2025 Rocket Classic prize money: Full breakdown as Potgieter wins in Detroit

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Aldrich Potgieter won the lion's share of the Rocket Classic prize money. Aldrich Potgieter wins the 2025 Rocket Classic.

Aldrich Potgieter won the lion's share of the Rocket Classic prize money.

Here’s how the 2025 Rocket Classic prize money was dished out at the PGA Tour event…

The Signature events may be done and dusted for the 2025 PGA Tour season, but there was still a substantial amount of prize money to be won at the rebranded Rocket Classic in Detroit.

And it was 20-year-old South African Aldrich Potgieter who took home the lion’s share of the $9.6m bounty after a three-way playoff victory over Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk.

In addition to the $1.728m payout, Potgieter receives the standard perks of 500 FedEx Cup points and a two-year PGA Tour exemption.

Here’s a full breakdown of how the purse was dished out…

Aldrich Potgieter wins the 2025 Rocket Classic.

2025 Rocket Classic prize money payout

FINISHPLAYEREARNINGS
1Aldrich Potgieter$1,728,000
T2Max Greyserman$854,400
T2Chris Kirk$854,400
T4Michael Thorbjornsen$432,000
T4Jake Knapp$432,000
T6Nico Echavarria$336,000
T6Jackson Suber$336,000
T8Matt Fitzpatrick$261,600
T8Kevin Roy$261,600
T8Collin Morikawa$261,600
T8Thriston Lawrence$261,600
T8Andrew Putnam$261,600
T13Min Woo Lee$172,000
T13Chandler Phillips$172,000
T13Hideki Matsuyama$172,000
T13Ben Griffin$172,000
T13Harry Hall$172,000
T13Mark Hubbard$172,000
T19Sami Valimaki$117,984
T19Cameron Champ$117,984
T19Chan Kim$117,984
T19Matt McCarty$117,984
T19Doug Ghim$117,984
T24Harry Higgs$88,800
T24Nicolai Hojgaard$88,800
T26Akshay Bhatia$70,080
T26Michael Kim$70,080
T26Matthew Riedel$70,080
T26Chris Gotterup$70,080
T26Jacob Bridgeman$70,080
T26Chad Ramey$70,080
T32Vince Whaley$58,560
T32Patrick Cantlay$58,560
T34Kris Ventura$47,932
T34Joe Highsmith$47,932
T34Hayden Springer$47,932
T34Lee Hodges$47,932
T34Philip Knowles$47,932
T34William Mouw$47,932
T34Davis Thompson$47,932
T41Keegan Bradley$36,000
T41Luke List$36,000
T41Thorbjorn Olesen$36,000
T41Peter Malnati$36,000
T41Ryan Gerard$36,000
T46Matt Wallace$27,091
T46Takumi Kanaya$27,091
T46Cameron Young$27,091
T46Gary Woodland$27,091
T46Justin Lower$27,091
T51Lanto Griffin$22,709
T51Henrik Norlander$22,709
T51Victor Perez$22,709
T51Nick Hardy$22,709
T51Aaron Wise$22,709
T51Webb Simpson$22,709
T51Will Gordon$22,709
T51Thomas Rosenmueller$22,709
T51Kurt Kitayama$22,709
T60Byeong Hun An$21,024
T60Austin Eckroat$21,024
T60Luke Clanton$21,024
T60Isaiah Salinda$21,024
T60Beau Hossler$21,024
T60Ryo Hisatsune$21,024
T60Paul Peterson$21,024
T67Davis Riley$19,776
T67Gordon Sargent$19,776
T67Camilo Villegas$19,776
T67David Skinns$19,776
T67Ben Silverman$19,776
T67Brett White$19,776
T73James Piot$18,720
T73Antoine Rozner$18,720
T73Kaito Onishi$18,720
T73Emiliano Grillo$18,720
T73Kevin Velo$18,720
T78Quade Cummins$17,856
T78Erik van Rooyen$17,856
T78Ben Kohles$17,856
T78Adam Hadwin$17,856
T82Harrison Endycott$17,280
T82Zach Johnson$17,280
84Si Woo Kim$16,992
85Mason Andersen$16,800
86Cristobal Del Solar$16,608

Rocket Classic prize money throughout the years

YearWinnerTo parPurse
(US$)		Winner’s
share ($)
2025Aldrich Potgieter-229,600,0001,728,000
2024 Cameron Davis (2)−189,200,0001,656,000
2023 Rickie Fowler−248,800,0001,584,000
2022 Tony Finau−268,400,0001,512,000
2021 Cameron Davis−187,500,0001,350,000
2020 Bryson DeChambeau−237,500,0001,350,000
2019 Nate Lashley−257,300,0001,314,000
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