GREENSBORO, North Carolina – Needing a win to keep his FedEx Cup playoff run alive, Matt Kuchar shot his second consecutive 6-under 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead at the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship.
Kuchar is the only player to reach every postseason in FedEx Cup history. The top 70 will qualify for next week’s playoff opener in Tennessee, with the 46-year-old Kuchar ranked 113th – and the late Grayson Murray still on the list at 57th.
“It’s certainly been a frustrating year, but I feel like the bar has been raised,” Kuchar said. “I feel like I played a lot of good golf, consistent golf for a long time. I think it makes bad golf that much more frustrating.”
The nine-time tour winner was facing a 36-hole Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club, an event that was washed out by rain on Thursday and postponed on Friday and Saturday. Twenty players failed to finish the game on Saturday.
“I have a lot of confidence knowing that a month or two ago, when I was in the US Open qualifying rounds, I played 36 holes at Bear’s Club and medaled there,” Kuchar said. “Able to walk 36 in the heat and humidity without too many problems.”
With players allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls on the fairways because of wet conditions, Kuchar climbed the leaderboard with late birdies at Nos. 5-7.
“This difficult situation in Bermuda is unpleasant, I don’t want any part of it,” Kuchar said. “When it’s dry, it’s not fun. When it’s wet, it’s not fun. I stayed out of it a little bit and was able to pick up the golf ball in my hand, basically tee off and try to be pretty aggressive with the iron shots.
Max Greyserman was a slam dunk back along with Cameron Young and Chad Ramey. Greyserman shot 60, leaving a 50-foot birdie putt two feet from the final hole.
“Hopefully more birdies will fall tomorrow,” Greyserman “It will be 36 holes, so keep pushing, be patient and keep attacking.”
The 29-year-old former Duke player opened with five consecutive birdies, made four in a row on Nos. 12-15 and made a 25-footer on the par-3 17th. Ranked second two weeks ago in Minnesota, he was the No. 2 player in two days going to the 18th hole needing a birdie to shoot 59.
On Friday, Beau Hossler shot the final three holes in 60. There have been 14 rounds under 60 in PGA Tour history, with Brandt Snedeker shooting a 59 at Sedgefield in his 2018 victory.
Young had two eagles and a double bogey in a 62.
“It’s just one of those things where you know you’re going to be tired, but who cares how you feel on Monday,” the former Wake Forest player said.
Ramey had a 64.
“I’m going to see the physical therapy people and maybe take a cold shower and then rest, because I know it’s going to be a long tomorrow,” Ramey said.
Hossler shot 70, leaving him two strokes behind Aaron Rai (65) and Billy Horschel (68).
Jordan Spieth, ranked 62nd, missed the cut in rounds 67 and 71. He was competing in the event for the first time since 2020.
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