| Matt Kuchar | |||||||||||||||
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 Kuchar at the 2017 Valero Texas Open | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Matthew Gregory Kuchar | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kuch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 21, 1978 Winter Park, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | St. Simons, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Sybi Parker (m. 2003) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 4 (June 2, 2013)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| European Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | T3: 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | T7: 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T6: 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | 2nd: 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Matthew Gregory Kuchar (born June 21, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won nine times on the PGA Tour. Kuchar briefly enjoyed success in the early 2000s before suffering a slump where he struggled to maintain his playing status on the PGA Tour. He rejuvenated himself and built a new, one-plane swing from 2008 onward leading to improved results. Kuchar was the PGA Tour's leading money winner in 2010.
Kuchar won The Players Championship in 2012, the flagship event of the PGA Tour, his biggest tournament victory to date.[2] As a result, he moved to a career high number five in the world rankings and has spent over 40 weeks ranked inside its top-10. In February 2013, Kuchar won his first World Golf Championship event, defeating Hunter Mahan in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.[3]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kuchar won the first Olympic bronze medal awarded for golf since the 1904 Summer Olympics. Kuchar ended the 2022-23 season as the highest-earning PGA Tour player without a major championship win, with career earnings of over $58 million. The closest he has come was his second-place finish in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.[4]
- ^ "Week 22 2013 Ending 2 Jun 2013" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ Dorman, Larry (May 14, 2012). "Kuchar smiles, and grinds, his way to a signature Playerswin". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ Kendall, Mark (February 24, 2013). "Matt Kuchar beat Hunter Mahan 2&1 to win WGC Match Play Championship". Sky Sports. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ Jurejko, Jonathan; Reddy, Luke (July 23, 2017). "Spieth wins The Open - watch highlights". BBC Sport.