Name: Highlights | Round 1 | Rocket Classic
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T22:41:38.000Z
Duration: 645 s
Description: Check out the best shots of the day from Round 1 of the 2025 Rocket Classic, featuring Aldrich Potgieter, Kevin Roy, Min Woo Lee and Hideki Matsuyama, among others.

Grip it and rip it in this compilation of the best drivers off the deck from the 2025 PGA TOUR season. Check out Rickie Fowler, Aldrich Potgieter, Akshay Bhatia and other TOUR stars pull off incredible shots with their drivers.

Best driver-off-the-deck shots from 2025

Aldrich Potgieter is voted the 2025 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year. Hear from his fellow peers as they talk about his breakthrough season, how far he hits the ball and his potential for future success on TOUR.

Aldrich Potgieter wins 2025 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year

Twenty-one-year-old Aldrich Potgieter has ascended to become a top player, clinching his first PGA TOUR win in 2025. The rising star is now focused on securing his spot in the Aon Next 10 and starts next season.

The rise of Aldrich Potgieter 

In the first round of the 2025 Bank of Utah, Aldrich Potgieter's 168-yard tee shot on the 163-yard, par-3 8th hole landed on the left side of the green, leaving a 13-foot-4-inch putt, which he sank for birdie.

Aldrich Potgieter hits 168-yard tee shot to 13 feet, makes birdie on No. 8 at Bank of Utah

In the first round of the 2025 Bank of Utah, Aldrich Potgieter's drive on the 452-yard, par-4 6th travels 290 yards, finding the right fairway and leaving 160 yards to the hole, his 159-yard approach shot from the fairway lands on the left side of the green, finishing 4 feet 5 inches from the hole, and he sinks a 4-foot 5-inch birdie putt.

Aldrich Potgieter sends 159-yard approach to 4 feet, taps in for birdie on No. 6 at Bank of Utah

In the first round of the 2025 Bank of Utah, Aldrich Potgieter drives the ball 324 yards on the 610-yard, par-5 18th hole, finding the right fairway with 286 yards remaining to the pin. His 272-yard shot from the fairway lands on the left side of the green, leaving a putt of 65 feet 10 inches. Potgieter's 54-foot 3-inch putt comes up short, leaving 11 feet 7 inches to the hole. He sinks an 11-foot-7-inch birdie putt.

Aldrich Potgieter sinks 12-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Bank of Utah

In the first round of the 2025 Bank of Utah, Aldrich Potgieter's drive on the 511-yard, par-4 13th went 317 yards into the right fairway, his 204-yard approach landed on the left side of the green, leaving a 36-foot 9-inch putt, and he sank the 36-foot 9-inch birdie putt.

Aldrich Potgieter buries 37-foot birdie putt on No. 13 at Bank of Utah

Check out the best shots of the week from the 2025 Baycurrent Classic, including Max Homa’s bunker hole-out for birdie and Rico Hoey’s 40-yard hole-out from the fairway.

Rico Hoey’s impressive hole-out tops Shots of the Week

In the final round of the 2025 Baycurrent, Min Woo Lee's tee shot on the 442-yard, par-4 17th hole travels 328 yards and finds the primary rough, leaving 131 yards to the hole, his 93-yard approach from the primary rough lands in the fairway, leaving 41 yards to the hole, and he sinks a 25-foot 4-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee sinks birdie putt at Baycurrent

In the third round of the 2025 Baycurrent, Min Woo Lee's tee shot on the 437-yard, par-4 18th hole traveled 258 yards into the fairway, his 182-yard approach landed on the green 29 feet 9 inches from the hole, and he made the 29-foot-9-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee knocks in birdie putt to reach 8-under at Baycurrent

In the third round of the 2025 Baycurrent, Min Woo Lee drives the ball 299 yards on the 431-yard par-4 17th, finding the fairway with 133 yards remaining to the hole.

Min Woo Lee chips in for birdie at Baycurrent

In the third round of the 2025 Baycurrent, Min Woo Lee's tee shot on the 217-yard par-3 16th hole travels 235 yards, landing on the green 57 feet 8 inches from the hole, and he sinks a 57-foot 8-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee rolls in long birdie putt at Baycurrent

In the first round of the 2025 Baycurrent, Min Woo Lee's 264-yard drive on the 410-yard, par-4 2nd hole found the fairway, leaving 150 yards to the hole, his 143-yard approach from the fairway landed on the green, leaving a 22-foot 8-inch putt, and he sank the 22-foot 8-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee sinks 23-foot birdie putt on No. 2 at Baycurrent

In the second round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Min Woo Lee's drive on the 411-yard, par-4 8th went 256 yards into the right fairway, his 135-yard approach landed on the left green 5 feet 8 inches from the hole, and he made the 5-foot-8-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee hits his approach shot close and rolls in a birdie putt at Sanderson Farms

In the second round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Min Woo Lee's tee shot on the 566-yard, par-5 11th hole traveled 299 yards into the left fairway, his 259-yard approach from the fairway landed on the left side of the green leaving a 50-foot 7-inch putt, his 56-foot 1-inch putt left a 5-foot 1-inch putt remaining, and he sank the 5-foot 1-inch birdie putt.

