At the postponed Wyndham, Matt Kuchar grabs the lead with a win to extend his playoff streak.
Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar, who needed to win to maintain his FedEx Cup playoff run, scored a second consecutive 6-under 64 on Saturday to lead the Wyndham Championship second round in rain-delayed conditions.
In FedEx Cup history, Kuchar is the only player to have made it to every postseason. The 46-year-old Kuchar is ranked 113th, and the late Grayson Murray is still listed at 57th. The top 70 finishers will advance to the playoff opener in Tennessee the following week.
It’s been a tough year, for sure, but Kuchar felt that the standard had been raised. “I think I played a lot of solid, long-term golf for a very long time. Which, I suppose, makes the bad golf even more annoying.
The tournament, which was postponed until Friday and Saturday due to weather, was rescheduled for Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club, where the nine-time tour winner would play. On Saturday, twenty players were unable to complete their game.
“It gives me a certain amount of confidence because I won a medal at the U.S. Open qualifying a month or two ago when I played 36 holes at the Bear’s Club,” Kuchar remarked. “Able to walk 36 without too many problems in the heat and humidity.”
Due to the damp weather, competitors were permitted to lift, clean, and position their golf balls in the fairways. Kuchar climbed the leadership with late birdies on Nos. 5-7.
Kuchar declared, “This Bermuda rough is nasty, I don’t want any part of it.” Dry conditions make it unfun. It’s really not pleasant when it’s wet. I managed to get the golf ball in my hand, tee it up, and attempt to be quite aggressive with the iron shots since I avoided it for the most part.
Max Greyserman, Cameron Young, and Chad Ramey were all stroke survivors. Greyserman finished with a score of 60, missing a 50-foot birdie putt on the last hole by two feet.
“Perhaps tomorrow will see more birds fall,” Greyserman said. “Just keep plodding along, stay patient, and keep attacking; there will be 36 holes.”
The 29-year-old former Duke golfer started the round with five birdies in a row, four on the 12th and 15th holes, and a 25-footer on the par-3 17th. He was the second player in two days to reach the 18th hole in Minnesota two weeks prior, requiring a birdie to shoot 59.
Beau Hossler birdied the last three holes on Friday to finish with a 60. In the history of the PGA Tour, there have been fourteen rounds under sixty. In 2018, Brandt Snedeker’s victory at Sedgefield included a score of 59.
Young shot 62 with two eagles and a double bogey.
The former Wake Forest athlete stated, “It’s just one of those things where you know you’re going to be tired, but who cares really how you feel on Monday.”
Ramey scored sixty-four.
Hossler shot 70 to trail Billy Horschel (68) and Aaron Rai (65) by two shots.
Jordan Spieth, currently ranked 62nd in the rankings, shot 67 and 71 to miss the cut. It was his first time performing at the event since 2020.
After Wyndham Championship advanced to the first of three Playoff events, the top 70 on the season-long standings
Drama abounded at the soggy Wyndham Championship, but it didn’t significantly alter the FedExCup.
At Sedgefield Country Club, after 72 holes, no one moved in or out, despite movement among the top 70 in the standings. When play concluded on Sunday night, the 70 players who were predicted to make the Playoffs going into the Regular Season finale remained the same.
Don’t be duped by that. Even if the final results don’t indicate any changes, as the last day went on, it was far from clear.
