The final round of the 2025 Rocket Classic is sure to be dramatic, with 19 players within five shots of the lead.
It could also be a historic day for leader Aldrich Potgieter, who, at 20 years old, stands to become the youngest PGA Tour winner ever from South Africa. Potgieter holds a two-shot lead at 19 under par heading into the final round, ahead of five players who are tied at 17 under.
Potgieter isn’t about to put the blinders on for Sunday’s round, either. Given the low scores at Detroit Golf Club this week, the long bomber said he plans to remain fully aware of any movement on the leaderboard.
“I kind of need to know what’s happening,” Potgieter said Saturday. “If I don’t look at it and some guy made four birdies in a row and I’m all of a sudden I’m two shots back, I kind of need to know to kind of step on it, especially if you want to win. If you want to keep playing safe to protect your spot, you kind of want to stay focused on what you’re doing. It’s kind of like a match play thing, you’ve got to play against the
playing partners, not the golf course.”
Aldrich Potgieter’s interview after Round 3 of Rocket Classic
Following his third-round 7-under 65 at the 2025 Rocket Classic, Aldrich Potgieter talks about his impressive front nine and how his prior experience can help him as he prepares for the final round.
Potgieter already has a runner-up finish on his resume, after losing a playoff to Brian Campbell at the Mexico Open in February. But if Potgieter can hang on to win, or even finish second this week, he’s set to receive the biggest check of his career.
Still, there’s a long way to go — and plenty of competition within striking distance who will be looking to usurp Potgeiter’s place at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday afternoon, including major winners Collin Morikawa and Matt Fitzpatrick.
With that, here are the money payouts for the Travelers Championship, played at TPC River Highlands. The total purse is $20 million.
Rocket Classic purse, winner’s share
Win: $1.728 million
2: $1.046 million
3: $662,400
4: $470,400
5: $393,600
6: $348,000
7: $300,000
8: $280,000
9: $261,600
10: $242,400
11: $223,200
12: $204,000
13: $184,800
14: $175,200
15: $165,600
16: $156,000
17: $146,400
18: $136,800
19: $136,800
20: $127,200
21: $117,600
22: $108,000
23: $100,320
24: $92,640
25: $84,960
26: $77,280
27: $74,400
28: $71,520
29: $68,640
30: $65,760
31: $62,880
32: $60,000
33: $57,120
34: $54,720
35: $52,320
36: $49,920
37: $47,520
38: $45,600
39: $43,680
40: $41,760
41: $39,840
42: $37,920
43: $36,000
44: $34,080
45: $32,160
46: $30,240
47: $28,320
48: $26,784
49: $25,440
50: $24,672
51: $24,096
52: $23,520
53: $23,136
54: $22,752
55: $22,560
56: $22,368
57: $22,176
58: $21,984
59: $21,792
60: $21,600
61: $21,408
62: $21,216
63: $21,024
64: $20,832
65: $20,640
66: $20,448
67: $20,256
68: $20,064
69: $19,872
70: $19,680
71: $19,488
72: $19,296
73: $19,104
74: $18,912
75: $18,720
76: $18,528
77: $18,336
78: $18,144
79: $17,952
80: $17,760
