Matt Kuchar held his personal on the 3M Open this weekend, ending tied for third. The PGA Tour veteran is seeking to lengthen his season a bit of longer.
Kuchar carded an even-par 71 Sunday to take a seat at 15-under total and two pictures behind the winner, Jhonattan Vegas.
On the week, the previous Georgia Tech golfer went 68-67-63-70. That 63 on Saturday was large for him because it propelled him up the leaderboard and into rivalry.
He could not have closed on Sunday, however this week gave him some confidence for the remainder of the season.
“It was an excellent week,” Kuchar mentioned. “It was enjoyable to be out with an opportunity to win on Sunday. I hadn’t had this chance shortly, and to be within the final group Sunday to have the lead for a second there was an thrilling day. Want I might have accomplished extra.”
“I really feel just like the brief sport let me down a bit of bit. I don’t suppose I obtained one ball up and down on a missed inexperienced in the present day, which generally one in all my strengths is with the ability to scramble fairly nicely. It was a difficult day — pars had been good scores. I got here away with a bunch of them in the present day however wanted a handful of birdies to do the trick.”
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He began the day with a birdie on two however dropped a shot on the 4th. One other birdie got here on the fifth to take a seat at even par, however back-to-back bogeys noticed him flip in 36 strokes.
Kuchar made one ultimate birdie on the par-5 twelfth however couldn’t get something to drop after that. He settled six pars down the stretch.
The 46-year-old is the one participant to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs since they started in 2007, so he’s making an attempt to keep away from ending that streak.
“It’s on my thoughts, and it’s one thing I do know is again there,” he mentioned. I don’t need to miss the Playoffs. I don’t know the place this places me, however it’s definitely inside some placing distance. I’ll be in Greensboro once more with mainly that on my thoughts, making an attempt to get within the high 70.”
He got here into the week ranked No. 153 within the FedEx Cup standings. After this end, he might leap to No. 111. Whereas it might be a stretch, Kuchar might discover a method into the High 70. This end was a giant assist for the veteran because the hole isn’t practically as huge because it was every week in the past.
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