Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS – Matt Kuchar gets all the way to the championship match at the World Golf Championships match play event, jumps to lead in FedEx Cup points … Seth Reeves tied for 18^th at Savannah Golf Championship … Chris Petefish in Q-school for Mackenzie Tour … this and more in the Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report.

Bidding to capture his second title in the match play event, Kuchar went 2-0-1 in his group, defeating J.B. Holmes and Si Woo Kim before halving his third match against Jon Rahm. In the knockout rounds, he downed Tyrell Hatton (4 and 3), Sergio Garcia (2 up) and Lucas Bjerregaard (1 up) to reach the championship match.

Kuchar led or was tied for 52 consecutive holes when he hooked up with Kevin Kisner in the championship match, but he trailed from the start after Kisner birdied the first hole and lost 3 and 2.

He came up just shy of what would have been his third victory of the 2018-19 season and 10^th of his career. But his performance was good enough to vault him past Rory McIlroy into first place in the FedEx Cup points race.

Finishing the PGA Tour regular season in the top 10 – branded the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 – carries with it a share of a $10 million bonus, which is split among the 10 players who earn the most FedEx Cup points through the Wyndham Championship, the final event of the regular season.

Meanwhile, Seth Reeves posted his best finish as a rookie on the PGA Tour since the Sanderson Farms Championship with a tie for 18^th place at last weekend’s Corales Puntacana Resort and Club championship. Reeves posted three rounds in the 60s and finished the tournament with an 11-under-par total of 277. Cameron Tringale also made the cut in the Dominican Republic event, tying for 52^nd.

Eight of the nine Yellow Jackets on tour are in the field for this weekend’s Valero Texas Open, including Kuchar, Reeves and Tringale. Anders Albertson, who missed the cut in the Dominican, Roberto Castro, Chesson Hadley, Ollie Schniederjans and Richy Werenski, all of whom took last week off, are competing.

I’m incredibly honored to be the professional recipient of the 15th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup award. Thank you, @AforBW! https://t.co/ODnfA60q86

— Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) April 1, 2019

Web.com Tour:  Nicholas Thompson posted his top finish of 2019, a tie for 12^th, last weekend at the Savannah Golf Championship, posting a 9-under-par total of 279. Thompson elevated himself from No. 110 to No. 78 in the Web.com Tour points standings. Vincent Whaley, a tour rookie who is No. 11 in points, missed the cut along with Paul Haley II (No. 101).

Champions Tour:  Larry Mize tied for 60^th place at the Raspican Systems Classic, his third start of the year.

Mackenzie Tour: Chris Petefish, who has played some SwingThought.com Tour events in 2019, is in the field for this week’s USA West Q-school event that begins Tuesday in Litchfield Park, Ariz. Petefish, a 2018 Tech graduate, had some status on the Canadian Tour last summer after finishing 21^st in his qualifier, and played in four events.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PGA Tour:  Valero Texas Open • April 4-7, 2019 • TPC San Antonio • San Antonio, Texas • Purse: $7,500,000 • FedExCup Points: 500

Web.com Tour:  Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship • April 18-21, 2019 • The Senator Course • Prattville, Ala. • Purse: $550,000

PGA Tour Champions:  Mitsubishi Electric Classic • April 19-21, 2019 • TPC Sugarloaf • Duluth, Ga. • Purse: $1,800,000

Mackenzie Tour:  MacKenzie Tour Q-School – USA West 2 • April 2-5, 2019 • Wigwam Golf Club • Litchfield Park, Ariz. • Purse: n/a

PGA Tour China:  qualifying events in progress

All (formerly Adams) Pro Tour:  Mary Bird Perkins TGMC Golf Classic • April 10-13, 2019 • Ellendale Country Club • Houma, La. • Purse: $125,000

SwingThought Tour:  Gate Four Country Club • April 9-11, 2019 • Fayetteville, N.C.