For the fact that this is going to be the first time in over a hundred years for golf to be played at the Olympics, we will certainly be awfully excited, but would you rather win one of the majors or an Olympic medal ? I don't know exactly. Most of the Olympic sports have their' big event' once every four years with the World Cups and world championships that go on.

Matt Kuchar

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.

Matt Kuchar

scratch professional top me

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

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