Why did Chris Gotterup use teammate’s driver on his TGL debut? Real reason explored

Chris Gotterup used his teammate Corey Conners' drive for his debut in the TGL Season 2. The tech-infused series started with the first game of the new season on Sunday. This weekend, the New York Golf Club played against Atlanta Drive GC.

However, for the Atlanta Drive, their player Justin Thomas was out of the game because of a surgery he underwent in November, and Lucas Glover and Patrick Cantlay also did not play in the game.

Glover and Cantlay were replaced by Corey Conners and Gotterup. However, Chris Gotterup cracked his drive before taking the shot, and he then used his teammate Conners’s drive to play in the game.

For the Atlanta Drive, Gotterup and Conners played in a team with Billy Horschel, who added an eagle in the last moment to help his team win the game.

The TGL matches take place in triples and a singles format. On the first nine holes played, players compete in triples, and then one-on-one singles on the remaining six holes.

Chris Gotterup has been on break after the wrap of the 2025 PGA Tour season and joined the TGL team for this week's event. He last played at the Hero World Challenge and settled in the T19 position.

A look into Chris Gotterup’s 2025 season

This season on the PGA Tour, Chris Gotterup has some decent finishes, such as a T15 at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, a T13 at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, and won the Genesis Scottish Open. He settled in third place at The Open.

Here are the results of the tournaments Chris Gotterup played in 2025:

• The Sentry: T46 (72, 69, 71, 68)
• Sony Open in Hawaii: Missed Cut (71, 69)
• The American Express: Missed Cut (67, 75, 67)
• Farmers Insurance Open: T25 (71, 69, 73, 75)
• WM Phoenix Open: Missed Cut (73, 69)
• Mexico Open at VidantaWorld: Missed Cut (70, 71)
• Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches: Missed Cut (72, 66)
• Puerto Rico Open: T16 (63, 70, 70, 70)
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Missed Cut (73, 73)
• Valspar Championship: Missed Cut (75, 72)
• Texas Children’s Houston Open: T18 (69, 68, 67, 66)
• Valero Texas Open: Missed Cut (75, 70)
• Corales Puntacana Championship: T18 (65, 73, 74, 67)
• Zurich Classic of New Orleans: — (63, 69, 65, 69)
• THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson: T15 (68, 66, 71, 64)
• ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic: T13 (67, 70, 71, 65)
• Charles Schwab Challenge: T28 (67, 65, 75, 70)
• RBC Canadian Open: Missed Cut (69, 69)
• U.S. Open: T23 (76, 69, 69, 74)
• Rocket Classic: T26 (72, 66, 65, 70)
• John Deere Classic: T21 (66, 69, 67, 69)
• Genesis Scottish Open: 1st (68, 61, 70, 66)
• The Open Championship: 3rd (72, 65, 68, 67)
• 3M Open: T10 (63, 69, 65, 69)
• FedEx St. Jude Championship: T54 (72, 73, 70, 66)
• BMW Championship: T33 (73, 70, 75, 68)
• TOUR Championship: T10 (70, 63, 69, 66)
• Baycurrent Classic: T40 (74, 66, 72, 68)
• Hero World Challenge: T19 (74, 73, 74, 67)

Edited by Ankita Yadav