Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional. Matt Kuchar More Quotes by Matt Kuchar More Quotes From Matt Kuchar I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly. Matt Kuchar good i-can enough opportunity I'm happiest playing a match with my dad and a couple of college friends, taking a few bucks off them. Matt Kuchar happiest friends dad college I grew up admiring Phil Mickelson. He loves competing, and he loves the fans' support, similar to me. In terms of my playing style, Steve Stricker and I are similar. Matt Kuchar me support style fans I found an instructor, Chris O'Connell, who helped me. He turned me into the player I am today - a consistent golfer. Matt Kuchar i-am who me today I like to challenge myself. There are not many guys on tour who can give me a challenge in Ping-Pong. So I'll throw some points to see if I can come back. Matt Kuchar challenge myself me i-can I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia. Matt Kuchar like you winning golf I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative. Matt Kuchar career investment money school Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy. Matt Kuchar me golf sometimes people I felt I could play in maybe a dozen tournaments a year as an amateur. Matt Kuchar amateur maybe year play I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes. Matt Kuchar swing follow ball where I love getting up to my folks' house and playing golf with Dad. He's very involved with my off-course ventures, and I talk to him every third day. Matt Kuchar day dad golf love There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never an end to that striving to get better in golf. Matt Kuchar game you work father Golf's a great game, and you meet a lot of people along the way. Matt Kuchar game great you people I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well. Matt Kuchar good want play time Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off. Matt Kuchar swing more never me I've always been a guy that's liked a crowd and having people around cheering for me. I'm not a guy that will keep his head down or respond negatively to boos or whatever. Matt Kuchar down will me people I'm a pretty low-stress guy. I take what the golf course gives me. Some days, when I'm in full control, I'm able to fire at pins with 5-irons. Other days, I'm looking more toward the middle of the green. Matt Kuchar looking me green fire I'm a decent table tennis player, but if you were to put me up against any of the guys you see on television at the Olympics, I'd be lucky to get a couple of points. Matt Kuchar me you lucky television I went seven years between 2002 and 2009 without winning. Then I did win in '09. Matt Kuchar without win winning years I'd like to see something done about the long putters and belly putters. But I go back and forth on that. I've actually worked with a belly putter. Matt Kuchar back see done long
