Nice guys finish last – so do bad ones

Matt Kuchar’s ‘nice guy’ reputation took another hit at the Memorial Tournament after attempting to claim a free drop when his ball came to rest in an existing pitch mark on the 17th fairway. 

The Rules of Golf state that a player is allowed to move their ball out of a pitch mark without penalty IF it came from their ball. However, Kuchar was attempting to claim that his ball ‘broke new ground’ when it came to rest thus becoming his own pitch mark, but the rules officials were having none of it.

After being accused of short-changing a caddie back in February and his Sergio Garcia match-play controversy in Austin, it is safe to say Kuchar’s popularity has plummeted with this latest headline making incident yet again. This time it clearly affected Kuchar as a 73 and 74 resulted in the American failing to make the cut.