Theodore Charles Potter Jr. (born November 9, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

He is often described as a career journeyman golfer and mini-tour legend, due to his dominance of numerous minor league golf tours.

Potter was born in Ocala, Florida, and resided the majority of his childhood in nearby Silver Springs.

He graduated in 2002 from Lake Weir High School in southeastern Marion County, and chose to turn pro instead of attending college.

He supplemented his income working in the cart barn at Lake Diamond Golf & Country Club in Ocala, Florida.

[17][18][19] He made his first cut on the Nationwide Tour at the 2007 Movistar Panama Championship, where he finished tied for 12th place.

Prior to winning the South Georgia Classic, Potter made six cuts in 55 Web.com Tour events.

Potter made his PGA Tour debut at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2012, where he finished in a tie for 13th.

[26] He achieved his first PGA Tour win at the Greenbrier Classic on July 8 of that year, after having missed the previous five cuts.

[27] Potter trailed Troy Kelly by several strokes but shot 4-under par on the last four holes to force a playoff.

For the season, he finished with 652 FedEx Cup points (93rd place) and second in voting for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

Potter's season ended in July with an off-course ankle injury while at a hotel during the RBC Canadian Open.

After failing to meet the terms of his medical extension, he returned to the Web.com Tour for the remainder of the 2016 season, where he finished 50th on the money list.

During the 2017 season, Potter entered 22 tournaments, making the cut a total of 15 times including six Top 10 finishes.

He entered the PGA Tour's 2017 Greenbrier Classic as a past champion, where he finished in a tie for 37th place.