(1978-06-21) June 21, 1978 (age 45) Winter Park, Florida
Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight
195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
St. Simons, Georgia
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
Haskins Award
1998
PGA Tour money list winner
2010
Byron Nelson Award
2010
Vardon Trophy
2010
Medal record
Men's Golf
Representing United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Individual
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.
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...
Play. This time, he won the tournament (3 & 2) over fellow American MattKuchar. In August 2021, Kisner won the Wyndham Championship with a birdie on...
Summerhays Brendon Todd (10) Jimmy Walker (10) Nick Watney Gary Woodland MattKuchar (9,10) withdrew with a back injury. 9. Members of the United States and...
rounds in the sixties for 268 (−12), three strokes ahead of runner-up MattKuchar, for his third major title, and the second in which he led wire-to-wire...
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. Weekley beat MattKuchar by one stroke to take his first win in five years. Since 2017, injuries...
Holmes (9), Charles Howell III, Freddie Jacobson, Anthony Kim (9,10), MattKuchar (10), Martin Laird (10), Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan (9,10), Steve Marino...
birdie putt. At the U.S. Open, he finished T-2, one stroke behind the winner Matt Fitzpatrick. Entering the 2022 Tour Championship as the leader in the FedEx...
players in order of PGA Championship points earned (per 10) Lanto Griffin MattKuchar Patton Kizzire Matthew Wolff Davis Riley Alternates who gained entry...
foot positioning during his swing. Haas won the event by one shot over MattKuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson. The win came at the start of his fifth year...
Stephan Jäger Michael Kim Kim Seong-hyeon Kim Si-woo Kurt Kitayama (13,15) MattKuchar Martin Laird Nate Lashley Lee Kyoung-hoon David Lipsky Justin Lower Shane...
Holmes (18), Charles Howell III (18), Michael Kim, Satoshi Kodaira (17), MattKuchar (17,18), Andrew Landry, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Na (16,17),...
continued to build his division, including signing nine-time PGA Tour winner MattKuchar and Danielle Kang. Previously, he led the global golf division of the...
Els (15,17,18,19), Grégory Havret, Dustin Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), MattKuchar (15,16,17,18,19), Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker 13. Top 4 finishers...
Scott had taken a one-hole lead at the 15th hole against Tony Finau and MattKuchar but Finau won the final hole with a birdie 3 to tie the match. At one...
at the start of the 2012 Ryder Cup. Match 3 (Rose/Kaymer v. D. Johnson/Kuchar) started after Match 4 (Westwood/Colsaerts v. Woods/Stricker). The table...
Geoff Ogilvy 2010 Ian Poulter 2011 Luke Donald 2012 Hunter Mahan 2013 MattKuchar 2014 Jason Day 2015 Rory McIlroy 2016 Jason Day 2017 Dustin Johnson 2018...
(16,17,18,19) Charles Howell III (17) Freddie Jacobson (16,17,18,19) MattKuchar (17,18,19) Martin Laird (18,19) Hunter Mahan (16,17,18,19) Kevin Na Rory...
by $100,855 with $4,910,477, Kuchar will receive the Arnold Palmer Award... In addition to the official money title, Kuchar will also take home the Byron...
Championship and earned PGA Tour Player of the Year honors for 1998. MattKuchar, a 19-year-old sophomore at Georgia Tech, was the low amateur at even-par...
his brother Edoardo in the four-balls (halved against Stuart Cink and MattKuchar) and foursomes (lost against Zach Johnson and Hunter Mahan). He then...
39th. In November 2011, he won the Omega Mission Hills World Cup with MattKuchar. He finished 2011 ranked 17th on the PGA Tour money list and 51st in...
Hovland (10) Mackenzie Hughes Im Sung-jae Matt Jones (10) Chris Kirk Kevin Kisner Jason Kokrak (10) MattKuchar Martin Laird (10) Marc Leishman (10) Adam...
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