Matt Kuchar has apologized for opting to complete his final hole of the Wyndham Championship on Monday.
The American took his tee shot on the 72nd hole on Sunday evening but then marked his ball and walked off the course in the fading light despite being out of contention for the opportunity to make the field for this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. That left him the only player who needed to come back on Monday to finish, where he made par to close out a round of 71 for an 11-under T12.
Following the delayed end of his round, Kuchar explained to the media why he had made the decision to come back on Monday, but began by apologizing for the inconvenience it had caused. He said: “Sorry that you guys had to come out this morning. Listen, nobody wants to be that guy, which I feel I turned into, the one guy that didn’t finish.
“I can’t tell you how many times I have been finished with a round thinking, bummed out that somebody didn’t finish, that we didn’t get to make the cut because somebody didn’t finish. Here it’s me now as the guy that didn’t get to finish the tournament.”
“But last night, last night was dark,” he said. “I mean, we had texts that round one was suspended at 8.15, round two was suspended at 8.25. That was to make the cut, so they pushed it even longer. Last night round four was suspended at 8.40, like it was dark.”
The nine-time PGA Tour winner then explained that the travails of Max Greyserman, who had been the likeliest to win before a quadruple bogey on the 16th, which included a four-putt, had informed his decision.
Kuchar explained Max Greyserman’s four-putt on the 16th helped him decide to complete his round on Monday
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He added: “I think had I been in the fairway with a normal shot, I probably would have attempted to finish, but I had just seen Max four-putt the 16th hole. If there was daylight on that green, does he four-putt? I don’t know, I don’t know. But I just watched something happen.
“I had a putt three holes prior, 13th hole, decent daylight, no daylight on the green, totally covered in shade, missed a five-footer. Like I’m thinking it’s hard to putt.”
Kuchar also said that his decision was in part because he was unaware that Aaron Rai ultimately took advantage of Greyserman’s misfortune to…
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