Matt Kuchar Quotes

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf.

I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.

It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.

Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of maybe 20, so it's a lot of work.

I hated golf when we first started, but a big part of the training process was falling in love with this sport, so I went on tour with the UCLA Team.

My ultimate goal is to be the best player in the world. If I'm the best player in the world, I'll be the face of American golf. It will come with the territory. That's where I want to be. If I want to be there, I have a lot of guys I have to beat out, in the U.S. and the world.

I started playing in '98, but I got hooked by playing celebrity golf tournaments. Tiger had a lot to do with it - his passion, the way that he plays. He's unique and different, and he inspired a lot of my passion. It's a sport you can't master. If you're an athlete, you can do almost anything, but golf is not like that.

My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.

I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.

You've got to be able to be on point with your game if you want to make it to the Tour Championship.

You know what, I was one of the top 25 amateurs in the world. I had a pretty good college career.

Race to Dubai winner, playing in Ryder Cups, winning majors - these are all great parts of a career you want to have.

Watch out for guys like Scott Piercy and Danny Willett. They both play really good on fast, fast greens.

The last few years I've been doing the Middle East thing, and it's a tough decision whether to go there and try and knock off some events as a European Tour member, this year I think overall looking at my results, I played a little bit better on the West Coast than I have in the Middle East, so that was another determining factor for coming back here to an event that I have had some success in the past.

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

I'm bad at golf.

The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago.

The European Tour plays all over the world: from the U.K. to China, from Korea to South Africa, and from the Middle East to southeast Asia.

As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.

Most nervous I've ever been is probably the 2007 Walker Cup. I was a little boy playing with these 8 or 9 other guys that were the best amateurs in the country.

I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.

I play golf just about every week. I'm playing on the Senior Tour now - super seniors - I'm a super senior.

I don't follow golf! I don't keep up with golf or know who is coming or going. I am just here to play the game and be done with it.

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.