New Jersey golfer Chris Gotterup qualifies for U.S. Open

Chris Gotterup’s historic stretch of golf continued Monday, when the Little Silver native secured an opportunity to tackle the most effective gamers on the planet.

Recent off an All-American marketing campaign at Oklahoma, which culminated with him being named faculty golf’s high participant, Gotterup punched his ticket to the U.S. Open at sectional qualifying in Buy, New York.

After opening with a 3-under-par 67 in his morning spherical at Century Nation Membership, Gotterup posted an even-par 70 within the afternoon at Previous Oaks Nation Membership. His 36-hole whole of 3-under-par 137 was adequate to safe one among 5 spots up for grabs at subsequent week’s U.S. Open at The Nation Membership in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Gotterup, 2019 Massive Ten Participant of the 12 months, the spotlight of a stellar four-year profession at Rutgers, completed because the co-medalist together with Caleb Manuel, who performs for UConn and is the reigning Massive East champ.

There’ll be an eight-man playoff at 2-under-par for the ultimate three spots.

After turning professional this week, Gotterup with compete on a sponsor’s exemption on the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open starting Thursday. He’ll even be taking part in a pair of PGA Tour occasions within the two weeks after the U.S. Open, with sponsor’s exemptions into the Vacationers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, and the John Deere Basic in Silvis, Illinois.

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Gotterup completed tied for seventh on the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Basic in March, incomes his spot within the area by profitable a collegiate occasion on the identical course in February.

It marks the primary look on the U.S. Open by a participant with ties to the Jersey Shore since 2012, when Middletown resident Mark McCormick, the top professional at Suburban Golf Membership in Union, and Brian Gaffney, then the top professional at Rumson Nation Membership, each certified for the U.S. Open at The Olympic Membership in San Francisco.

McCormick’s son, Ryan, a 30-year-old Middletown native who performs on the Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Tour’s high developmental circuit, completed at 2-over-par 142. Spring Lake’s Brendan Hansen, who performs at Rutgers, completed at 1-over-par.

Starting his day on the tenth gap at Century, Gotterup, who had 10 top-10 finishes throughout his one season with the Sooners, made the flip at 2-under-par, carding back-to-back bogeys starting on No. 15. He completed the opening spherical at 3-under-par 67, a part of a four-way tie for second at that time, one shot behind the chief.  

He was cruising alongside at 3-under by way of 15 holes within the afternoon spherical at Previous Oaks, sitting atop the leaderboard at 6-under-par. However a double-bogey on the par-3, sixteenth gap and a bogey at No. 17 pushed him again right into a tie for second on the time.     

Gotterup, the previous Christian Brothers Academy standout who helped the Colts win the 2017 NJSIAA Event of Champions title, was the 2019 Participant of the 12 months for each the New Jersey State Golf Affiliation and Metropolitan Golf Affiliation. He received the New Jersey Open and MGA Novice that summer time.