Mark Cannizzaro Chris Gotterup quickly became one of the PGA Tour’s best — and there’s so much more to come By Mark Cannizzaro Published March 13, 2026, 10:04 p.m. ET Chris Gotterup is pictured during the first round of the Players Championship on March 12. Getty Images PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — The rate of upward trajectory in Chris Gotterup’s golf career is enough to give you vertigo, it’s been so dizzying.
The 26-year-old who grew up in Little Silver, N.J., down the Shore, and played at Rutgers, has become one of the big boys on the PGA Tour — literally (at 6-foot, 210 pounds and one of the longest hitters in the game) and statistically (he’s ranked No. 7 in the world and is the only player who’s won more than once in 2026).
A year ago, Gotterup was simply trying to make cuts, play weekends, and get into the Tour’s big-boy tournaments.
He missed the cut in five of his first seven starts in 2025 and in eight of his first 12 events.
