Chris Gotterup, who started the final round two shots off the pace, fired a six-under-par 64 to surge to victory in the PGA Tour’s season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotterup, reeled off seven birdies and only one bogey to claim the third win of his career at the Honolulu’s windswept Waialae Country Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 26-year-old from Maryland finished on 16-under-par 264, two shots clear of compatriot Ryan Gerard, who carded a closing 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotterup’s win follows his victory at last year’s Scottish Open when he held off Rory McIlroy for a two-shot victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He started the day with four birdies and a bogey in the front nine and three more birdies in the back nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gerard closed with a 65, his lowest final-round score on Tour to notch his third top-two finish on the Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there was disappointment for third-round leader Davis Riley, who fell out of contention despite a bright start that included two birdies in his opening five holes to get to 14-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Riley’s challenge faltered after back-to-back bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes and a double-bogey on the eighth saw him card a 71 for a share of sixth on 11-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting the day three strokes back, defending champion Nick Taylor closed with even-par 70 to finish joint 13th<\/sup>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robert MacIntyre was the day’s big mover, vaulting 16 places up the leaderboard after a bogey-free seven-under-par 63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Gotterup, who started the final round two shots off the pace, fired a six-under-par 64 to surge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-8171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> R3<\/strong><\/td> R4<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Chris Gotterup<\/td> 63<\/td> 69<\/td> 68<\/td> 64<\/td> 264 (-16)<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Ryan Gerard<\/td> 69<\/td> 64<\/td> 68<\/td> 65<\/td> 266 (-14)<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Patrick Rodgers<\/td> 66<\/td> 67<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 267 (-13)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Robert MacIntyre<\/td> 67<\/td> 71<\/td> 67<\/td> 63<\/td> 268 (-12)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Jacob Bridgeman<\/td> 69<\/td> 68<\/td> 67<\/td> 64<\/td> 268 (-12)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"