Min Woo Lee makes his first birdie of the day at Sanderson Farms

In the first round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Min Woo Lee's drive on the 440-yard, par-4 17th travels 329 yards, finding the right fairway and leaving 90 yards to the hole, his 89-yard approach from the fairway lands on the left side of the green, finishing 4 feet 1 inch from the hole, and he made a 4-foot 1-inch birdie putt to reach 2-under par for the round.

Min Woo Lee hits 89-yard approach to 4 feet, sets up birdie on No. 17 at Sanderson Farms

In the first round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Min Woo Lee's drive on the 557-yard, par-5 11th hole travels 314 yards, landing in the left rough with 221 yards remaining to the pin. His 217-yard shot from the rough finds the left bunker, leaving the ball 47 feet 11 inches from the hole. Lee's shot from the greenside bunker travels 54 feet 11 inches, landing on the right green and leaving a 6-foot-10-inch putt. Lee sinks a 6-foot-10-inch putt for birdie.

Min Woo Lee sinks 7-foot birdie putt on No. 11 at Sanderson Farms

In the first round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Min Woo Lee's 296-yard drive on the 605-yard, par-5 3rd hole landed in the right rough with 285 yards remaining to the hole, his 215-yard shot from the rough landed in the left fairway, leaving 71 yards to the hole, his 65-yard approach shot from the fairway landed on the left side of the green, leaving an 18-foot 11-inch putt, and he sank the 18-foot 11-inch birdie putt.

Min Woo Lee sinks long birdie putt at Sanderson Farms

Which PGA TOUR player is most likely to...? Viktor Hovland, Max Homa, Min Woo Lee and other players hand out fun superlatives.

Players talk PGA TOUR superlatives

After a final-round, 3-under 67 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter sits on the outside looking in at the FedExCup top-50 bubble that advances to the second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs. Potgieter shares how he’ll spend the afternoon as he waits see if he makes it to the BMW Championship. 

Aldrich Potgieter plays waiting game for FedExCup top 50

In the final round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-4 18th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter finishes with birdie at FedEx St. Jude, projected outside top-50 bubble

In the final round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes a 1-foot birdie putt on the par-5 16th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

In the third round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-5 16th hole.

In the third round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-3 14th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 14 at FedEx St. Jude

In the second round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Min Woo Lee makes birdie on the par-5 16th hole.

Min Woo Lee makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

In the second round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-5 16th hole.

In the second round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-3 11th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter drains a monstrous 53-foot birdie putt at FedEx St. Jude

In the second round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-4 1st hole.

Aldrich Potgieter begins day with birdie at FedEx St. Jude

In the opening round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 17 at FedEx St. Jude

In the opening round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on the par-5 16th hole.

In the opening round of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter makes a 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 13th hole.

Aldrich Potgieter knocks in birdie putt at FedEx St. Jude

Prior to the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Aldrich Potgieter discusses what it's like to be a rookie on the PGA TOUR and the grind of making it through the Korn Ferry Tour.

Aldrich Potgieter on finding success in his rookie year

Check out the best shots of the day from Round 1 of the 2025 Rocket Classic, featuring Aldrich Potgieter, Kevin Roy, Min Woo Lee and Hideki Matsuyama, among others.

Highlights | Round 1 | Rocket Classic

Celebrate Tiger Woods' 50th birthday with the top 50 shots from his illustrious PGA TOUR career, including incredible hole-outs, amazing escapes and countless winning moments.

Tiger turns 50 | Tiger's top 50 shots of TOUR career

 To celebrate Tiger Woods' 50th birthday, Rocco Mediate talks about the impact Woods would have on the Champions Tour, where players must be at least 50 years old to play.

Rocco Mediate on Tiger Woods potentially joining PGA TOUR Champions

Check out Tommy Fleetwood’s best shots from his 2025 PGA TOUR season, including bunker hole outs and long putts en route to his first TOUR victory.

Tommy Fleetwood’s best shots from 2025

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC's Billy Horschel, Chris Gotterup and Corey Conners take down New York Golf Club's Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young thanks to a walk-off eagle on the final hole from Horschel at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

TGL highlights: Atlanta Drive beats NYGC in season-opener

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC’s Billy Horschel eagles the final hole to win the first match of the new season.

Billy Horschel wins Match No. 1 with walk-off eagle for Atlanta Drive at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, New York Golf Club’s Matt Fitzpatrick ties the match on the 14th hole by rolling in a huge birdie putt. 

Matt Fitzpatrick rolls in huge birdie for NYGC at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, New York Golf Club’s Cameron Young rolls in a long birdie putt to shave the deficit to one against Atlanta Drive GC. 

Cameron Young mounts comeback for NYGC at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC stand-in Chris Gotterup wins his second hole of the day after pitching it close to set up birdie.

