GREENSBORO, N.C. — Needing a victory to extend his streak of appearances in the FedEx Cup playoffs, Matt Kuchar shot his second straight 6-under-par 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale for 2024.
Kuchar is the only player to reach every postseason in FedEx Cup history, which dates to 2007. The top 70 in the standings will qualify for next week’s playoff opener, the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, and the 46-year-old Kuchar was 113th on the list heading into the Wyndham Championship.
“Certainly been a frustrating year, but I feel like the bar’s been set high,” Kuchar said. “I feel like I played a lot of good golf, consistent golf for a long time. Makes the, I guess, poor golf that much more frustrating.”
A nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, he was facing a 36-hole Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club after inclement weather washed out play on Thursday and delayed it both Friday and Saturday, when 20 players were unable to finish the second round.
“I’ve got some built-in confidence knowing that a month or two ago when I was down at the U.S. Open qualifying, did 36 holes at the Bear’s Club, was medalist down there,” Kuchar said. “Able to walk 36 in the heat and humidity without too much problem.”