{"id":1031539,"date":"2026-08-29T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1031539\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:23:19","slug":"chris-gotterup-admits-there-wouldve-been-a-lot-of-complaining-had-the-pga-tour-not-made-one-change-at-east-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1031539\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Gotterup admits there would’ve been ‘a lot of complaining’ had the PGA Tour not made one change at East Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Gotterup is in a great position heading into the weekend at the Tour Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gotterup followed up his opening-round 64 at the Tour Championship on Thursday with a 67 on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old is sitting just one stroke adrift of the leaders, Viktor Hovland and Ryan Gerard, with 36 holes left to play at East Lake.<\/p>\n

A win for Chris Gotterup<\/a> at the Tour Championship<\/a> would give him a serious chance of winning the PGA Tour<\/a> Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisPhoto by Ben Jared\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Gotterup was unlucky to miss out on the US Ryder Cup team<\/a> last year after playing some truly exceptional golf.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s fair to argue that he has got even better this year.<\/p>\n

Gotterup addressed the media after his second round at the Tour Championship on Friday.<\/p>\n

And he responded when asked about the difficulty of the conditions at East Lake during the second round.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely got a little harder when the wind switched and picked up a little bit,\u201c Gotterup admitted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike a hole like 15 was really hard to get a club that, one, landed pin high, and two, was on the green.<\/p>\n

\"TOURPhoto by Tracy Wilcox\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hitting from 155. We were laughing and saying, if we played the back box today, there would be a lot of complaining going on.\u201c<\/p>\n

The 15th hole can actually be stretched out to longer than 200 yards.<\/p>\n

Had the hole played to its full yardage on Friday, it would have been nigh-on impossible.<\/p>\n

East Lake\u2019s challenging 15th hole<\/p>\n

Even from just 155 yards, the 15th played as the most difficult hole on day two at East Lake. Players averaged 0.138 strokes over par on the par-three throughout the second round.<\/p>\n

Just three birdies were made all day on the 15th, the same as there were double bogeys or higher.<\/p>\n

The wind wreaked havoc with the players\u2019 tee shots into 15 on Friday.<\/p>\n

The pin was tucked tight to the edge of the green, with the water lying in wait for any balls that finished either short or left of the green.<\/p>\n

Players were aiming 30-40 feet right of the pin with just a wedge in their hands.<\/p>\n

That just goes to show how difficult the hole was playing.<\/p>\n

And the par-three 15th will undoubtedly have a big role to play over the weekend in the outcome of this year\u2019s Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

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