Chris Gotterup stuffs wedge to win hole for Atlanta Drive at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Xander Schuaffele and Billy Horschel both struggle with their tee shots on the par-4 "Stinger” hole, inspired by Tiger Woods’ trademark low tee shots.

Xander Schauffele, Billy Horschel fall victim to ‘Stinger’ hole at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC stand-in Chris Gotterup nearly holes a short-sided chip and wins the hole.

Chris Gotterup wins hole for Atlanta Drive with saucy chip at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, New York Golf Club’s Matt Fitzpatrick hits his tee shot close at the par-3 fifth hole.

Matt Fitzpatrick throws dart for NYGC at TGL

Ahead of TGL's Season 2 premier, PGA TOUR's Paul Hodowanic interviews TGL hole designer Agustín Pizá about his design process, fun obstacles on the course and what fans can look forward to this season, which tees off on Sunday, Dec. 28, at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.

TGL hole designer on creation of course, obstacles for team play

Hear from PGA TOUR players like Keegan Bradley, Cam Young and others as they analyze and offer swing advice to NBA star LeBron James.

TOUR pros analyze LeBron James' golf swing

Look back on an entertaining year featuring the best of the "Creator Classic." See iconic shots and moments from golf's best creators as they went head-to-head at PGA TOUR courses throughout the season.

Best of 'Creator Classics' in 2025

It was another year of dominance from Scottie Scheffler. Check out his best shots from a historic 2025 season that included six victories and two major championships.

Scottie Scheffler’s best shots from 2025

Neal Shipley blind ranks classic Christmas movies and picks which holiday classic is his favorite.

Neal Shipley blind ranks Christmas movies

Colombia's Marcelo Rozo, 36, earned his first PGA TOUR card at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry. Upon securing his card, he pointed to the sky in memory of his late brother Mateo, a competitive golfer who passed away at age 19.

Highlights | Round 1 | Rocket Classic

Tiger turns 50 | Tiger's top 50 shots of TOUR career

Rocco Mediate on Tiger Woods potentially joining PGA TOUR Champions

Tommy Fleetwood’s best shots from 2025

TGL highlights: Atlanta Drive beats NYGC in season-opener

Billy Horschel wins Match No. 1 with walk-off eagle for Atlanta Drive at TGL

Matt Fitzpatrick rolls in huge birdie for NYGC at TGL

Cameron Young mounts comeback for NYGC at TGL

Chris Gotterup stuffs wedge to win hole for Atlanta Drive at TGL

Xander Schauffele, Billy Horschel fall victim to ‘Stinger’ hole at TGL

Chris Gotterup wins hole for Atlanta Drive with saucy chip at TGL

Matt Fitzpatrick throws dart for NYGC at TGL

TGL hole designer on creation of course, obstacles for team play

TOUR pros analyze LeBron James' golf swing

Best of 'Creator Classics' in 2025

Scottie Scheffler’s best shots from 2025

Best driver-off-the-deck shots from 2025

Neal Shipley blind ranks Christmas movies

Marcelo Rozo earns first PGA TOUR card at Final Stage of Q-School in honor of late brother

Best driver-off-the-deck shots from 2025

Aldrich Potgieter wins 2025 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year

The rise of Aldrich Potgieter

Aldrich Potgieter hits 168-yard tee shot to 13 feet, makes birdie on No. 8 at Bank of Utah

Aldrich Potgieter sends 159-yard approach to 4 feet, taps in for birdie on No. 6 at Bank of Utah

Aldrich Potgieter sinks 12-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Bank of Utah

Aldrich Potgieter buries 37-foot birdie putt on No. 13 at Bank of Utah

Rico Hoey’s impressive hole-out tops Shots of the Week

Min Woo Lee sinks birdie putt at Baycurrent

Min Woo Lee knocks in birdie putt to reach 8-under at Baycurrent

Min Woo Lee chips in for birdie at Baycurrent

Min Woo Lee rolls in long birdie putt at Baycurrent

Min Woo Lee sinks 23-foot birdie putt on No. 2 at Baycurrent

Min Woo Lee hits his approach shot close and rolls in a birdie putt at Sanderson Farms

Min Woo Lee makes his first birdie of the day at Sanderson Farms

Min Woo Lee hits 89-yard approach to 4 feet, sets up birdie on No. 17 at Sanderson Farms

Min Woo Lee sinks 7-foot birdie putt on No. 11 at Sanderson Farms

Min Woo Lee sinks long birdie putt at Sanderson Farms

Players talk PGA TOUR superlatives

Aldrich Potgieter plays waiting game for FedExCup top 50

Aldrich Potgieter finishes with birdie at FedEx St. Jude, projected outside top-50 bubble

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 14 at FedEx St. Jude

Min Woo Lee makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter drains a monstrous 53-foot birdie putt at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter begins day with birdie at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 17 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter makes birdie on No. 16 at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter knocks in birdie putt at FedEx St. Jude

Aldrich Potgieter on finding success in his rookie year