It wasn’t the start he had hoped for, but Matt Kuchar knows he’ll have the weekend and that will have to do for now.
The former Georgia Tech star and St. Simons resident shot 71 in the second round of the Masters on Friday. And while that didn’t necessarily put him in the hunt for a green jacket, his two-day total of 144 was well under the cut line.
“I’ve just got to play good golf,” said Kuchar, who has had top 10 finishes his last two years at Augusta National. “I’m playing pretty nice and I feel pretty pleased, not making a whole lot of mistakes.”
Even his mistakes have turned out OK. For the second day in a row, Kuchar has knocked his approach shot in the water going for the 15th green in two. He made bogey on Thursday but managed to one-putt for par on Friday.
“Fifteen has gotten me for two straight days,” Kuchar said. “I’ve been either in the front water or back water, so maybe I can figure out laying up there better. But all in all I’m really pleased with how things are going.”
Kuchar has certainly been consistent at the Masters. It was the seventh time in eight Masters he has made the cut and played on the weekend. He hasn’t finished outside the top 27 since missing the cut in 2002.
Tough conditions in the first two rounds have kept the field bunched up for the most part heading into the final rounds. A lot can still happen.
“Major championship golf is tough,” Kuchar said.
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