Chris Gotterup

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Chris Gotterup
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Gotterup
Born (1999-07-20) July 20, 1999 (age 26)
Easton, Maryland, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm) [1]
Weight210 lb (95 kg) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. [1]
Career
College Rutgers University
University of Oklahoma
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 26 (July 27, 2025) [2]
(as of August 17, 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2024
U.S. Open T23: 2025
The Open Championship 3rd: 2025
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2022
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 twice.

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Early life and amateur career

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] 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. [11]

Professional career

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. [12] He finished T-3 at the Korn Ferry Tour Q-School to earn his 2023 Korn Ferry Tour card. [13] 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. [14] [15]

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. [16] [17] He followed that up the next week with a solo 3rd finish at the 2025 Open Championship.

Amateur wins

Source: [18]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1May 12, 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic 66-64-65-67=262−226 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Alistair Docherty, Flag of the United States.svg Davis Thompson
2Jul 13, 2025 Genesis Scottish Open 168-61-70-66=265−152 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Rory McIlroy, Flag of England.svg Marco Penge

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament2022202320242025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open T43T23
The Open Championship 3
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2025
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chris Gotterup". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Week 30 2025 Ending 27 Jul 2025" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  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. ↑ "Chris Gotterup". University of Oklahoma Athletics.
  12. ↑ Martin, Sean (July 3, 2022). "Five Things to Know: Christopher Gotterup". PGA Tour.
  13. ↑ "PGA Tour University On Tour: Chris Gotterup finishes T3 Korn Ferry Tour Q-School Finals". PGA Tour. November 7, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Chris Gotterup wins Myrtle Beach Classic for first PGA Tour title". PGA Tour. Associated Press. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  15. ↑ Corso, Chris (May 13, 2024). "Chris Gotterup Wins 1st PGA Tour Event at Myrtle Beach Classic". Rutgers University Athletics.
  16. ↑ Ritchie, Cameron (July 13, 2025). "Genesis Scottish Open: Chris Gotterup crowned 2025 champion". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  17. ↑ Watt, Martin (July 13, 2025). "Gotterup 'hung in like champ' to deny McIlroy at Scottish Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Christopher Gotterup". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
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