Previously journeyman Chris Gotterup’s biggest pay day was $720,000 for his victory in the first playing of the Myrtle Beach Classic in 2024.
At The Renaissance Club, the American held off playing partner Rory McIlroy to scoop over $1.5m and move up to 39th on the FedExCup standings.
As well as booking his place at Royal Portrush this week, Gotterup also rockets up to 49th on the world rankings after a week which included a second-round 61.
“They are both very special. The first is the first, and I feel like a lot of people say that the second one is harder just because you have expectations and whatnot. It’s definitely more validation this week,” explained the 25-year-old.
“Myrtle Beach was amazing, but this one, I feel like I’ve been talking to my team about I want to take the next step, and I feel like this is part of that.”
For McIlroy the runners-up pot extended his lead at the top of the Race To Dubai rankings, as well as closing the gap on Scottie Scheffler on the PGA Tour, while the big mover was the 27-year-old who was tied with the Masters champion.
Marco Penge moved up 10 spots to third on the Race To Dubai money list – he had already qualified for Royal Portrush – and he is now in a great position to lock up a place on the PGA Tour for next year.
The English youngster also gave his Ryder Cup chances a huge boost with this being a Rolex Series event.
He said: “I wasn’t in this event at the start of the year and I really wanted to be here.
“I looked at the leaderboard when I was on the course and the names in that top 10, and you see my name, it’s like a bit wild. I’m kind of up-and-down with looking at leaderboards but I felt comfortable to have a look now and then.
“Obviously I played really well at the PGA, and my stats after that week give me so much confidence being No. 1 tee-to-green, the way I’ve been playing, I know that I can compete with these guys. But you know, even today, kind of under that pressure, it still is a little bit of an unknown.”
For Matt Fitzpatrick it was his second highest return this season on the PGA Tour while for Nicola Hojgaard it was a welcome return to something like his best form.
Scottish Open prize money: How much each golfer won from $9million purse
1. Chris Gotterup, $1.575million
T2: Marco Penge, $788,175
T2: Rory McIlroy, $788,175
T4: Nicolai Hojgaard, $407,250
T4: Matt Fitzpatrick, $407,250
6: Justin Rose, $322,200
7: Sepp Straka, $287,550
T8: Xander Schauffele, $233,400
T8: Scottie Scheffler, $233,400
T8: Ludvig Aberg, $233,400
T11: Viktor Hovland, $189,675
T11: Wyndham Clark, $189,675
T13: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, $153,450
T13: Taylor Pendrith, $153,450
T13: Kristoffer Reitan, $153,450
T13: Andrew Novak, $153,450
T17: Adam Scott, $120,510
T17: Harry Hall, $120,510
T17: Andy Sullivan, $120,150
T17: Matti Schmid, $120,510
T17: Tom Kim, $120,510
T22: Nick Taylor, $80,625
T22: Grant Forest, $80,625
T22: Nico Echavarria, $80,625
T22: Jordan Smith, $80,625
T22: Jorge Campillo, $80,625
T22: Maverick McNealy, $80,625
T22: Matt McCarty, $80,625
T22: Richard Mansell, $80,625
T22: Justin Thomas, $80,625
T22: Antoine Rozner, $80,625
T22: Harris English, $80,625
T22: Jake Knapp, $80,625
T34: Sebastian Soderberg, $52,950
T34: Alex Smalley, $52,950
T34: Laurie Canter, $52,950
T34: Si Woo Kim, $52,950
T34: Michael Kim, $52,950
T34: Tommy Fleetwood, $52,950
T34: Elvis Smylie, $52,950
T34: Marcel Siem, $52,950
T34: Kevin Yu, $52,950
T43: Yannik Paul, $40,950
T43: Jesper Svensson, $40,950
T43: Ugo Coussaud, $40,950
T43: Victor Perez, $40,950
T47: Aaron Rai, $34,860
T47: Corey Conners, $34,860
T47: Sam Burns, $34,860
T50: Keith Mitchell, $29,754
T50: Matt Wallace, $29,754
T50: Jhonattan Vegas, $29,754
T50: Brian Harman, $29,754
T50: Francesco Laporta, $29,754
T55: John Parry, $25,920
T55: Keita Nakajima, $25,920
T55: Bud Cauley, $25,920
T55: Romain Langasque, $25,920
T55: Daniel Berger, $25,920
T60: Alejandro Del Rey, $23,220
T60: Gary Woodland, $23,220
T60: Sami Valimaki, $23,220
T60: Daniel Brown, $23,220
T60: Thorbjorn Olesen, $23,220
T65: Jacques Kruyswijk, $19,800
T65: Ryan Fox, $19,800
T65: Robert MacIntyre, $19,800
T65: Sam Bairstow, $19,800
T65: Luke Clanton, $19,800
T65: Dale Whitnell, $19,800
T71: Padraig Harrington, $18,810
T71: Thomas Detry, $18,810
73: Martin Couvra, $18,540
74: Ryan Gerard, $18,360
T75: Jacob Bridgeman, $18,000
T75: Connor Syme, $18,000
T75: Sam Stevens, $18,000
78: Henrik Norlander, $17,640
79: Byeong Hun An, $17,460
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