Matt Kuchar

Matt Kuchar is a PGA Tour pro from United States rated 78 overall (grade B) in the 2025–26 pool — a Tour Winner build headlined by short game at A+, the standout of the nine zones on this card.

• Power sits at E for Kuchar, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy B — a mild soft spot in the 2025–26 pool; 55 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At C, Kuchar's iron play rating is well below the pool average (8th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game sits at A+ for Kuchar, among the very best in the pool across the 2025–26 pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at A for Kuchar, among the very best in the pool across the 2025–26 pool: only 5 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ sits at A- for Kuchar, well above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: only 11 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• At B+, Kuchar's nerve rating is modestly above average (52nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 46 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At B, Kuchar's consistency rating is well below the pool average (24th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 72 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at C for Kuchar, a genuine liability across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Tour Winner. A dependable, above-average build across the board. Nothing here is a true weakness, and nothing is a true signature strength either — just a well-rounded pro's game.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Andrew Putnam, Denny McCarthy and Eric Cole, in that order of similarity.

• Andrew Putnam,
• Denny McCarthy,
• Eric Cole

This profile's course fit lines up best with The Open Championship (Major), Genesis Scottish Open (Tour event) and Masters Tournament (Major) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• The Open Championship — Major
• Genesis Scottish Open — Tour event
• Masters Tournament — Major

At $2.5M (D tier), Matt Kuchar leaves $42.5M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 35 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, iron play and engine) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Joaquin Niemann ($8M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Joaquin Niemann ($8M)

48 yrs old; #2 scrambling; short off the tee. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.