Christopher Gotterup (born July 20, 1999) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won five times.
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. He is of Danish descent through his paternal grandparents, who were born in Denmark. His father speaks Danish, but he does not. As of 2025, Gotterup uses the Danish spelling of his name, Gøtterup, on his Instagram profile.
Gotterup's father was a collegiate tennis player and an accomplished golfer, who won multiple New Jersey State Golf Association tournaments. Gotterup played varsity golf at Christian Brothers Academy in nearby Lincroft and graduated in 2017.
Gotterup stayed in New Jersey and played college golf at Rutgers University from 2017 to 2021. 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:
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. 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.
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. He finished T-3 at the Korn Ferry Tour Q-School to earn his 2023 Korn Ferry Tour card. 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.
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. 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. Three weeks later, he won the WM Phoenix Open in a sudden-death playoff over Hideki Matsuyama. He jumped to 5th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his best position. 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. In September 2026, Gotterup made his Presidents Cup debut as a member of the United States team and won his singles match against Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Amateur wins 2019 Metropolitan Amateur, Fighting Irish Classic 2022 Puerto Rico Invitational
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Professional wins (6) PGA Tour wins (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1May 12, 2024Myrtle Beach Classic66-64-65-67=262−226 strokes Alistair Docherty, Davis Thompson2Jul 13, 2025Genesis Scottish Open168-61-70-66=265−152 strokes Rory McIlroy, Marco Penge3Jan 18, 2026Sony Open in Hawaii63-69-68-64=264−162 strokes Ryan Gerard4Feb 8, 2026WM Phoenix Open63-71-70-64=268−16Playoff Hideki Matsuyama5Jul 5, 2026John Deere Classic66-68-68-62=264−201 stroke Max Homa 1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12026WM Phoenix Open Hideki MatsuyamaWon with birdie on first extra hole
Other wins (1) 2019 New Jersey State Open (as an amateur)
Results in major championships Tournament20222023202420252026Masters TournamentT24PGA ChampionshipCUTT10U.S. OpenT43T23T43The Open Championship3T18
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3The Open Championship 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2Totals 0 0 1 1 2 5 8 7 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 Tournament20252026The Players ChampionshipCUTT56
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
U.S. national team appearances Professional Presidents Cup: 2026 (winners)
See also 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
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