THE FLATS – Matt Kuchar ties for 19th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawai’i … He joins first full field event this weekend along with three other former Yellow Jackets … This and more in the Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report.
The PGA Tour remains in Hawai’i this week, the Sony Open at Wai’alie Country Club in Honolulu, and resurgent Matt Kuchar hops from Maui to Oahu to join Stewart Cink, rookie Seth Reeves and fourth-year Tour member Ollie Schniederjans for the first full-field event of the 2019 calendar year.
Kuchar tied for 19th last weekend at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which brought together all the calendar 2018 tournament champions, with a 6-under-par score of 286 at Kapalua. Cink, who ranks 113th in Fed Ex Cup points following the fall schedule, is playing his first official event since the RSM Classic in mid-November in Sea Island, Ga. Likewise for Reeves, a Tour rookie who made all five cuts in the fall and tied for seventh at the Sanderson Farms Championship, and Schniederjans, who made three of five cuts in the fall.
ALSO: With the PGA Tour two events into its calendar 2019 schedule, the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour Champions both get underway next week. Paul Haley and Vincent Whaley, based on their 2018 qualifying school performances, are guaranteed eight starts as rookies on the Web.com Tour, which begins Monday with the first of two events scheduled in the Bahamas. Larry Mize, who finished 65th in the Schwab Cup points standings in 2018, is set to begin his 12th season on the Champions Tour in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship on the Big Island of Hawai’i.
UPCOMING EVENTS
PGA Tour: Sony Open in Hawai’i • January 10-13, 2019 • Wai’alae Country Club • Honolulu, Hawai’i • Purse: $6,400,000 • FedExCup Points: 500
Web.com Tour: The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic • January 13-16, 2019 • Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club • Great Exuma, Bahamas • Purse: $600,000
PGA Tour Champions: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai • January 17-19, 2019 • Hualalai Golf Club • Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawai’i • Purse: $1,800,000
Mackenzie Tour: MacKenzie Tour Q-School – Central • February 26-March 1, 2019 • TPC San Antonio • San Antonio, Texas • Purse: n/a
PGA Tour China: three global qualifying tournaments set for February and March
All (formerly Adams) Pro Tour: Coke Dr. Pepper Open • March 13-16, 2019 • Oak Wing Golf Club • Alexandria, La. • Purse: $150,000
G Pro Tour: The Fox Club • March 5-6, 2019 • Palm City, Fla.
One of my favorite days as a golfer, and that goes back many years! @PNCFatherSon What a pairing and I couldn’t have shared it with a better partner and caddies! pic.twitter.com/IqE1BqTTJF
— Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) December 17, 2018
Been working out this offseason to get stronger and to have more energy at the end of rounds/tournaments/season. I could barely mount the ball when I first started. Now I can make swings on it! I know, I’m incredibly strong. #specimen pic.twitter.com/xLBlIjPVNY
— Chesson Hadley (@chessonhadley) January 4, 2019
| PLAYER | LAST WEEK | SEASON STATS | ||
 | ANDERS ALBERTSON Woodstock, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Career earnings: $332,293 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15 High School: Etowah Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Money rank 50 Earnings $321,013 | |
 | ROBERTO CASTRO Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2007 Career earnings: $6,805,978 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07 High School: Milton Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Money Rank 88 Earnings $212,593 | |
 | STEWART CINK Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 1995 Career earnings: $37,441,778 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.) Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx Cup Rank 109 Earnings $139,265 | |
 | DREW CZUCHRY Auburn, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Career earnings: n/a Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 High School: home schooled Status: G Pro Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | Money rank 29 (G Pro) Earnings $9,832 | |
 | DAVID DUVAL Denver, Colo. Turned pro: 1993 Career earnings: $19,196,243 Years at Georgia Tech: 1989-93 High School: Jacksonville (Fla.) Episcopal Status: no status | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx Cup Rank n/a Earnings n/a | |
 | J.T. GRIFFIN Wilson, N.C. Turned pro: 2011 Career earnings: $31,798 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 High School: Fike Status: Web.com Tour | Last Week T-74 67-69-67-71—274 (-14) | Money rank n/a Earnings n/a | |
 | CHESSON HADLEY Raleigh, N.C. Turned pro: 2010 Career earnings: $6,950,703 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx Cup Rank 17 Earnings $756,793 | |
 | SHUN YAT HAK Hong Kong, China Turned pro: 2013 Career earnings: ¥251,305 Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13 High School: Lake Mary (Fla.) Prep Status: PGA Tour China | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Order of Merit 37 Earnings ¥170,385 | |
 | PAUL HALEY Dallas, Texas Turned pro: 2011 Career earnings (Web.com): $348,201 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 High School: Highland Park Status: Web.com Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Money Rank 27 (Adams Pro Tour) Earnings $20,101 | |
 | MATT KUCHAR Sea Island, Ga. Turned pro: 2000 Career earnings: $45,111,570 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.) Status: PGA Tour | Last Week T-19 72-73-72-69—286 (-6) | 2018 FedEx Cup Rank 9 Earnings $1,403,593 | |
 | TROY MATTESON Austin, Texas Turned pro: 2003 Career earnings: $10,111,266 (PGA+Web) Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03 High School: L.C. Anderson Status: no status | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx cup Rank n/a Earnings n/a | |
 | LARRY MIZE Columbus, Ga. Turned pro: 1980 Career earnings: $12,683,811 (PGA + Champions) Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79 High School: unknown Status: PGA Tour Champions | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Schwab Cup Rank 65 Earnings $209,455 | |
 | CHRIS PETEFISH Danville, Calif. Turned pro: 2018 Career earnings: $4,180 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 High School: Scottsdale [Ariz.] Christian Academy Status: Web.com Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Money Rank 30 (G Pro) Earnings $9,834 | |
 | MICHAEL PISCIOTTA Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2018 Career earnings: n/a Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 High School: Alpharetta Status: G Pro Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018Money Rank 154 Earnings $700 | |
 | SETH REEVES Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 2014 Career earnings: $200,854 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 High School: Peachtree Ridge Status: PGA Tour | Last week did not play n/a | 2018 Money rank 93 Earnings $200,854 | |
 | OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS Powder Springs, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Career earnings: $3,507,215 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15 High School: Harrison Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx Cup rank 179 Earnings $39,244 | |
 | NICHOLAS THOMPSON Coral Springs, Fla. Turned pro: 2005 Career earnings (PGA + Web.com): $6,537,666 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05 High School: Stoneman Douglas Status: Web.com Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 Money Rank n/a Earnings n/a | |
 | CAMERON TRINGALE Laguna Niguel, Calif. Turned pro: 2009 Career earnings: $9,898,427 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09 High School: Mission Viejo Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a/td> | 2018 FedEx Cup Rank 172 Earnings $27,829 | |
 | RICHY WERENSKI South Hadley, Mass. Turned pro: 2014 Career earnings: $2,593,178 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14 High School: Heritage Academy (Hilton Head, S.C.) Status: PGA Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | 2018 FedEx Cup rank 21 Earnings $614,848 | |
 | VINCENT WHALEY Fayetteville, Ga. Turned pro: 2017 Career earnings: $38,025 Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17 High School: McKinney Boyd Status: Web.com Tour | Last Week did not play n/a | Money Rank 4 (Adams) Earnings $49,526 |
