‘He Bugs a Lot: Matt Kuchar’s ’Terrible Situation’ Confession Fails To Impress Fans Amid Brutal Backlash

I apologize for forcing everybody to come out here,” said Matt Kuchar to all the people at the Wyndham Championship. The PGA Tour pro was the only golfer to return to the Sedgefield Country Club to play what was regarded as the loneliest Monday match. On Sunday, the nine-time PGA Tour champion marked his ball in the 18th hole rough and walked off the course. The conditions were pretty dark and Kuchar told the tournament referee that he could not finish the final hole of the event in such a condition and, at that time, was tied for 12th place.

Unlike Kuchar, his tee-off partners, Max Greyersman and Chad Ramey, chose to complete their respective rounds. Leaving the 46-year-old to make a solo Monday finish and play six minutes of golf to complete the remaining shots of the final hole.

The official Instagram account of the PGA Tour took to their feed and shared a series of videos. In the carousel, the first three were snippets of the four shots Kuchar played to finish his round, and the latter two of them were him revealing the reason behind his decision. Kuchar said, “I think had I had been in the Fairway with the normal shot. I probably would have attempted to change the general rule of thumb and you’re playing.”

The play resumed at 8 a.m. on Monday. His decision did indeed turn out to be a favorable one for him. Coming back to the course in the morning gave him better visibility and he was also granted line-of-sight relief from a scoreboard. This allowed him to drop his ball on the fairway. He had a par finish on the 18th hole.