With an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff gap, 20-year-old PGA Tour rookie Aldrich Potgieter turned a PGA Tour champion and thus introduced one of many coolest luggage in professional golf into the highlight.
Potgieter thrilled Detroit followers this week on the Rocket Traditional with booming tee photographs, practically touching 200 mph, on a Detroit Golf Membership course that was practically good for his recreation.
However there have been a few key adjustments the younger South African made to his bag earlier than his first win.
The primary was switching to the Titleist Professional V1x+ golf ball. The Professional V1x+ is one in every of Titleist’s Customized Efficiency Choice (CPO) golf ball choices on tour, just like the extra generally recognized Professional V1x Left Sprint and Professional V1 Left Dot.
The Professional V1x+ first confirmed up on Tour about two years in the past, and there isn’t an excessive amount of Titleist has divulged in regards to the ball they nonetheless name a prototype, however the firm does say it presents extra spin than the retail model of the Professional V1x, which is the spinniest ball within the Professional V1 lineup.
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Further spin was what Potgieter was in search of, and it instantly ties in with the opposite main adjustments he made this week.
Earlier than an off-week go to to the Titleist Efficiency Middle at Woburn within the UK, Potgieter was enjoying with 5 wedges (together with two pitching wedges!), Titleist 620 MB blade irons in his mid and brief irons, the brand new fourth-generation T100 for his 4- and 5-iron and a brand new T250 2-iron.
However he was in search of just a little extra top and spin with the golf ball change, so he moved into the T100s for his mid- and short-irons and swapped his T100 lengthy irons for T150s. In his phrases, this setup was a lot simpler to hit.
How did this work? It probably begins with the golf ball. The MBs are going to spin greater than the T100s for him. However with the spinnier ball, he’s in a position to make the most of the additional forgiveness of the T100 profile with out sacrificing the height top, spin and management he had with the MBs. The identical goes for the T150 lengthy irons. When professionals can get the identical ball flight they get out of blades with extra forgiving golf equipment, there’s no cause for them to play the blades anymore.
You’ll by no means suppose somebody with prodigious pace like Potgieter would desire a ball that spins extra, however many professionals really search extra spin due to their optimum supply dynamics.
The added management additionally allowed him to take out one in every of his pitching wedges, which opened up the spot for a 3-wood this week. Titleist Tour rep Liam MacDougall additionally added some weight to his GT2 driver head, which gave him a bit extra stability and higher clubface management.
Nevertheless it all goes again to the golf ball and goes to indicate how a lot somebody can acquire from enjoying the correct golf ball. Kudos to the Titleist Tour crew for serving to Potgieter to his first victory.
Preserve studying beneath for all of Potgieter’s specs.
Aldrich Potgieter birdies fifth playoff gap to win Rocket Traditional
Within the closing spherical of the 2025 Rocket Traditional, Aldrich Potgieter sinks a 17-foot putt for birdie on No. 15, the fifth gap of a sudden-death playoff to say his first win on the PGA Tour.
Aldrich Potgieter’s successful golf equipment on the 2025 Rocket Traditional
Driver: Titleist GT2 9.0˚
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8-X

Titleist GT2 Customized Driver
GT2 — Velocity & Forgiveness Throughout The Face
For gamers who don’t at all times discover the middle of the face and wish the soundness of a high-MOI driver with out sacrificing pace.
Velocity & Forgiveness Throughout The Face
Delivering spectacular distance from any influence level, GT2 extracts most efficiency by way of forgiving design. Get the soundness and added confidence of a high-MOI driver with out sacrificing pace.
Seamless Thermoform Crown
A reimagined ultra-lightweight design, born from a brand new Proprietary Matrix Polymer. The tunable acoustic properties of this distinctive composite enable Titleist engineers to appreciate new materials positive aspects whereas sustaining our signature sound and really feel. All wrapped in a clear look that conjures up whole confidence.
Cut up Mass Development
GT2 delivers a robust stability of forgiveness and pace due to a breakthrough in inner weighting. Mass is shifted to the again of the clubhead to extend MOI for higher stability, whereas additionally pushing weight low and ahead to optimize pace and spin. The result’s a driver that frees you to swing with confidence.
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Fujikura Ventus Black Wooden Shaft
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3-wood: Ping G440 Max 15.0˚
Shaft: Fujkura Ventus TR Black 8-X

