There’s hard-earned halved holes and then there’s what Matt Kuchar did on Saturday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
During their Round of 16 match, Kuchar was 3 up on Tyrrell Hatton on the 13th tee, when his drive found the cart path and bounced all the way into the 15th fairway behind a hospitality tent, appearing to crack the door open for a Hatton comeback.
Not. So. Fast.
Despite not being able to see the green, Kuchar proceeded to find it from 93 yards away with a little wedge approach that would make Phil Mickelson blush.
Matt Kuchar's tee shot on the 13th hole hit the cart path and bounced onto the fairway on the 15th hole.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 30, 2019
He had to hit it OVER the hospitality suite.
Challenge accepted. pic.twitter.com/Dip7Sc42bZ
• Kuchar's ball in the middle of the 15th fairway
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 30, 2019
• Hospitality tent in between him and the 13th green
• He ended up halving the hole pic.twitter.com/h5AkxCfSw6
Kuchar two-putted from 21 feet to match Hatton’s much more traditional looking par, and he officially punched his ticket to the quarterfinals two holes later, ironically enough, on the 15th hole.