How long does a heater last? Chris Gotterup is ready to discover

Blaine, Minn – Wednesday in TPC Twins cities was a wash. The storms slowed the game for an hour in the morning and deleted them all in the afternoon.

And you know who probably didn’t mind? Chris Gotterup.

“Honestly,” he said, “maybe a blessing in disguise with this weather today that I only get another day to relax and prepare for this week.”

If one needs a spirit, it may be Gotterup, the 26-year-old Pro from New Jersey who left the states two weeks ago ranked 158th in the world and returned to 27th place. He won Genesis Scoter Open – The second and greatest victory of his career – and followed him by finishing solo third in the open championship. (Its total total? A $ 2.7 million delightful.)

Now he is in 3 million open In the outskirts of twin cities and hoping that his heater does not end yet. Over the past two weeks, only Scottie Scheffler has been better; He takes the knot thanks to his Clare container.

So who is this guy anyway?

Gotterup grew up in New Jersey, played Golf at Rutgers University and was the Big Ten player of the year before finishing his game at college in Oklahoma. He wears a golf glove but does not beat it because he feels restrictive. His bio PGA Tour also says he simply, “loves music”. (We would have followed to take more specifics to all music, but because of the weather his press conference on Wednesday was in the club and only with PGA Tour communications. We apologize.) He is also funny. When he won Myrtle Beach Classic last year on Mother’s Day, he retired: “I saved my donkey because I ordered some flowers (for my mother) and they didn’t come. They didn’t have to come tomorrow, so I gave her at least something today.” And just last Sunday, in Open: “I was expecting to play well, but I don’t think I was expecting this well.”

Inside the ropes, he can move it. It ranks 9th in tours in strokes: outside of tee and eighth at the distance of the car (317 yards). He ranks fifth in the club’s speed tour (average 124.52 mph) and 11 at the ball speed (184.16 MPH), which he says he has pushed to over 200 MPH before. He is too Cracked a 2-ironwhich does not look like an easy thing to do.

He led the Corn Ferry Tour at the distance of the car in 2023 and won his PGA Tour card for 2024, where he won Myrtle Beach Classic for his first victory but was different, making only 13 out of 26 cuts and not recording another top 10. money. But after a 75-70 mc at Valero Texas Open, something seemed to click.

At his next start, two weeks later, he tied up for 18. Then it was tied to the 12th. Then 15. Then 13.

He did not release it but rather showed signs that something great was coming. On his nine beginnings before his victory in the Scottish Open Genesis, he ended the 26th or better in everyone.

“I wish I knew what it was. I feel like I was in great control of my mental part of the game,” he said. “I feel like I just had a better understanding of how I work and how my game works and playing with what I got for the day and the week and not trying to complicate things, just trying to remove the course, as I think I’m doing for the week. Yes, it’s been a good week/month.”

In Scotland, he shot 68 in the first round, but fired a bubble 61 on Friday. He had to grind him on Saturday, he said, but again put him in a last round pairing with co-director 54-girl Rory Mcilroy, who was surprisingly was the massive favorite of the crowd.

Gotterup shot 66 and won.

He shed tears at the press conference of his winner. He talked about war and grinding and how, yes, a twice winner PGA Tour sounds much better than a single winner. In a way, he testified to everyone, including that the first victory was not a flow. Then in Royal Portrush he proved that he could not leave any time soon.

“Even in the open I felt like, well, I did this, I hit some quality shots under the gun,” he said. “I think she eventually went on, and I don’t see why it won’t continue the future.”

Now he is in another time zone trying to support him again, this time in a water -loaded country club that is nothing like the courses he has played for the past two weeks. If he stays hot, the time will be perfect. In just two weeks he will make his debut at FedEx Cup’s Play off and try to go to the tour championship for the first time in his career. And don’t forget about the Ryder Cup, where he is suddenly on the radar and would be a half -local favorite in Bethpage Black in Long Island.

As Chris Gotterup has told us, many can change within two weeks.

“I’m definitely in a good place and I feel like I don’t really have much to lose,” he said. “I feel like playing with home money.”

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