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Chris Gotterup

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Chris Gotterup
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Gotterup
Born (1999-07-20) July 20, 1999 (age 27)
Easton, Maryland, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Weight210 lb (95 kg)[1]
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceEdmond, Oklahoma, U.S.[1]
Career
CollegeRutgers University
University of Oklahoma
Turned professional2022
Current tourPGA Tour
Former tourKorn Ferry Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking5 (February 8, 2026)[2]
(as of August 9, 2026)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour5
European Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT24: 2026
PGA ChampionshipT10: 2026
U.S. OpenT23: 2025
The Open Championship3rd: 2025
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award2022
Jack Nicklaus Award2022

Christopher Gotterup (born July 20, 1999)[3] is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won five times.

Early life and amateur career

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Gotterup was born in Easton, Maryland, to Kate and Morten Gotterup. He has a brother named Patrick and a sister named Anna, and was raised in Little Silver, New Jersey.[1][4] He is of Danish descent through his paternal grandparents, who were born in Denmark. His father speaks Danish, but he does not.[5][6] As of 2025, Gotterup uses the Danish spelling of his name, Gøtterup, on his Instagram profile.[7]

Gotterup's father was a collegiate tennis player and an accomplished golfer, who won multiple New Jersey State Golf Association tournaments.[8] Gotterup played varsity golf at Christian Brothers Academy in nearby Lincroft and graduated in 2017.[9]

Gotterup stayed in New Jersey and played college golf at Rutgers University from 2017 to 2021.[10] Gotterup became one of the greatest college golfers in the nation and was one of the greatest in Scarlet Knights history. When he graduated, he held school records in scoring average, par 3 scoring, par 4 scoring, par 5 scoring, and number of par or better rounds.

Gotterup received the following accolades in his time at Rutgers:[11]

  • 2019–20 Big Ten Player of the Year
  • 2020 First Team All-Big Ten
  • 2019–20 Big Ten Les Bolstad Award (lowest conference stroke average)
  • 2020 NCAA Division I PING All-American (Third Team)
  • 2020 GolfWeek All-American (Honorable Mention)

In 2019, he won the Metropolitan Amateur and New Jersey State Open, and was given the Metropolitan Golf Association Jerry Courville Sr. Player of the Year Award.[3] Gotterup transferred to the University of Oklahoma for 2021–22, where he won the Haskins Award and Jack Nicklaus Award as the top college golfer.[12]

Professional career

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Gotterup turned professional in 2022 after the NCAA championship. He played events on both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour in 2022 including a T-4 finish at the John Deere Classic.[13] He finished T-3 at the Korn Ferry Tour Q-School to earn his 2023 Korn Ferry Tour card.[14] He had three top-10 finishes on the tour in 2023 and earned his 2024 PGA Tour card by finishing 23rd on the Korn Ferry Tour points list.

On May 12, 2024, he won the Myrtle Beach Classic for his first PGA Tour victory.[15][16]

In July 2025, Gotterup won the Genesis Scottish Open by two shots over Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge. It was his first win in a DP World Tour event and second PGA Tour victory.[17][18] He followed that up the next week with a solo 3rd finish at the 2025 Open Championship.

In January 2026, Gotterup won the season opening Sony Open in Hawaii by two strokes over Ryan Gerard.[19] Three weeks later, he won the WM Phoenix Open in a sudden-death playoff over Hideki Matsuyama.[20] He jumped to 5th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his best position.[21] In July 2026, Gotterup rallied from a five-shot deficit in the final round by closing with a 9-under 62 to win the John Deere Classic.[22]

Amateur wins

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Source:[23]

Professional wins (6)

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PGA Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 May 12, 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic 66-64-65-67=262 −22 6 strokes United States Alistair Docherty, United States Davis Thompson
2 Jul 13, 2025 Genesis Scottish Open1 68-61-70-66=265 −15 2 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy, England Marco Penge
3 Jan 18, 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii 63-69-68-64=264 −16 2 strokes United States Ryan Gerard
4 Feb 8, 2026 WM Phoenix Open 63-71-70-64=268 −16 Playoff Japan Hideki Matsuyama
5 Jul 5, 2026 John Deere Classic 66-68-68-62=264 −20 1 stroke United States Max Homa

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2026 WM Phoenix Open Japan Hideki Matsuyama Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 20222023202420252026
Masters Tournament T24
PGA Championship CUT T10
U.S. Open T43 T23 T43
The Open Championship 3 T18
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000111
PGA Championship00001121
U.S. Open00000133
The Open Championship00111222
Totals00112587
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2025 U.S. Open – 2026 Open Championship, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 20252026
The Players Championship CUT T56

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chris Gotterup". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Week 6 2026 Ending 8 Feb 2026" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Christopher Gotterup (2019)". Metropolitan Golf Association.
  4. ↑ "Little Silver's Gotterup Wins First PGA Tour Title in 27th Start". Two River Times. May 21, 2024. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gotterup inspired by European blood to finish third in Open". Reuters. July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Zgoda, Jerry (July 26, 2025). "Thorbjørn Olesen joins a Danish uprising, seizing the lead at the 3M Open". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ "New Jersey Native Chris Gotterup Returns Home for a New Korn Ferry Tour Event". magnitchampionship.com. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Edelson, Stephen (July 13, 2025). "'It was spectacular': Legendary Shore golf coach reacts to Chris Gotterup winning Scottish Open". app.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Christopher Gotterup". Rutgers University Athletics.
  11. ↑ "Christopher Gotterup - Men's Golf". Rutgers University Athletics. March 10, 2026. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Chris Gotterup". University of Oklahoma Athletics.
  13. ↑ Martin, Sean (July 3, 2022). "Five Things to Know: Christopher Gotterup". PGA Tour.
  14. ↑ "PGA Tour University On Tour: Chris Gotterup finishes T3 Korn Ferry Tour Q-School Finals". PGA Tour. November 7, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Chris Gotterup wins Myrtle Beach Classic for first PGA Tour title". PGA Tour. Associated Press. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  16. ↑ Corso, Chris (May 13, 2024). "Chris Gotterup Wins 1st PGA Tour Event at Myrtle Beach Classic". Rutgers University Athletics.
  17. ↑ Ritchie, Cameron (July 13, 2025). "Genesis Scottish Open: Chris Gotterup crowned 2025 champion". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  18. ↑ Watt, Martin (July 13, 2025). "Gotterup 'hung in like champ' to deny McIlroy at Scottish Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Chris Gotterup opens PGA Tour season by winning Sony Open". ESPN. January 18, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Gotterup wins Phoenix Open in playoff as Matsuyama falters". ESPN. Associated Press. February 8, 2026.
  21. ↑ Schupak, Adam (February 11, 2026). "From childhood bet to world No. 5, Chris Gotterup loves Pebble Beach". Golfweek.
  22. ↑ "Chris Gotterup wins John Deere Classic with a 62 and late help from Ben Kohles". Associated Press News. July 5, 2026. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Christopher Gotterup". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
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