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SuperStroke Congratulates Chris Gotterup on Playoff Victory at the WM Phoenix Open

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:28:42 +0000

Season money list leader earns fourth career win with Zenergy Pistol 2.0 putter grip 

Wixom, MI – SuperStroke, the No. 1 Putter Grip in golf and the leader in innovative Tour-proven golf grip technology, congratulates 26-year-old Maryland native Chris Gotterup, who currently sits atop the 2026 season PGA TOUR Money List, on claiming his fourth career victory at the WM Phoenix Open while using a SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 2.0 putter grip.  

Gotterup’s rounds of 63-71-70-64 and 16-under-par finish were enough to force a two-man sudden-death playoff. Then, after making nine birdies during his final round, he birdied the first playoff hole to secure his second win of the season.

Gotterup led the field in Strokes Gained: Total (12.694) and earned him the $1.728 million winner’s check along with a nice cushion for his top spot on the season-long FedEx Cup standings.

“Congratulations to Chris Gotterup on the fourth win of his career – and second of this young season – at a thrilling WM Phoenix Open,” said SuperStroke Vice President of Marketing Ryan Harris. “Chris has won four times on the PGA TOUR since May 2024 to become one of the game’s hottest and most proven players. His game is tremendous and he has been putting brilliantly with his SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 2.0 putter grip.”  

SuperStroke’s Zenergy Pistol putter grips merge a pistol-style top section that helps golfers lock in their upper hand position with “No Taper Technology” to help golfers maintain even grip pressure and boost the consistency of their stroke.

Part of SuperStroke’s groundbreaking Zenergy line, the Pistol 2.0 grip features:

Enhanced SPYNE® Technology – The new SPYNE® Technology has an improved, embossed ridge along the underside of the grip, engineered to make it easier to square the face at impact.  

New Multi-Zone Texturing – Strategically placed textured in high-sensory areas designed to optimize feedback and comfort from the incredibly soft polyurethane outer layer.  

No Taper Technology – Our patented No Taper minimizes grip pressure with an advanced parallel design that enables golfers to quiet their hands and add consistency to their stroke.

Pistol 2.0 Specifications:

SuperStroke grips are trusted by hundreds of top professional golfers. In 2025, SuperStroke users won 66 tournaments on golf’s major tours, including 25 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, for a total of than $68 million in first-place prize money in those events.   

SuperStroke’s putter grip line is a product of relentless innovation, fueled by feedback from more than 600 tour pros. From signature shapes and sizes to cutting-edge materials, SuperStroke delivers unprecedented features into every putter grip while connecting golfer and putter like no other product on the market.   

For more details on SuperStroke’s range of innovative golf grips and to keep up with the latest news from the company, visit https://superstrokeusa.com.   

About SuperStroke

Since launching the first line of oversized putter grips in 2009, SuperStroke’s mission has been to help golfers make every swing and every stroke the best it can be. This commitment to offering high-performing, innovative products has helped SuperStroke users earn more than $500 million on major professional tours around the world, as well as propelling amateurs to shoot their career-low rounds.    

In addition to custom grips, SuperStroke offers a full range of officially licensed products to help golfers show their team spirit on the course. This includes both putter and club grips from college, NFL, and NHL teams.     

One of the most trusted brands on all major tours around the world, SuperStroke’s team of ambassadors includes three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, eight-time winner on the PGA TOUR Patrick Cantlay, 2019 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Sungjae Im, and world-renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon. In addition to the company’s beloved putter grips, SuperStroke offers a full lineup of club grips allowing golfers to experience the benefits of SuperStroke technology in every shot.    

More information: https://superstrokeusa.com/.    

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Kevin Frisch PR    
Carl Mickelson    
(512) 797-2673    
carl@kevinfrischpr.com    

Kevin Frisch
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Chris Gotterup Credits the Biggest Change in His Bag, New Bridgestone Tour B X, for His Second Win of the Season

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:11:53 +0000

VeloSurge Technology Powers Gotterup’s Huge WM Phoenix Open Victory

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Bridgestone Golf staffer Chris Gotterup earned his second PGA Tour victory of the new season and fourth of his young career using the brand new Bridgestone TOUR B X with MindSet golf ball on Sunday at the WM Phoenix Open with a final round of 64 and 16-under-par total. The dramatic playoff victory marks Gotterup’s second win in less than a month (he won the Sony Open in January), making him the hottest player on the PGA Tour and the leader in 2026 FedEx Cup standings.

