Chris Gotterup, caddie are cleaning up early in Jani-King Challenge

Chris Gotterup has always been able to hit the long ball. But shaping the exact shot he was hoping for? That presented a little more challenge.

So when Gotterup brought former pro Brady Stockton on as his caddie about this time last year, it was in an attempt to help talk through course strategy, rather than to strictly discuss clubs and yardages. Gotterup needed a sounding board. Making the change wasn’t easy, but Gotterup has made hard decisions that paid off before.

In 2020, he was a Golfweek All-American honorable mention while at Rutgers, where he’s still one of the school’s most decorated golfers. But he still made the decision to transfer to the University of Oklahoma, and that move produced impressive dividends: Gotterup was given the Haskins Award and Jack Nicklaus Award as the top player in all of college golf. And the move to Stockton produced similar results: Gotterup captured the Genesis Scottish Open in July last year, holding off Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge for the title.

He’s done more of the same in 2026, winning the Sony Open in Hawaii and the always entertaining WM Phoenix Open in February. Gotterup and Stockton even showed off their chemistry in a video called “Chasing Sunday” that streamed on YouTube. PGA Tour Studios partnered with NFL Films to provide behind-the-scenes access and footage from the flagship Tour event, with the episode being released not even two full days after the tournament concluded.