PING G440 Max Customized Fairway Wooden
The G440 fairway household (MAX, LST, SFT) advances PING’s status as a Tour-preferred mannequin of alternative by way of a re-designed face construction and low CG system. The face is taller for extra confidence off the tee whereas sustaining a CG location that delivers high- launching efficiency off the bottom. The MAX mannequin (which inserts most golfers) is offered in 5 lofts (together with a brand new 4-wood) to offer extra gapping options.
HIGH MOI
Simple to launch, secure design will increase forgiveness.
FLEXING FACE
Maraging metal face flexes for extra ball pace, optimizes spin.
TALLER FACE PROFILE
Improves efficiency off the tee, maintains low CG.
FREE-HOSEL DESIGN
Saves weight to decrease CG, optimize launch/spin and enhance forgiveness.
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Irons: Titleist 2025 T250 2-iron, 2025 T150 4-5 iron, 2025 T100 6-9 iron
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 90 TX (2), KBS V10 130 X (4-9)

Titleist T200 Customized Irons
The Tour-proven participant’s distance iron, with the perfect form, efficiency, and dramatically enhanced really feel.
With the brand new T200, distance has by no means felt so good. Constructed with a cast face, hollow-body building and formed by Tour applied sciences, it delivers unbelievable launch and forgiveness in a pure participant’s design.
T200 represents a dramatic leap ahead in really feel. The complete inner building of this forged-face iron has been reengineered – with a extra secure chassis, refined Max Affect Expertise and a brand new twin taper face – to ship most pace with Tour-level really feel.
ENHANCED FEEL
Each part of T200 contributes to its stable really feel. The reengineered chassis creates a stiffer construction, whereas permitting the refined Max Affect Expertise to suit tighter towards the brand new twin taper cast face. This results in higher really feel and efficiency throughout your entire floor.
CLEAN AND CONFIDENT SHAPE
For all that has modified, the Tour-inspired form of T200 stays constant. Gamers will nonetheless draw confidence from a distance iron that appears clear and has much less offset, with an optimum blade size and topline thickness based mostly on participant suggestions.
EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION
Working with Tour Professionals in addition to the grind specialists at Vokey Design, our engineers had been in a position to additional enhance our Variable Bounce Sole by softening the path edge to permit the membership to move quicker by way of the turf, even after contact. Developed for T100, it brings a Tour contact to T200.
BETTER TUNGSTEN FOR BETTER SCORING
By using dense D18 tungsten and a 2000º aerospace brazing course of, Titleist engineers can get rid of weld factors and shift CG extra exactly to optimize each membership within the set – from quick, excessive launching lengthy irons to correct, forgiving brief irons.
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Titleist T150 Customized Irons
T150 is constructed on the identical absolutely cast platform as T100 however engineered to be quicker and longer. Now with a extra confidence-inducing form and improved forgiveness.
Impressed by the participant’s efficiency and really feel of T100 however cast right into a extra confidence-inducing form, T150 is a contemporary Tour iron with dialed-up pace for gamers looking for just a little extra distance.
T150 is the whole lot gamers love about T100, solely extra. The absolutely cast really feel and exact flighting – in 2-degree stronger lofts – provide excellent contact and management, whereas the refined Muscle Channel and up to date form improve really feel, forgiveness and participant confidence.
ENHANCED FEEL AND CONSISTENCY
Engineered to offer added pace, the refined Muscle Channel in T150 sits near the face to create a extra stable really feel. A brand new precision CNC face milling course of eliminates imperfections within the floor for extra exact contact and management, all driving in direction of extra constant play.
SHAPED TO SUIT THE PLAYER
Primarily based on participant suggestions, T150 presents an optimized topline that conjures up confidence over the ball. The marginally bigger form supplies simply the correct quantity of forgiveness, whereas nonetheless sustaining a compact, Tour-inspired look. Every thing units up for successful iron play.
EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION
Working with Tour Professionals and the grind specialists at Vokey Design, our engineers had been in a position to additional enhance our Variable Bounce Sole by softening the trailing edge to permit the membership to move quicker by way of the turf, even after contact. Developed for T100, it brings a Tour contact to T150.
BETTER TUNGSTEN FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE
By using dense D18 tungsten and a 2000º aerospace brazing course of, Titleist engineers can get rid of weld factors and be extra exact with CG placement. You get excellent MOI and launch dynamics from a stable, absolutely cast design.
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Titleist T100 Customized Irons
The popular iron for extra touring professionals now rewards gamers with an much more stable really feel, together with delicate refinements that proceed to make T100 the usual for contemporary Tour iron efficiency.
Really feel is crucial for the very best gamers within the recreation. The refined, absolutely cast dual-cavity building of Titleist T100 produces a extra stable really feel at influence, whereas the precision CNC face milling course of results in extra constant contact for better management.
ENHANCED FEEL
The most recent evolution of the T100 dual-cavity cast building options an enhanced again bar to supply a extra stable really feel at influence. Knowledgeable by modal testing and Tour enter, T100 irons are tuned to offer the precise stability and sensation the world’s finest gamers want from a well-struck shot.
REFINED FOR GREATER CONTROL
Along with the enhancements made to the physique building, T100 advantages from a brand new precision CNC face milling course of. Mixed with a delicate shift in CG the result’s extra management and constant ball flight, particularly when transferring from fairway to first minimize.
EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION
Working with Tour Professionals and the grind specialists at Vokey Design, our engineers had been in a position to additional enhance our Variable Bounce Sole by smoothing and softening the trailing edge to permit the membership to move quicker by way of the turf, even after contact. A easy however surprisingly significant enchancment.
BETTER TUNGSTEN FOR BETTER FLIGHT
By using dense D18 tungsten and a 2000º aerospace brazing course of, Titleist engineers can get rid of weld factors and be extra exact with CG placement to provide the profit of recent engineered efficiency with a stable cast really feel.
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Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM10 (46.10F, 50.12F, 54.10S), Vokey WedgeWorks 60K*
Shafts: KBS V10 130 X (46-50), Dynamic Gold Tour Challenge Black Onyx X100 (54-60)

Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks SM10 Okay* Grind Customized Wedge
The Okay Grind has a long-standing place within the Vokey lineup, initially crafted by Grasp Craftsman Bob Vokey with enter from prime gamers. Referred to as the last word bunker membership, its broad flange and delicate camber create a forgiving, clean floor, superb for sand photographs.
The Okay* Grind represents an evolution of the unique Okay, designed in response to suggestions from right now’s gamers who search versatility on firmer programs. It’s based mostly on the Low Bounce Okay, with modifications like heel-to-toe aid for open-face photographs and pre-wear to scale back digging on square-face photographs.
This new design permits the membership to take a seat nearer to the bottom when opened, bettering greenside efficiency whereas retaining the dependable bunker play of the unique Okay Grind. The Okay* Grind is offered in 58° and 60° lofts (RH solely) with a Uncooked end.
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Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M Tour Prototype

Scotty Cameron Studio Fashion Newport Customized Putter
STUDIO CARBON STEEL (SCS) FACE INSERT
Designed to ship the unmistakably delicate sound and really feel of carbon metal, the brand new precision milled Studio Carbon Metal (SCS) insert is handled with an electroless nickel plating for enhanced sturdiness in a re–engineered idea that features the road’s new chain–hyperlink face milling expertise and aerospace–impressed vibration damping for tuned sound, really feel and efficiency.
CHAIN–LINK FACE MILLING TECHNOLOGY
New chain–hyperlink face milling expertise reduces the putter face insert’s contact factors at influence with the ball utilizing a texture that softens the sound and supplies tour–most popular roll traits whereas preserving really feel and suggestions off the putter face.
FULL CONTACT SLIM GRIP
With a cushty chain–hyperlink texture to match the brand new putter face milling sample, the customized crafted Full Contact Slim paddle–model grip was designed to enhance the stroke and efficiency of blade and mid–mallet putters. Its uniquely contoured profile and flat prime present superior consolation and call between the arms and the putter, and enhanced physique alignment.
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Ball: 2023 Professional V1x+
Grips: Golf Pleasure Tour Velvet Plus4

Golf Pleasure Z Grip Wire
Full twine. Full firmness. ZGrip is designed for golfers seeking extra solutions. Our distinct, deep “Z” formed texture and full cotton twine mix to ship our firmest grip but. Get most suggestions on each shot and confidence in all circumstances.
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Golf.com Editor
Jack Hirsh is the Affiliate Tools Editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and not too long ago returned to this system to function head coach. Jack additionally nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but additionally producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He might be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.