngest player to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024.
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, the No. 1-ranked player on the American Junior Golf Association Polo Rankings, has verbally committed to play college golf at Florida State.
Golfchannel.com first reported the news and the Times-Union confirmed it with Russell’s father Joe.
Russell, who is home-schooled, has a 2027 graduation year listed by the AJGA. That means he could begin playing for FSU in the fall of 2027 if he signs with the Seminoles during the fall sports signing period in 2026.
Russell has won numerous major junior tournaments, including the Junior PGA, the Junior Players Championship, the AJGA Tournament of Champions and the Sage Valley Invitational. He broke Tiger Woods’ record as the youngest player to be named the AJGA Player of the Year in 2023.
He has also played in two PGA Tour events and four Korn Ferry Tour events, and in 2024, at the age of 15, became the youngest player to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
Russell was a member of the Junior Ryder Cup and the Junior Presidents Cup and was a member of the inaugural USGA Junior National team.
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