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January 20, 2026 – Bridgestone Golf<\/span><\/b> staffer Chris Gotterup<\/b> secured victory using the VS Black with MindSet<\/b> prototype golf ball of the Bridgestone Tour B X line, on Sunday at the Sony Open<\/b> 2026<\/b> in Hawaii with a final round of 64 and 16-under-par total. <\/span><\/p>\n Like last year\u2019s win at the Genesis Scottish Open, Sunday\u2019s victory was marked by powerful ball flight that pierced through the wind with big-time distance.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am so proud of my performance this weekend and I couldn\u2019t have done it without Bridgestone and the VS Proto Black with MindSet\u201d<\/span><\/i> said the New Jersey native. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe VS Black helped me control my ball flight and trajectory in tricky conditions today, and I was absolutely sending it off the tee. This ball, now the new TOUR B X, will be my secret weapon for the foreseeable future. I can\u2019t wait for it to become available for everyone to play.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Gotterup\u2019s performance was highlighted by solid ball-striking and creativity around the greens, including Thursday\u2019s 56-foot bunker shot for birdie on the second hole and Sunday\u2019s 203-yard approach to 21 feet on the ninth hole. <\/span><\/p>\n Despite tricky crosswinds and challenging greens, Gotterup relied on his prodigious power and trajectory control, pairing his Bridgestone golf ball with his Bridgestone 220 MB irons to tame Waialae Country Club<\/b> with relative ease.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cChris\u2019s win today underscores years of investment by Bridgestone Golf in a new material discovery that we are excited to reveal at the PGA Show this week,\u201d<\/span><\/i> said Dan Murphy<\/b>, president of Bridgestone Golf. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Chris on our team and thrilled to see him succeed with the VS Black prototype, which we will unveil tomorrow as the new 2026 TOUR B X.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0What began as one of the most ambitious R&D undertakings in Bridgestone Golf\u2019s history evolved into a multi-year engineering effort. <\/span><\/p>\n Four years ago, Bridgestone\u2019s R&D engineers began developing an all-new material, exploring more than 20 different material formulations, while producing more than 240 prototypes across multiple distinct model variations. <\/span><\/p>\n With the new material discovery, Bridgestone Golf\u2019s VS prototype lineup pushes the limits of what is possible in golf ball construction and performance.<\/span><\/p>\n The launch of the new TOUR B family will be today at PGA Show Demo Day<\/b> in Orlando, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 20, 2026 – Bridgestone Golf staffer Chris Gotterup secured victory using the VS Black with MindSet prototype golf ball of the Bridgestone Tour B X line, on Sunday at the Sony Open 2026 in Hawaii with a final round of 64 and 16-under-par total. Like last year\u2019s win at the Genesis Scottish Open, Sunday\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":174049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,130],"tags":[620,16257],"class_list":["post-173279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday-golf-en","category-pga-tour-en","tag-bridgestone-golf-en","tag-chris-gotterup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hundreds-wordpress-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/mygolfway\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sony-Open-2026-Gotterup.gif\")
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