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PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1):
2002 The Honda Classic.
NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1):
2006 Henrico County Open Presented by Saxon Capital, Inc.
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES:
T3—AT&T Classic; T6—AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-
Am.
2007 SEASON:
In first season back on the PGA TOUR, had best performance
since winning in 2002, with two top-10s...Recorded a
final-round 6-under-par 66 at Pebble Beach GL to finish T6
at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am...Former
Georgia Tech All-America posted T3 at the AT&T Classic in
Duluth, GA, aided by a third-round 8-under-par 64. Best finish
since lone career TOUR win at the 2002 Honda
Classic...Had a hole-in-one during the final round of the
Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2006: Spent most of his season on the Nationwide Tour,
where he earned his first career win at the Henrico County
Open by beating Paul Claxton in a playoff. Finished No. 10
on the final money list to earn his 2007 PGA TOUR
card...Missed the cut in six of his eight TOUR starts. 2005:
Only top-10 finish came at the MCI Heritage...Had a holein-one
during the final round of the John Deere Classic.
2004: A T10 at the HP Classic of New Orleans was his only
top-10 finish in 28 starts. 2003: After winning for the first
time, struggled through a difficult season which saw him
fall out of the top 125 on the money list...Best result came
at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, a 20th-place finish thanks to
a pair of 67s on the weekend. 2002: Opened the season
with a bang with a T4 at the Sony Open in Hawaii...Two
months later earned his first victory at The Honda Classic.
Closed with a pair of 66s to defeat Brad Faxon and Joey
Sindelar by two strokes. Made four consecutive birdies on
Matt Kuchar
EXEMPT STATUS: 115th on 2007 money list
FULL NAME: Matthew Gregory Kuchar
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 195
BIRTHDATE: June 21, 1978
BIRTHPLACE: Winter Park, FL
RESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Sybi; Cameron Cole (10/11/07)
PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Events Cuts FedExCup Pts/ Earnings/
Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Rank Rank
1998A 6 5 2
1999A 4 2
2000A 1
2001 11 6 1 1 2 4 572,669
2002 27 14 1 4 6 1,237,725/49
2003 23 8 2 176,047/182
2004 28 13 1 4 509,257/139
2005 21 9 1 3 402,786/159
2006 8 2 30,297/241
2007 26 16 1 2 4 89,021/92 886,146/115
Total 155 75 1 1 2 10 25 3,814,927
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings/Rank
2001 3 2 1 1 1 38,739/95
2006 21 16 1 2 5 11 300,867/10
Total 24 18 1 3 6 12 339,606
EUROPEAN TOUR
Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings
2007 2
* Majors and World Golf Championships are considered official on multiple tours*
the back nine to help him rally from a four-shot deficit to
Sindelar at the turn. Victory jumped him from No. 149 in
Official World Golf Ranking to No. 50 and qualified him for
the Masters on the last day to qualify...Finished T5 at the
Fed Ex St. Jude Classic, worth $133,475 to push him over
the $1-million mark for the first time in a single
season...Finished T9 at Tampa Bay Classic presented by
Buick, posting four sub-par rounds. 2001: Earned PGA TOUR
card through sponsor exemptions...Ranked second behind
Charles Howell III in PGA TOUR non-member earnings with
$572,669 in only 11 starts. Earnings would have ranked him
91st on TOUR official money list...After missing the cut in
his first three TOUR starts, playing on a sponsor exemption,
secured his card for 2002 with two big finishes...Earned first
top-10 in a TOUR event in sixth start as professional.
Rounds of 68-66-72-67 at Air Canada Championship produced
T3 worth $197,200. Season earnings total at that
point of $269,253 earned him Special Temporary
Membership...Best effort of season came in San Antonio,
where he was two strokes behind Justin Leonard after 54
holes of Texas Open. Playing in the final group on Sunday,
closed with 69, as did Leonard, for T2 with rookie J.J. Henry.
The Texas Open paycheck of $264,000, clinched 2002 TOUR
card in only eighth start of season...Made three starts in
Nationwide Tour events, including a T2 at the Siouxland
Open in July...Played from Australia to Mexico, played on
the Nationwide Tour, Canadian Tour and the Golden Bear
Tour. 2000: After finishing his collegiate career at Georgia
Tech in May, decided to stay amateur and briefly took a job
in finance...Played in the Westin Texas Open at LaCantera in
October as an amateur and missed the cut. It was in Texas
where he started to think about turning pro and giving the
PGA TOUR a try...One month later, made his professional
debut at the 2000 Australian Open (won by Aaron
Baddeley). Amateur: 1997 U.S. Amateur champion following
three consecutive wins by Tiger Woods...Lost in the
quarterfinals in 1998 when defending the U.S. Amateur
crown at Oak Hill...As a sophomore in 1998 at Georgia Tech,
EDUCATION: Georgia Tech (2000, Management)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Sports, boats, planes, hiking,
skiing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000
JOINED TOUR: 2001
Nationwide Tour Graduate (2006)
PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
finished 21st at Masters and 14th at U.S. Open. Finish at
Masters was best 72-hole finish by an amateur in 20 years.
There was talk of his turning pro, but Kuchar instead finished
out his collegiate career at Georgia Tech, where he
was a two-time first-team All-America selection and the
Yellow Jackets' second player to be a four-time All-ACC
selection (along with David Duval). Awarded Fred Haskins
Award in 1998 as the nation's top collegiate golfer...1998
ACC Player of the Year...Six career collegiate victories for
Tech was bested only by Duval's eight.
PERSONAL:
Got started in golf when his mother, Meg, upgraded the
country club membership to include golf when he was 12
years old. Matt and his dad tried golf and were
hooked...Father, Peter Kuchar, is an excellent tennis player
who was ranked No. 1 in doubles at one time in the state of
Florida...Matt's wife, Sybi, was a standout tennis player at
Georgia Tech, where they met.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2007 PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring Average ..........................................70.49 (54)
Driving Distance ..........................................278.6 (169)
Driving Accuracy Percentage ......................65.35% (56)
Greens in Regulation Pct. ............................64.09% (94)
Putting Average............................................1.799 (115)
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2007 Low Round/Round: 64–AT&T Classic/3
Career Low Round/Round: 63–2004 HP Classic of New
Orleans/2
Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $630,000–2002 The
Honda Classic/1
Career High Official World Rank: After 2002 BellSouth
Classic/46
Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Masters T21 T50 CUT
U.S. Open T14 CUT CUT CUT CUT
British Open CUT CUT CUT
PGA CUT
THE PLAYERS W/D CUT T16
Bridgestone Invitational T38
NATIONAL TEAMS: World Amateur Team Championship, 1998; Walker Cup, 1999.
Matt KUCHAR
PGA TOUR 2008 Guide
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