Quotes by Matt Kuchar

About Matt Kuchar:

Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won seven times on the PGA Tour, with these wins spanning over 12 years. He briefly enjoyed success in the early 2000s before suffering a slump where he struggled to maintain his playing status on the PGA Tour. He rejuvenated himself and built a new, one-plane swing from 2008 onward leading to improved results. He is renowned as one of the most consistent players on the tour, having earned close to $15 million in prize money and recorded 30 top-10 finishes between 2009-2012. This included finishing as the PGA Tour's leading money winner in 2010.
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As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

Matt Kuchar

Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.

Matt Kuchar

I grew up admiring Phil Mickelson. He loves competing, and he loves the fans' support, similar to me. In terms of my playing style, Steve Stricker and I are similar.

Matt Kuchar

I found an instructor, Chris O'Connell, who helped me. He turned me into the player I am today - a consistent golfer.

Matt Kuchar

I like to challenge myself. There are not many guys on tour who can give me a challenge in Ping-Pong. So I'll throw some points to see if I can come back.

Matt Kuchar

I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia.

Matt Kuchar

Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.

Matt Kuchar

I felt I could play in maybe a dozen tournaments a year as an amateur.

Matt Kuchar

I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.

Matt Kuchar

Even if you finish the year at No. 1 in the world, and Tiger Woods has done this, you can still probably get better.

Matt Kuchar

Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off.

Matt Kuchar

Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.

Matt Kuchar

I went seven years between 2002 and 2009 without winning. Then I did win in '09.

Matt Kuchar

I'd like to see something done about the long putters and belly putters. But I go back and forth on that. I've actually worked with a belly putter.

Matt Kuchar

I dislike the gym, but I'll chase a tennis ball all day.

Matt Kuchar

I had a temper when I played junior golf and had my clubs taken away for slamming them on the ground. I learned very quickly that I didn't want my clubs taken away from me.

Matt Kuchar

I've always been a guy that's liked a crowd and having people around cheering for me. I'm not a guy that will keep his head down or respond negatively to boos or whatever.

Matt Kuchar

I'm a pretty low-stress guy. I take what the golf course gives me. Some days, when I'm in full control, I'm able to fire at pins with 5-irons. Other days, I'm looking more toward the middle of the green.

Matt Kuchar

I'm a decent table tennis player, but if you were to put me up against any of the guys you see on television at the Olympics, I'd be lucky to get a couple of points.

Matt Kuchar

I have a random array of ball markers in my bag and don't use any specific one. Many are the plastic kind you find at almost any golf course.

Matt Kuchar

Author Bio

  • NameMatt Kuchar
  • Descriptionprofessional golfer
  • BornJune 21, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGolfer