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DETROIT -- Aldrich Potgieter made an 18-foot putt for birdie on the fifth playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic on Sunday. It was the longest playoff of the season on the PGA Tour. The 20-year-old from South Africa is the youngest player on the tour and its biggest hitter. He became the ninth player to win for the first time this season. Chris Kirk was eliminated from contention after failing to make a 4-foot putt on the second hole after pushing a 9-foot putt past the cup on the first extra hole with a chance to win the tournament. Potgieter, two strokes ahead entering the round, closed with a 3-under 69, and Greyserman and Kirk each shot 67.
In other golf action on Sunday:
LPGA DOW
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDLAND, Mich. -- Somi Lee and Jin Hee Im are first-time winners on the LPGA. And the wait continues for Lexi Thompson's next win. Lee poured in an 8-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole as she and Im won the Dow Championship. Thompson's partner Megan Khang had a chance to extend the playoff. But her 5-foot birdie attempt was low all the way. Thompson birdied the 18th in regulation as she and Khang shot 60 in fourballs. Lee and Im shot 62. The format switched to alternate shot for the playoff.
SENIOR OPEN
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Padraig Harrington came out on top of a major championship that felt more like match play, closing his final round with seven straight pars at the U.S. Senior Open to top Stewart Cink by one shot. Playing alongside Cink for the fourth straight day, Harrington shot 3-under 67 to finish at 11-under 269 on the tricky, heavily sloping Broadmoor. The Irishman sealed this match by hitting his approach to 8 feet on No. 18, putting pressure on Cink, who trailed by one could not cash in with a late birdie to tie.