SILVIS, Ailing. — Chris Gotterup closed out a five-shot deficit Sunday with a 9-under 62 to win the John Deere Basic and declare his fourth PGA Tour title previously 12 months.
Ben Coles, aiming for his first win in his a hundred and twentieth look, hit his left 18th strategy into the water and suffered a double bogey, avoiding Gotterup from the playoff.
Gottarup defends his title on the Scottish Open subsequent week, starting a powerful climb into the world’s high 10. He held off Rory McIlroy in Scotland a yr in the past and gained the Sony Open and Phoenix Open this yr.
This one might need been simply as enjoyable because the others. His brother Patrick was his caddy at TPC Expensive Run, and Gotterup cried on the follow discipline when he gained.
Gotterup acquired a sponsorship exemption to the John Deere Basic in 2022 after finishing his collegiate profession on the College of Oklahoma. He stayed true to the match and performed although he had a title to defend throughout the Atlantic and on the British Open the next week.
“I actually like this match. They have been actually good to me,” Gotterup stated. “Having Patrick right here with us… it’s simply superb.”
He completed with a rating of 20 underneath par, 264, and moved as much as seventh place on the earth.
It was a devastating consequence for Coles, 68, who misplaced in a playoff two years in the past with a bogey on the ultimate gap to Byron Nelson.
He birdied the sixteenth to tie Gotterup at 20 underneath, however missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 seventeenth. Coles took a mid-range shot on the 18th, however rapidly climbed over the shot and flipped it to the left, bouncing off the hill and into the water.
He was capable of take a penalty drop in entrance of the inexperienced and caught an enormous break when he positioned his stance on the sprinkler head, permitting him to drop to the perimeter and use his putter. However the par putt that pressured the additional gap was a lot wider, settling inside simply three ft.
He missed it and moved from a tie for second to 3rd place with Max Homa, a distinction of $316,800.
Coles stated his shot from the 18th fairway was between an 8-iron and a 9-iron.
“I believed if I hit a full eight, I might go over,” Coles stated. “So I used to be attempting to hit a three-quarter punch shot. Yeah, I simply pulled it slightly bit and clearly it fell into the water. It was a tricky street to the end, particularly contemplating the way in which I performed all day.”
Homa made 4 consecutive birdies on the again 9 and closed with a 64 to complete in second place and transfer as much as forty ninth within the FedEx Cup. This was an enormous step for the previous Ryder Cup participant, who missed the postseason a yr in the past and had fallen out of the highest 100 on the earth.
This was his finest PGA Tour end in additional than three years.
Lucas Glover and Lee Hodges, who shared the lead after 54 holes, received off to a robust begin however had been tied for third with 69s every.
Gotterup rapidly moved up the standings with 4 birdies in his first 5 holes, however his solely par got here on the par-5 second when he missed an up-and-down shot from in entrance of the inexperienced.
His final birdie was a 15-foot birdie on the seventeenth, and he was despatched to the follow vary to see if it will final. His three wins in 2026 are probably the most particular person titles of any participant. Matt Fitzpatrick has three wins, together with the workforce occasion in New Orleans.
Former champion Zach Johnson, 50, skipped this week’s U.S. Senior Open to play in what he thought of an area occasion and shot a 68 to tie for ninth place.
Blaze Brown, a 19-year-old who turned skilled whereas nonetheless in highschool, shot a 68 to complete tied for twelfth in hopes of incomes a PGA Tour card. One other shot behind was NCAA champion Preston Stout, who shot a 69 to tie for fifteenth place.
