Despite a Horrible Blunder in the $8.2M PGA Tour Event, Matt Kuchar Finds Solace In a Similar 10 Year Old Stat

Matt Kuchar was striding forward towards a dream win after four years of a title drought. At El Cardonal, the 45-year-old golfer was leading with a six-shot advantage over his closest competitor, Will Gordon. But then the Golf God played a sadistic trick on the veteran golfer.

If the triple bogey is the most dreaded shot in golf, Matt Kuchar topped that with a snowman on the 15th hole. That sure is to break one’s heart and shatter their confidence. But Kuchar still sits atop the leaderboard. What are the odds, right? Well, only once in recorded history has this happened, and Kuchar can certainly live up to that.

Matt Kuchar’s roller-coaster ride has only one precedent

Kuchar was comfortably on his way to his tenth PGA Tour victory. The 462-year-old par-4 15th hole came in his way. What happened next was nothing short of a freak show.

Teeing off at the 15th hole, the Georgian shot his tee shot into the bushes. It took the 45-year-old golfer seven more shots to finally cup his ball in the hole, blowing off his six-shot lead. Still maintaining the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard, the veteran golfer has history by his side in his exceptional race to the title.

It’s odd, extremely rare, and baffling. In fact, as PGA Tour Communications tweeted, only once has this happened in the long history of the Tour. The lucky guy before Kuchar was another American pro, Shawn Stefani. “Shawn Stefani is the only player on record to make a quadruple bogey or worse and go on to hold the outright 54-hole lead.” Stefani made eight birdies after his quadruple bogey on the 11th hole and held onto his lead at the St. Jude Classic in 2013.

This was the sixth quadruple bogey in the veteran’s career after the 2019 Genesis Invitational, as per the same source. Colombian PGA star Camilo Villegas grabbed the opportunity to come to the top of the leaderboard. Golf is indeed a “fickle creature,” as he revealed earlier.

Matt Kuchar laments about the treacherous nature of golf

Commenting on the cruel twist of fate, the American Pro claimed, “I left for this trip, saying to my family I’m excited about his week… I’ve certainly said that before, and it’s not gone quite as planned. Golf is a fickle creature.” It would be an interesting watch if the veteran golfer could bank on the fickle nature of the sport to make an astonishing comeback.

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Currently, the two veteran golfers are tied for the top spot, with Kuchar looking for his first win in four years. Villegas eyes his fifth PGA Tour victory, nine years after bagging his fourth win at the Wyndham Championship.

Kuchar needs to let the blunder roll off his back and look at the future. History is sure to assuage the golfer.

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