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, 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.
Player | Tournament Win | Age |
Aldrich Potgieter | 2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club | 19 years, 4 months, 11 days |
Jason Day | 2007 Legend Financial Group Classic | 19 years, 7 months, 26 days |
Sungjae Im | 2018 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay | 19 years, 9 months, 17 days |
Akshay Bhatia | 2022 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay | 19 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.)
Player | Tournament Win | Age |
Charles Kocsis | 1931 Michigan Open | 18 years, 6 months, 9 days |
Harry Cooper | 1923 Galveston Open Championship | 19 years, 4 days |
Ralph Guldahl | 1931 Santa Monica Open | 19 years, 2 months, 3 days |
John McDermott | 1911 U.S. Open | 19 years, 10 months, 14 days |
Jordan Spieth | 2013 John Deere Classic | 19 years, 11 months, 17 days |
Gene Sarazen | 1922 Southern (Spring) Open | 20 years, 5 days |
Nick Dunlap | 2024 The American Express | 20 years, 29 days |