{"id":26534,"date":"2025-07-21T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26534\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:51:09","slug":"golf-star-doubles-his-career-earnings-in-less-than-two-weeks-after-shock-result-at-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26534\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf star doubles his career earnings in less than two weeks after shock result at The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE FENNER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 09:58 EDT, 21 July 2025 | Updated: 10:00 EDT, 21 July 2025 <\/p>\n

A pair of fantastic results has drastically increased the career earnings of an up-and-coming PGA Tour star in back-to-back weeks.<\/p>\n

Chris Gotterup, a 26-year-old golfer born in Maryland<\/a> and raised in New Jersey<\/a>, had only one PGA Tour win under his belt two weeks ago: a victory at the Myrtle Beach Classic in May of 2024.<\/p>\n

But now, he’s got a victory and a very strong showing at a major tournament to tuck under his cap with plenty of wind in his sails going forward.<\/p>\n

Gotterup showed up to The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, and hoped of a victory in the Genesis Scottish Open.<\/p>\n

By the end of the final round, he was able to hold off Rory McIlroy<\/a> and Marco Penge to take the second PGA Tour win of his career – beating the pair out by two strokes to win $1.575million.<\/p>\n

The following week, he jumped across the water to the Emerald Isle to take part in The Open Championship<\/a> at Royal Portrush.<\/p>\n

\"It's <\/p>\n

It’s been a lucrative and eventful past two weeks for New Jersey native Chris Gotterup<\/p>\n

\"Gotterup <\/p>\n

Gotterup got the second win of his PGA Tour career at the Scottish Open two weeks ago<\/p>\n

\"This <\/p>\n

This past week, Gotterup played his way to a third-place finish at The Open Championship<\/p>\n

With the win the previous week bolstering his confidence, Gotterup finished solo third for the tournament – his best ever showing at a major in only four career attempts.<\/p>\n

He finished one stroke behind second-place Harris English and five strokes behind champion Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n

After having not finished in the top-10 all season long, Gotterup now has a win and a top-3 and has been paid very well.<\/p>\n

On top of the $1.575m from Scotland, his exploits at Portrush earned him a $1.128m payout at The Open – meaning he earned more than $2.7m in just two weeks.<\/p>\n

That’s nearly double his previous career earnings playing pro golf – a total of about $1.7m in a career that began in 2022.<\/p>\n

Prior to his trip to Europe, Gotterup added roughly $1million to his career earnings through 20 events in 2025 – with his best finish coming at Myrtle Beach as he finished T-13. He also missed nine cuts in that time.<\/p>\n

But now, Gotterup will look to keep his hot streak going as the tour returns to America for the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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