Christopher Gotterup

2019-20 Men's Golf Roster

(Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

The Gotterup File

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)
One of the top individual amateurs in the country who finished the 2019-20 season as the highest ranked Big Ten Golfer and No. 23 nationally with a 70.39 adjusted scoring average according to GolfStat
2020 Arnold Palmer Cup finalist
Owns school records in scoring average, par 3 scoring, par 4 scoring, par 5 scoring and number of par or better rounds
MGA & NJSGA Amateur Player of the Year
2018-19 Second Team All-Big Ten
Highest Individual Big Ten Conference Championships finish (T/4, 2019) in program history
All-Big Ten Championships Team (2018-19)
2019 New Jersey State Golf Association (NJSGA) Open Champion
2019 Met Amateur Champion
3x PING Division I Northeast All-Region selection (2018-20)
3x Preseason All-Big Ten selection (2019-21)
2019 Fighting Irish Class Champion
1x Big Ten Golfer of the Week
Has appeared in 29 tournaments with more than 80 rounds played during first three collegiate seasons
Co-led the program with 33 rounds in 2017-18 as a rookie

Spring 2021 (Senior)

Ranked No. 31 in the latest PGA Tour University standings
Finished spring with three top-10 individual finishes and 12 rounds of even or under-par golf
72.00 adjusted scoring average
T-6 result at the 2021 Big Ten Championships (April 30-May 2), which included a tournament-low four-under-par 68 in the final round
Finished third at Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 17-18)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week after runner-up honors at Schenkel Invitational (March 19-21)
2021 Big Ten Player to Watch
Registered individuals wins against Nebraska & Ohio State at Big Ten Match Play Championship

Spring 2020 (Junior)

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)
Finished 2019-20 season as the highest ranked Big Ten Golfer and No. 23 nationally with a 70.39 adjusted scoring average according to GolfStat
Arnold Palmer Cup finalist
Produced back-to-back top-15 individual results during shortened spring campaign
Also carded two rounds of under par golf during the spring
Closed out the spring with top-15 result at the Colleton River Collegiate (March 2-3)
Finished tied for 10th with a three-under-par 69 at the rain-shortened TPC Dorado Beach Collegiate in Puerto Rico (Feb. 23-25)
Registered a top-100 individual victory over Maryland's Peter Knade at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)

Fall 2019 (Junior)

No. 1 in the Big Ten Conference and 33rd nationally with a 70.11 adjusted scoring average
Co-Ben Hogan National Golfer of the Month for October
Preseason All-Big Ten selection
2019 Fighting Irish Classic champion, winning the tournament with a 14-under-par 199 (68-63-68), including a bogey-free round of 63
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (10/9)
Top-5 finish at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate with an 11-under-par 205 (65-71-69)
Top-5 finish at the Grandover Collegiate in Greensboro, North Carolina

Spring 2019 (Sophomore)

Started all six tournaments and the Big Ten Match Play Championships in the spring
Second Team All-Big Ten as a sophomore
Top individual finished in all six tournaments for the Scarlet Knights in the spring
Produced the highest Big Ten Conference individual finish in program history with his tied-for-fourth result at the conference championships in Philadelphia
Carded a 214: 69-74-71 at Big Tens
Closed out spring campaign with three consecutive Top 5 results
Finished tied-for-fourth at the Rutherford
Tied for fourth at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
Earned individual wins against No. 3 seed Iowa and No. 4 seed Ohio State and halved against Penn State during the Big Ten Match Play Championships

Fall 2018 (Sophomore)

Started all five tournaments in the fall
Tied for sixth with a one-over-par 217 at the Mountaineer Invitational
Finished at four-under-par (70-67-69) and tied for 12th at the OTC Collegiate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Produced a one-under-par 71 in the second round to highlight action at the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin

Spring 2018 (Freshman)

Carded 18 rounds in the spring, appearing in all six tournaments
Produced six rounds of under-par golf
Finished the spring with an average 18-hole score of 73.88
Led the Scarlet Knights with a tied-for-18th finish at the Big Ten Championships in Baltimore
Produced a two-under-par 68 and a one-under-par 69 at the conference championships
Top finisher for RU with a tied-for-34 scorecard at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio
Produced the top finish for RU courtesy of back-to-back one-under-par 71's to place 14th at the Rutherford
Carded a two-under-par 70 in the second round to highlight tied-for-18th finish at the Seahawk Intercollegiate
Tied for 23rd, highlighted by a first-round two-over-par 74, at the Colleton River Collegiate in Bluffton, South Carolina
Produced an even 72 in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Arizona
Earned a 2 Up victory over Indiana to highlight action at the 2018 Big Ten Match Play Championship in Palm Coast, Florida (Feb. 9-10).

Fall 2017 (Freshman)

Appeared in all five tournaments as a member of the starting lineup
Finished the fall with an average 18-hole score of 74.2
Helped Rutgers finish fifth at the East Bay Deli Classic on Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Finished in a sixth-way tie for first and concluded tied for second after a six-way playoff at the Georgetown Intercollegiate
Carded a three-under-par 69 in the first round to highlight tied-for-10th finish at the Mountaineer Invitational
Finished tied for 12th with a four-under-par 212 (70-72-70) at the Janney Invitational in Richmond, Virginia
Tied for 54th at the Badger Invitational with an eight-over-par 224 (73-77-74) in Madison, Wisconsin

Prior to Rutgers

All-Shore accolades at CBA by the Asbury Park Press
Secured his second straight Monmouth County Tournament title with a record-setting 66 at Howell Park
Produced a 69 at Charleston Springs to capture his first Shore Conference Tournament title as a junior.
Finished tied for third at the South Non-Public A Championships
Competed at the Tournament of Champions
Named the Asbury Park Press Golfer of the Year as a sophomore.

2021 Spring Results

Tournament (Spring)	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total/Finish
Kiawah Invitational (Feb. 15-16)	70 (-2)	71 (-1)	71 (-1)	212 (-4)/T16
Spartan Collegiate (March 8-9)	73 (+1)	67 (-5)	77 (+5)	217 (+1)/T23
Schenkel Invitational (March 19-21)	71 (-1)	69 (-3)	71 (-1)	211 (-5)/T2
Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 2-3)	76 (+5)	69 (-2)	72 (+1)	217 (+4)/T16
2021 Rutherford Invitational (April 17-18)	71 (E)	70 (-1)	68 (-3)	209 (-4)/3
2021 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 24-25)	75 (+4)	73 (+2)	73 (+2)	221 (+8)/T36
2021 Big Ten Championships (April 30-May 2)	75 (+3)	77 (+5)	68 (-4)	221 (+5)/T6

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