In what was doubtless the loneliest Monday end ever, Matt Kuchar returned to Sedgefield Nation Membership at 8 a.m. Monday to finish his remaining spherical.
The lone golfer to not end Sunday on the 2024 Wyndham Championship, Kuchar was in a tie for twelfth when he hurriedly teed off on the 18th gap. Minutes later, he knowledgeable a guidelines official he was accomplished for the day, electing to not full the spherical within the rising darkness. Everybody else did, together with match winner Aaron Rai, taking part in within the group forward.
Tour guidelines official Orlando Pope defined that relatively than blow the horn to droop play attributable to darkness, all three gamers in Kuchar’s group got the choice to complete Monday however solely Kuchar opted to take action, reversing course after driving left into hassle.
Rai went forward and celebrated on the 18th inexperienced Sunday with the trophy however the victory was not deemed official till Monday, nor was the ultimate prime 70 for the FedEx Cup Playoffs official until then.
After Kuchar’s drive Sunday left him means left of the green, the primary ball he struck Monday flew 189 yards, in response to ShotLink, and ended up in entrance of the inexperienced. From there, he hit his third from 34 yards away onto the placing floor to 2 ft, 4 inches after which he made his par.
“Hear, no person needs to be that man, which I really feel I become, the one man that didn’t end. I can’t let you know what number of instances I’ve been completed with a spherical pondering, bummed out that anyone didn’t end, that we didn’t get to make the lower as a result of anyone didn’t end. Right here it’s me now because the man that didn’t get to complete the match,” Kuchar stated Monday after taking part in the ultimate gap as a single with a Tour official as a marker. “Once more, it stinks to, no person needs to be that man that’s displaying up immediately, one particular person, one gap. Not even one gap, half a gap to putt. So apologies to the match, to all people that needed to come out. I do know it stinks, I do know the ramifications, I do know it stinks. Actually I apologize to drive all people to return out right here.”
When it comes to {dollars}, a tie for twelfth earned Kuchar $144,965. He had ending up with bogey on the final, his payday would’ve shrunk to $77,025, whereas a birdie would’ve netted him $223,833. Kuchar’s all-time on-course earnings on the PGA Tour now stands at $59,932,212.
Requested if he had heard any of the response to his choice, Kuchard stated, “Fortunately, I keep away from that stuff. I did get a name from my agent, stated ‘Hey, you’re inflicting fairly a stir,’ in order that was the little I heard. I’m grateful to not be part of the social media factor.”
Golfweek’s Adam Schupak contributed to this text.
