Matt Kuchar won the Memorial tournament for his 6th career PGA Tour victory. It was his second victory of the year—winning the WGC Bridgestone event in February. He is having his finest year on the tour as he turns 35 later this month. Those are the statistics they do not tell the story.
His journey to get here has not been without bumps in the road. Matt won early in his career at the Honda Classic in 2002 and then went into a slump that resulted in him losing his card and having to go to “the minors”—the web.com tour. He took it all in stride. He knew it was all part of a “10 year learning curve” that Matt was told it usually took to become a tour regular and stalwart. He earned his way back to the tour. He decided to get a more consistent swing that would perhaps not be one that overwhelmed courses but instead one that would kill them with consistency. He has done just that—killed them with consistency—having made 35 cuts in a row.
Now Matt faces the next challenge—winning a major. The list of players without a major who many fans and pundits alike think should have one on their resume is daunting—Westwood, Donald, Garcia, Stricker, Snedeker, Haas, Dustin Johnson, the list goes on and on—now the name Kuchar appears on that list—maybe really for the first time. Is he poised to take down old Merion? Or Muirfield? Or perhaps Oak Hill? I think so—yes, Matt Kuchar gets a major in 2013—he does so because he is living the dream and he gets it!