Jan 24, 2024

Aldrich Potgieter, 19, becomes youngest Korn Ferry Tour winner

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Aldrich Potgieter won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at 19 years, 4 months, 11 days. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

Aldrich Potgieter won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at 19 years, 4 months, 11 days. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

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Aldrich Potgieter, 19, has become the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history.

Potgieter etched his name into golf lore Wednesday at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, carding 10-under 278 for a two-stroke victory over Quade Cummins and Kyle Westmoreland.

Potgieter (19 years, 4 months, 11 days) surpasses Jason Day for the record as the Korn Ferry Tour's youngest winner. The precocious South African also becomes the youngest winner on either the PGA TOUR or Korn Ferry Tour since Ralph Guldahl at the 1931 Santa Monica Open (19 years, 2 months, 3 days).

Interestingly, three of the four youngest Korn Ferry Tour winners have achieved the feat during the season-opening Bahamas swing.

Here's a look at the youngest winners on the Korn Ferry Tour, which was established in 1990.

PlayerTournament WinAge
Aldrich Potgieter2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club19 years, 4 months, 11 days
Jason Day2007 Legend Financial Group Classic19 years, 7 months, 26 days
Sungjae Im2018 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay19 years, 9 months, 17 days
Akshay Bhatia2022 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay19 years, 11 months, 19 days

After 20-year-old Nick Dunlap's victory at The American Express last week, the youth movement in professional golf is in full force.

Here's a look at the youngest winners in PGA TOUR history. (Only three were younger than The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic winner Aldrich Potgieter, who becomes the fourth youngest to win on either the PGA TOUR or Korn Ferry Tour, on record.)

PlayerTournament WinAge
Charles Kocsis1931 Michigan Open18 years, 6 months, 9 days
Harry Cooper1923 Galveston Open Championship19 years, 4 days
Ralph Guldahl1931 Santa Monica Open19 years, 2 months, 3 days
John McDermott1911 U.S. Open19 years, 10 months, 14 days
Jordan Spieth2013 John Deere Classic19 years, 11 months, 17 days
Gene Sarazen1922 Southern (Spring) Open20 years, 5 days
Nick Dunlap2024 The American Express20 years, 29 days

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