Matt Kuchar Snags PGA Money Title, Two Scoring Awards

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Published: November 17, 2010

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While no one was really paying a lot of attention, Matt Kuchar was racking up dollars and shaving strokes off his scores. 

Today he was awarded the PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Award for being the leading money winner in 2010 with a little over $ 4 million and change. The award, obviously, does not include the $10 million for first place in the FedEx Cup or it would have gone to Jim Furyk. 

Of equal importance, Kuchar won the PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson Award and the PGA of America’s Vardon Trophy, both for low scoring average.  

“It's so exciting,” Kuchar said. “It feels like the college days when I had the great success at Georgia Tech, following on with the Amateur and Masters and U.S. Open, and these accolades. It's hard for me to even believe. I remember it was just a couple of years ago I was back on the Nationwide Tour and hoping to get back out on the TOUR and trying to keep my card.”

That’s right, after winning the US Amateur, turning professional and winning on the PGA Tour, some kind of slump enveloped Matt Kuchar.

He must have wondered at times if he would ever get back to top form.  

In 2005, he won just over $420,000 on the PGA Tour.

While it sounds like a princely sum to most, it was not enough to keep his card.  

In 2006, he was sent back to the minors, to the Nationwide circuit. That’s where he found a new golf coach who helped him turn missed cuts into paychecks.

“I'd have to point to Chris O'Connell, my instructor. We got together in 2006 when I was on the Nationwide Tour, and every year, we worked together and got better,” Kuchar said about his improved play in the last three or four seasons. “He has definitely made me a better golfer, and I'm excited about continuing on this progression next year.”

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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