“This was another great highlight in my career, and I couldn’t have done it without Bridgestone and the new TOUR B X with MindSet” said the New Jersey native. “With the new TOUR B X, I’m getting max speed and distance off the tee, and total control when it matters most around the greens. As far as I’m concerned, this is the best golf ball I’ve ever played, and the sky is the limit for the rest of the season.”

Gotterup’s extraordinary play featured six birdies on the back nine and three on the front, allowing him to pass both Hideki Matsuyama and Scottie Scheffler on the way to victory. Gotterup was also fourth in driving distance for the week, third in shots gained approach, third in shots gained around the greens, and seventh in shots gained off the tee.

“We believe deeply in Chris’ ability, heart and competitiveness and knew he was destined for big things,” said Dan Murphy, president of Bridgestone Golf. “His ability to handle pressure and win against the best in the world is incredible to see from such a young player, and we’re thrilled that he’s doing it with our new TOUR B X golf ball and our 220 MB forged irons.”

The new TOUR B X golf ball is built with VeloSurge technology, delivering a seamless synergy between the mantle and core. The new material discovery features a denser mantle material pushing the Moment of Inertia (MOI) to bounds never seen in a golf ball for increased ball speed and distance. Testing with Bridgestone TOUR staff members Chris Gotterup and Jason Day, along with amateur players of varying swing speeds, produced average gains of 2.3 mph in ball speed and 8.7 yards in distance across the board, making the new TOUR B family the most exciting and advanced available today.

To learn more about the TOUR B family of golf balls (X and XS for over 105 mph swingers, RX and RXS for under 105 mph swingers) and start playing the right golf ball for your game, please visit bridgestonegolf.com and try Bridgestone’s online ball fitting tool.

About Bridgestone Golf

Based in Covington, GA, Bridgestone Golf USA manufactures premium golf balls, clubs and accessories under the Bridgestone and Precept brands. The company started making golf balls in 1935 and today has more golf ball design patents than any other company. Beginning in 2006, Bridgestone revolutionized golf ball selection with its custom ball-fitting program, identifying a golfer’s ideal golf ball based on personal swing characteristics. Today, as the #1 Ball-Fitter in Golf, Bridgestone has conducted over four million fittings via a combination of live-fitting, online selection, OTTO Autonomous Ball Fitting, and its V-FIT video ball fitting. The consumer data gathered from ball-fitting continues to inspire Bridgestone’s innovative new golf ball designs, yielding industry-leading performance products for the entire range of players, from recreational golfers to the best in the world. Bridgestone Golf is proudly represented on international professional tours by Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Matt Kuchar, Jason Day, Kurt Kitayama, Boo Weekley, and Chris Gotterup. Bridgestone Golf USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo. More information: bridgestonegolf.com.

Media Contact: Emily Scott, JDPR, emilys@jdpr.com

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Chris Gotterup, 2026 WM Phoenix Open WITB

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:42:06 +0000

A complete list of the golf equipment Chris Gotterup used to win the PGA Tour’s 2026 WM Phoenix Open.

A complete list of the golf equipment Chris Gotterup used to win the PGA Tour’s 2026 WM Phoenix Open:

DRIVER: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 70 TX shaft

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FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper (13.5 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX shaft, TaylorMade Qi35 (18 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana WB 83 TX shaft

IRONS: Bridgestone Tour B 220 MB (4-9), with KBS C-Taper 130 X shafts

WEDGES: TaylorMade MG5 (46 degrees), with KBS C-Taper 130X shaft, (52, 56, 60), with True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue Onyx X100 shafts – SHOP NOW

PUTTER: TaylorMade Spider X Tour

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BALL: Bridgestone Tour B X Mindset – SHOP NOW

GRIPS: Golf Pride Z Grip (full swing) / SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 2.0 (putter)

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Everything about Chris Gotterup is a sign of the times in pro golf

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:41:30 +0000

It would be easy to look away from the first PGA Tour event of the year, or pay it just an ounce of attention. A solid, young pro wins in Hawaii against a sunny backdrop and a ho-hum PGA Tour field. How much is there to it?

