This time last week, the 21-year-old South African was simply playing out the string at Augusta National, where he had opened with a 12-over 84 in the 2026 Masters. He went on to miss the cut by a million, his sixth MC in nine starts this year. Surely, he'd make it seven out of 10 at Harbour Town, not only because of how poorly he's played this year but because his bomb-and-gouge style of play does not exactly fit thie iconic Pete Dye layout, which requires precision both off the tee, into the greens and around the grees. Potgieter can drive it with the best of them, but he lacks in all those other areas. 

Naturally, Potgieter opened with a four-under 67 and is working on another four under round as I type, thanks to some phenomenal approach play and putting. Just to hammer home how out of left field this is, Potgieter was 350-1 pre-tournament. And we bet on this stuff...