It’s been quite the sports weekend for the Gotterup family. Chris Gotterup is eight strokes back of the leaders heading into the final 18 holes of the Masters, and now his sister Anna has flown down to Georgia after winning the Army-Navy lacrosse game. That positive energy may be just what the four-time PGA Tour winner needs to climb into the top-five at his first-ever Masters.
Navy scored 10 straight goals to eventually surge past its rival and win 14-8 in the annual Star Game. But Anna didn’t have much time to celebrate with her team on Saturday afternoon. She had a flight to catch.
"Brick by brick."
Hear from senior Anna Gotterup after today's 14-8 win over No. 14 Army to capture the Star.
The Midshipmen overcame an early 3-1 deficit with 10-straight goals, and Gotterup net her seventh of the year.#GoNavy pic.twitter.com/iXFFaA2h7Q
— Navy Women’s Lacrosse (@NavyWLax) April 11, 2026
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“I’ve got two-and-a-half hours to get to the airport,” Anna said after the win in Annapolis. “Get down to the Masters to watch my brother play and maybe win the Masters.”
Anna admitted that she had heckled her brother heading into Augusta National, knowing that she could only make it down to the Masters for Sunday, “assuming he makes the cut, which I already pressured him on.” Now she’ll be in Georgia with a win under her belt; it’s only right that Chris tries to match her.
A standout senior on the nationally-ranked Navy lacrosse team, Anna was “dangerously close to losing her left leg due to a rare vascular condition called Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome.” In September, she’ll start flight school as a potential Navy pilot.
“I have a much greater appreciation for what she does in the military, now that she’s involved,” Chris said about his sister before the Masters. “It’s just really cool as a brother to see her do that, and I think she deserves a lot of notoriety, and I probably get more than I should.”
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