Discover the career path of Matt Kuchar, from the first major opportunity to industry-changing achievements.
Matt Kuchar is an American professional golfer with nine PGA Tour wins. After early success in the 2000s, he experienced a slump. He revitalized his career around 2008 by developing a new, one-plane swing, leading to improved performance. In 2010, Kuchar was the PGA Tour's leading money winner.
In 1998, Kuchar was the low amateur at both The Masters and U.S. Open.
In November 2000, Matt Kuchar turned professional after briefly working for a financial services firm.
In 2001, Kuchar received sponsors' exemptions to some PGA Tour tournaments and earned enough money to be fully exempt for the 2002 season.
In 2006, Matt Kuchar played on the Nationwide Tour and won its Henrico County Open and finished tenth on the Nationwide Tour money list to earn back his PGA Tour card for 2007.
In 2007, Kuchar retained his card for the next two seasons by finishing 115th on the money list.
From 2008 onward, Matt Kuchar rejuvenated his golf game and built a new, one-plane swing, leading to improved results.
In 2008, Kuchar retained his tour card for the next two seasons by finishing 70th on the money list.
Seven years after his first PGA Tour win, Kuchar won for a second time during the Fall Series in 2009 at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, prevailing in a playoff over Vaughn Taylor.
In 2010, Kuchar made the Ryder Cup team and won The Barclays. He also won the Vardon Trophy, Byron Nelson Award, and Arnold Palmer Award.
In June 2011, Kuchar finished tied for second at the Memorial Tournament and reached his highest ranking of world number six.
In 2011, Kuchar started the year with three consecutive top-10 finishes in the first three weeks of the season.
In 2012, Kuchar won The Players Championship, which is the flagship event of the PGA Tour, marking his biggest tournament victory to date and moving him to a career-high world ranking of number five.
In February 2013, Kuchar won his first World Golf Championship event, defeating Hunter Mahan in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
In 2013, Matt Kuchar went on to win the title at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
In 2013, Matt Kuchar won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, defeating Hunter Mahan. He also won the Memorial Tournament in early June.
Late in 2013, Kuchar finished runner-up at the Australian Masters and fourth in the World Cup of Golf.
In 2015, Kuchar had his best performance in the season's majors at the PGA Championship and won the Fiji International.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kuchar won the first Olympic bronze medal awarded for golf since 1904.
During the 2017 season, Kuchar had nine top-10 finishes, tied for fourth at the Masters, and finished second at the Open Championship.
In 2017, Kuchar finished in second place at The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.
In 2018, Jim Furyk named Kuchar as a non-playing vice-captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which lost to the European team.
On March 31, 2019, Kuchar reached the championship round of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play but lost to Kevin Kisner.
In December 2019, Kuchar played on the U.S. team at the Presidents Cup, where the U.S. team won.
Kuchar ended the 2022 season as the highest-earning PGA Tour player without a major championship win.
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