What Is Matt Kuchar's Net Worth?
Matt Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $25 million. In a professional career spanning two decades, Matt Kuchar has fetched nine wins on the PGA Tour and has earned more than $50 million in prizes. He turned pro in 2000 and had his first PGA Tour win in 2002. In the early 2000s, Kuchar enjoyed rather fleeting success before facing a downturn and literally struggling to sustain his status on the PGA Tour. However, he did put himself on the map once again in 2008 and has since been bringing consistent play. Matt won a bronze medal in Men's Golf at the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the end of the 2022-23 season, Kuchar was the highest-earning PGA Tour player who had never won a major championship, having earned more than $58 million during his career.
Early Life
Matt Kuchar was born Matthew Gregory Kuchar on June 21, 1978, in Winter Park, Florida. He is the son of Meg Kuchar and insurance salesman Peter Kuchar. Peter was a college tennis pro. Matt has a sister named Rebecca, and he graduated from Seminole High School in 1996. After high school, he enrolled at Georgia Tech, and he was an All-American on the school's golf team twice. At the 1996 U.S. Amateur championship, Kuchar narrowly lost to Tiger Woods in the semi-finals, then he won the championship the following year. In 1998, he won the Haskins Award, which is given to the top collegiate golfer in the U.S. After he earned a bachelor's degree in management, Matt went pro in 2000.
Career
Kuchar's first PGA Tour win took place at the 2002 Honda Classic. In 2005, he was ranked 159th on the money list, with earnings of less than $403,000, which resulted in his tour card being revoked. In 2006, Matt competed on the Nationwide Tour, winning the Henrico County Open. He was ranked tenth on the Nationwide Tour money list and regained his PGA Tour card. Kuchar was ranked 115th on the 2007 money list and 70th on the 2008 money list. In 2009, he had his second-ever PGA Tour win, and the following year, he was selected for the Ryder Cup team. At the time, Matt had more top-10 finishes than any other golfer on the PGA Tour in 2010 but hadn't won a tournament that year. On August 29th of that year, he won at The Barclays, and he told ESPN, "There's nothing like the feeling of winning a PGA Tour golf tournament. You feel like you're the best player in the world for this week. It's just an amazing feeling to think there's 125 of the best players in the world this week, and I came out first." Kuchar received the Byron Nelson Award and Vardon Trophy for 2010, and he was ranked #1 on the money list.
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In 2011, Matt began the season with three top-10 finishes in three weeks. He made it to the semi-finals at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, and he tied for second place at the Memorial Tournament. Kuchar then finished second at The Barclays and won the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. He ended the season ranked #6 in the world. In 2012, Matt tied for third place at The Masters and won The Players Championship, his biggest tournament win of his career. He was subsequently ranked #5 in the world. In 2013, Kuchar won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the Memorial Tournament, and he finished second at the Australian Masters and fourth at the World Cup of Golf. He won the RBC Heritage in 2014, followed by the Fiji International in 2015. That year he also tied for second place at the Humana Challenge and for third place at the Sony Open. In 2016, Matt competed in the Summer Olympics and brought home a bronze medal. He competed in 26 PGA Tour events in 2017 and had nine top-10 finishes. Matt tied for fourth place at The Masters, and he represented the U.S. in the President's Cup.
In 2018, Kuchar finished in the top 10 four times on the PGA Tour. He won the Mayakoba Golf Classic, and controversy erupted on social media after Matt tipped his caddie just $5,000, a .38% tip of his $1.296 million winnings. Though this was the amount the caddie had agreed on since he wasn't Kuchar's regular caddie, Matt later apologized for the original tip and agreed to pay the caddie $50,000. In 2019, Kuchar won the Sony Open, finished second at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, and competed in the Presidents Cup (which the U.S. team won). In 2020, he won the Singapore Open.
Personal Life
In 2003, Matt married Sybi Parker, who played tennis at Kuchar's alma mater, Georgia Tech. The couple has two sons, Carson and Cameron. Matt is a Christian.
Achievements and Awards
In 1998, Kuchar won the Haskins Award. In 2010, he was the PGA Tour money list winner, and he received the Byron Nelson Award and the Vardon Trophy. In 2016, Matt won a bronze medal in Men's Golf at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Real Estate
In 2010, Matt paid $2.3 million for an 8,287-square-foot oceanfront home on St. Simons Island, Georgia. He put the six-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom home on the market for $3.5 million in 2020. The home was built in 2006 and includes a game room, wet bar, and gym. A 1,000-square-foot guesthouse and an infinity-edge pool sit on the property.
