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Aldrich Potgieter
Aldrich Potgieter
Personal information
Born	13 September 2004 (age 20); Mossel Bay, South Africa
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2023
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2023
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	64th: 2023
The Open Championship	CUT: 2022

Aldrich Potgieter (born 13 September 2004) is a South African professional golfer who won The Amateur Championship in 2022. He turned professional in June 2023 and became the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history by winning The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in January 2024.

Early life and amateur career

Potgieter was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. He started playing golf at an early age, attending the Louis Oosthuizen Junior Golf Academy in South Africa. He moved to Perth, Western Australia at a young age, where he attended Kingsway Christian College and was a part of their Golf Program. In 2020, he won the South Australian Junior Masters, winning by nine shots. He continued this form into 2021, where he won the Western Australian Amateur and finished second in the Australian Boys' Amateur. In 2022, Potgieter won both the Nomads South African Juniors International and the Nomads SA Boys U19 Championship.

Potgieter won The Amateur Championship at the age of 17, becoming the second youngest winner in the history of the championship.^[1]

Professional career

Potgieter turned professional in June 2023 following the U.S. Open,^[2] beginning on the Korn Ferry Tour. In January 2024, he won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic to become the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history at 19 years, 133 days.^[3]

Amateur wins

2020 South Australian Junior Masters
2021 Western Australian Amateur
2022 Nomads South African Juniors International, Nomads SA Boys U19 Championship, Western Province Amateur, The Amateur Championship
2023 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, unior Invitational at Sage Valley, Georgia Cup (match between the reigning U.S. Amateur champion and British Amateur champion)^[4]

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