A lot, if you just look a bit closer.

Gotterup, at 26, represents much of what pro golf has become, and has worked through, in recent years. He figures to be a big part of its future, too, and will benefit handsomely from it.

For starters, he turned pro in 2022 and took the maximum amount of sponsor exemption starts, just as many young, promising stars do. This was just as LIV Golf launched, and just as the PGA Tour realized it needed to create more pathways for players like him. A few of his collegiate opponents took the leap to LIV. Gotterup chose the traditional route, with his collegiate performance earning him Korn Ferry Tour membership via the Tour’s “PGA Tour University” rankings.

But once he graduated from the KFT, Gotterup found a crowded scene. The Tour had created Signature Events with limited fields, controversially pushing some veteran pros out of tournaments they’re used to playing and down into the second rung of Tour stops. Many Korn Ferry Tour (and DP World Tour) graduates simply couldn’t enter tournaments even if they had a badge in their wallets that said “PGA Tour Member.”

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They were required, however, to fly to Hawaii during the week of the 2024 Sony Open to sit through PGA Tour orientation. Gotterup was “one of those guys” as he said Sunday night, stuck in a conference room for eight hours, unable to hit a competitive golf shot during that week in Hawaii two years ago — a very 2024 issue the Tour has solved by limiting memberships ever since.

Rookies take all the starts they can get, so Gotterup played every single Tour event he was allowed to play. The 13th consecutive one was an opposite field event (played at the same time of a Rory McIlroy victory), the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic, which Gotterup won by six. Was everyone paying attention? Probably not. But that’s life on the come-up. Not many were paying attention this week when he won the Sony Open to kickstart the 2026 season, a perfect ending to a weird three years with that tournament.

2024 Sony: Not in the field, but in town for orientation.

2025 Sony: Missed cut.

2026 Sony: Victory, calm as ever.

He becomes the most recent player to win three Tour events in 70 starts or less, joining Tom Kim, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.

Gotterup’s post-round press time offered a few additional reminders of why he seems to be a player born of this specific PGA Tour era (to say nothing of the fact that he hits it as far as anyone). First, he not-so-gracefully mentioned how the Tour pension plan was top of mind after notching that third win. If you can lock yourself into a bunch of PGA Tour seasons, the retirement plan is as good as they come. Next, he mentioned how seriously he took his statistical shortcomings from 2025 — proximity from 100-150 yards and putts made from 9-20 feet — and spent the offseason grinding on them. This week he felt like he just recreated all that work.

Finally, Gotterup was asked about the Sony Open’s future, given the tournament is at risk of being dropped from the Tour’s schedule starting next year. He is well aware that the tour he plays on in 2027 will look different than it does in 2026 — and perhaps drastically so — but knows it doesn’t pay to meddle with specifics he can’t control. He bumbled through a statement and ultimately undercut it, saying, “I’m just spewing nonsense.”

What he can control is how straight he can hit a golf ball, and the people who do that best are going to be made endlessly rich by this Tour, no matter what its schedule looks like. He’s now ranked 17th in the world and is already answering questions about the upcoming Presidents Cup. “I hope [Brandt Snedeker] was watching,” Gotterup said.

Sneds surely was, even if most of the country may have had their TVs dialed to the NFL playoffs. They’ll have time to come around and catch him in the Signature Events, now that he’s qualified for every meaningful tournament the rest of the year. They’ll have time to catch him on TGL, too, the Tour’s mid-week simulator league, where he’s filled in for an injured Justin Thomas twice already — his 1-iron stinger earning plenty of online affection as it skids underneath a virtual hanging cliff.

Because of what he’s done lately, PGA Tour fans don’t have much of a choice. They are going to get plenty of Chris Gotterup in the months (and likely years) to come. Tour executives would say that is exactly the point.

The author welcomes your comments at sean.zak@golf.com.

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