The answer is Chris Gotterup.
The 26-year-old New Jersey native, who was Oklahoma’s 2022 National Player of the Year as a fifth-year senior, had a breakout season on the PGA Tour that saw him catch fire in July before reaching the Tour Championship, where he finished in 10th place. That finish marked a 109-place improvement in the FedExCup standings from last season.
Gotterup, who finished No. 119 in the FedExCup as a rookie in 2024, missed seven of his first 10 cuts this year and was ranked No. 134 in points at the end of March. He had only improved to No. 88 when he flew to Britain for the Genesis Scottish Open. He paced Rory McIlroy to win there and then added a solo third-place finish at the Open Championship to completely change the trajectory of his season.
Bud Cauley was the only other player to improve by triple digits. He was 105 places better. Jacob Bridgeman (+86), Garrick Higgo (+82) and Harry Higgs (+77) rounded out the top five, although Higgs failed to keep his card at No. 132 in points this season.
On the other hand, Brendon Todd saw a drop of 156 places as he dropped to number 228. Matthieu Pavon went from number 17 to number 171, 154 places worst, while Sahith Theegala struggled with injuries, which explained how he went from number 3 to number 146, a drop of 143 places.
Here’s a look at the movement of all 188 players who appeared in each of the past two FedExCup finals:
| PLAYER | FEC 2025 | FEC 2024 | MOVEMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gotterup | 10 | 119 | 109 |
| Bud Cauley | 47 | 152 | 105 |
| Jacob Brugman | 27 | 113 | 86 |
| Garrick Higgo | 53 | 135 | 82 |
| Harry Higgs | 132 | 209 | 77 |
| Ryan Fox | 43 | 118 | 75 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 96 | 170 | 74 |
| Michael Kim | 31 | 104 | 73 |
| Sami Valimaki | 51 | 123 | 72 |
| JJ Spaun | 25 | 96 | 71 |
| Ricky Fowler | 32 | 101 | 69 |
| Harry Hall | 17 | 84 | 67 |
| Brandt Snodeker | 126 | 186 | 60 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | 70 | 129 | 59 |
| Trey Mullinax | 150 | 206 | 56 |
| Daniel Berger | 45 | 100 | 55 |
| Sam Stevens | 38 | 91 | 53 |
| Gary Woodland | 90 | 140 | 50 |
| Alex Smalley | 74 | 121 | 47 |
| Ben Griffin | 10 | 57 | 47 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 35 | 79 | 44 |
| Andreas Novak | 25 | 68 | 43 |
| Joe Highsmith | 67 | 110 | 43 |
| Camilo Villegas | 155 | 197 | 42 |
| Danny Willett | 169 | 211 | 42 |
| Harris English | 13 | 55 | 42 |
| Will Gordon | 149 | 191 | 42 |
| Justin Rose | 21 | 62 | 41 |
| Nick Taylor | 19 | 60 | 41 |
| Cameron Young | 4 | 44 | 40 |
| Jonathan Byrd | 178 | 217 | 39 |
| Corey Conners | 4 | 39 | 35 |
| Lanto Griffioen | 125 | 158 | 33 |
| Matt McCarty | 81 | 114 | 33 |
| Rico Hoey | 54 | 86 | 32 |
| Matt Wallace | 103 | 134 | 31 |
| Adam Schenk | 69 | 98 | 29 |
| Matti Schmid | 66 | 95 | 29 |
| Cameron Champion | 147 | 175 | 28 |
| Maverick McNealy | 23 | 51 | 28 |
| Vince Whale | 75 | 103 | 28 |
| Luke Glover | 36 | 61 | 25 |
| Anders Albertson | 216 | 239 | 23 |
| Chad Ramey | 93 | 116 | 23 |
| Jonathan Vegas | 50 | 73 | 23 |
| Mac Meissner | 85 | 106 | 21 |
| Pierceson Cody | 110 | 131 | 21 |
| Zach Johnson | 141 | 162 | 21 |
| Nicolai Hojgaard | 88 | 108 | 20 |
| Jordan Spieth | 61 | 80 | 19 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1 | 20 | 19 |
| Brian Harman | 13 | 31 | 18 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Keegan Bradley | 7 | 21 | 14 |
| Akshay Bhatia | 13 | 26 | 13 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 215 | 228 | 13 |
| Davis Riley | 79 | 90 | 11 |
| Francesco Molinari | 185 | 192 | 7 |
| Justin Thomas | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 34 | 40 | 6 |
| difficult | 59 | 65 | 6 |
| Ryan Palmer | 192 | 198 | 6 |
| Brian Stuard | 236 | 241 | 5 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 71 | 76 | 5 |
| Sam Brandt | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 229 | 234 | 5 |
| Vincent Norman | 198 | 203 | 5 |
| Luke Donald | 225 | 229 | 4 |
| James Hahn | 205 | 208 | 3 |
| Joel Dahmen | 122 | 124 | 2 |
| Kevin Kisner | 194 | 196 | 2 |
| Russel Henley | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Sam Ryder | 123 | 125 | 2 |
