Chris Gotterup - Myrtle Beach Classic

Chris Gotterup takes a four-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Tour's Myrtle Beach Classic at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. Photo by Drew Amato photo/Golf Tourism Solutions

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The inaugural $4 million Myrtle Beach Classic, and all the spoils that come with a PGA Tour victory, are Chris Gotterup鈥檚 to lose on Sunday.

The consensus No. 1 college golfer in 2022 at Oklahoma is seeking his first tour victory in his first full year on tour, and enters the final round with a four-shot lead at 18-under 195.

He shot a 6-under-par 65 in Saturday鈥檚 third round to extend a one-stroke lead to four over first-round co-leader Robert MacIntyre, Erik van Rooyen of South Africa and Jorge Campillo of Spain.

Davis Thompson, 24, a two-time NCAA Regional individual winner at Georgia, is five shots back, 27-year-old Duke alumnus Alex Smalley is six back, and eight golfers are seven back.

So Gotterup is clearly in the driver鈥檚 seat to secure at minimum his short-term future in the game.

Though it鈥檚 an opposite field event being played concurrently with the more prestigious Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, a win still carries a lot of weight on tour.

The winner will receive $720,000, a two-year PGA Tour exemption in 2025-26, 300 FedExCup points, exemptions into next week鈥檚 PGA Championship and the 2025 season-opening The Sentry and Players Championship, and will be in a strong position to get into the final two $20 million Signature Events of the year.

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