Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kucharis an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won seven times on the PGA Tour, with these wins spanning over 12 years. He 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. He is renowned as one of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth21 June 1978
CityWinter Park, FL
CountryUnited States of America
I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative.
There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never an end to that striving to get better in golf.
I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia.
Golf's a great game, and you meet a lot of people along the way.
Even if you finish the year at No. 1 in the world, and Tiger Woods has done this, you can still probably get better.
As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always played up against older age groups.
I want to qualify for the Tour Championship. Being a Georgia Tech grad, playing at East Lake would feel like home.
The first 18 holes are extremely difficult.
As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.
Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.