| Jake Handsome | 63 | 64 | 1 |
| Alejandro Tosti | 137 | 137 | 0 |
| Chandler Phillips | 94 | 94 | 0 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Taylor Montgomery | 138 | 138 | 0 |
| Victor Hovland | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Nico Echavarria | 55 | 54 | -1 |
| Ryō Hisatsune | 95 | 93 | -2 |
| Thomas Detry | 44 | 42 | -2 |
| Harrison Endycott | 204 | 201 | -3 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| Sep Straka | 30 | 27 | -3 |
| Tommy Gainey | 224 | 221 | -3 |
| Hayden Springer | 131 | 127 | -4 |
| Max Greyserman | 52 | 48 | -4 |
| Shane Lowry | 13 | 9 | -4 |
| Denny McCarthy | 40 | 35 | -5 |
| Ludvig Åberg | 21 | 16 | -5 |
| Trili | 37 | 32 | -5 |
| Kevin Yu | 64 | 58 | -6 |
| Austin Cook | 197 | 190 | -7 |
| Keith Mitchell | 82 | 75 | -7 |
| JT Poston | 49 | 41 | -8 |
| Jason Day | 41 | 33 | -8 |
| Matt Kuchar | 118 | 109 | -9 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 62 | 53 | -9 |
| David Lipski | 107 | 97 | -10 |
| Ben Martin | 179 | 167 | -12 |
| Webb Simpson | 172 | 160 | -12 |
| Henrik Norlander | 133 | 120 | -13 |
| Hayden Buckley | 170 | 156 | -14 |
| Rory McIlroy | 23 | 9 | -14 |
| Nick Watney | 210 | 195 | -15 |
| Collin Morikawa | 19 | 2 | -17 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 87 | 70 | -17 |
| Chan Kim | 130 | 112 | -18 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 164 | 146 | -18 |
| Zac Blair | 144 | 126 | -18 |
| Scott Piercy | 201 | 182 | -19 |
| Taylor Pendrith | 33 | 14 | -19 |
| Tom Hoge | 48 | 29 | -19 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 29 | 9 | -20 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | 72 | 52 | -20 |
| Sungjae Im | 27 | 7 | -20 |
| Ben Silverman | 140 | 115 | -25 |
| Stephen Jaeger | 68 | 43 | -25 |
| David Skinns | 148 | 122 | -26 |
| Eric Cole | 76 | 50 | -26 |
| Lee Hodges | 101 | 74 | -27 |
| Nick Hardy | 175 | 147 | -28 |
| Patrick Visburn | 109 | 81 | -28 |
| Russell Knox | 235 | 207 | -28 |
| Andrew Putnam | 114 | 85 | -29 |
| Bill Haas | 234 | 205 | -29 |
| Greyson Sigg | 136 | 107 | -29 |
| Mark Hubbard | 92 | 63 | -29 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 196 | 166 | -30 |
| Chris Kirk | 57 | 27 | -30 |
| Cody Gribble | 233 | 200 | -33 |
| Aaron Rai | 58 | 23 | -35 |
| Dylan Wu | 168 | 132 | -36 |
| Beau Hossler | 104 | 66 | -38 |
| Trace Crowe | 186 | 148 | -38 |
| Xander Schauffele | 42 | 4 | -38 |
| Matt NeSmith | 183 | 143 | -40 |
| Tyler Duncan | 211 | 171 | -40 |
| Carson Young | 129 | 88 | -41 |
| Doug Pin | 113 | 71 | -42 |
| Padraig Harrington | 230 | 188 | -42 |
| Brice Garnett | 154 | 111 | -43 |
| Nate Lasley | 162 | 117 | -45 |
| Ben Kohls | 145 | 99 | -46 |
| Davis Thompson | 80 | 34 | -46 |
| Kevin Streelman | 190 | 142 | -48 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 78 | 29 | -49 |
| Tom Kim | 108 | 59 | -49 |
| Cam Davis | 86 | 36 | -50 |
| Martin Laird | 195 | 145 | -50 |
| Justin Lower | 120 | 69 | -51 |
| Chesson Hadley | 202 | 150 | -52 |
| Taylor Moore | 121 | 67 | -54 |
| from Reavie | 218 | 163 | -55 |
| Byeong Hun An | 77 | 21 | -56 |
| Wyndham Clark | 65 | 8 | -57 |
| Troy Merritt | 207 | 149 | -58 |
| Max Homa | 105 | 46 | -59 |
| Tony controversy | 83 | 23 | -60 |
| Seamus power | 117 | 56 | -61 |
| Charlie Hoffman | 158 | 92 | -66 |
| Lucas List | 160 | 89 | -71 |
| Robby Shelton | 212 | 141 | -71 |
| Austin Eckroat | 119 | 45 | -74 |
| Adriaan Dumont de Chassart | 214 | 139 | -75 |
| Kevin Chappell | 230 | 155 | -75 |
| Adam Svenson | 167 | 87 | -80 |
| Wesley Bryan | 208 | 128 | -80 |
| Nick Dunlap | 134 | 49 | -85 |
| KH Lee | 191 | 105 | -86 |
| Kevin Tway | 219 | 133 | -86 |
| SH Kim | 217 | 130 | -87 |
| Brandon Wu | 232 | 144 | -88 |
| Alex Noren | 128 | 37 | -91 |
| Carl Yuan | 227 | 136 | -91 |
| Adam Hadwin | 139 | 47 | -92 |
| Billy Horschel | 116 | 23 | -93 |
| CT pan | 200 | 102 | -98 |
| Patton Kizzire | 180 | 77 | -103 |
| Adam Scott | 112 | 4 | -108 |
| Peter Malnati | 188 | 78 | -110 |
| Rafael Campos | 193 | 82 | -111 |
| Will Zalatoris | 153 | 38 | -115 |
| Sahith Theegala | 146 | 3 | -143 |
| Matthew Pavon | 171 | 17 | -154 |
| Brendon Todd | 228 | 72 | -156 |
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