#5 PGA/DP WORLD Tour/LIV/PIF 2024 NOV 6, 2023
RESULTS WORLD WIDE
TECHNOLOGY CHAMPIONSHIP 11/2 to 11/5/23
Los Cabos, Mexico
Round 1
#1 Cameron Percy-10 62 OWGR #370 300/1 1 eagle, 8 birdies, finished #59.
#2 Michael Kim-8 64 OWGR #118 90/1 #116 in ZOZO, finished #23
#2 Camilo Villegas-8 64 OWGR #752 500/1 played mostly in Korn Ferry in 2023, 4 PGA wins.
#4 Matt Kucher-7 65 birdied 4 of last 7 holes.
Round 2 Cut was -4 None of the favorites missed the cut.
#1 Camilo Villegas-16 64 lowest RD birdied last 3 holes his best start on PGA Tour.
#2 Matt Kucher-14 65 birdied 2 of last 3 holes for consecutive 65’s
#130 Michael Block+4 76 worse RD of day, triple bogie on #4 did him in, finished last.
Round 3
#1 Matt Kucher-19 67 29 on front 9 but DB on 14 & bogie on 16 or he is 22 under.
#1 Camilo Villegas-19 69 up and down RD 7 birdies, 4 bogies, 7 pars.
#3 Eric Van Rooyan-18 66 starts with 1 eagle 1 bogie and 4 birdies in first 6 holes.
#4 Mackenzie Hughes-17 starts with eagle then 7 birdies for lowest RD to come from #27 to #4
#7 Carson Young-15 68 3 solid RDs, playing better than Cameron Young a favorite no relation.
Final Round
| 1 E V Rooyan 63-27 | Seems like a great guy eagled 18, 28 back 9 to win-4 on last 3 holes | $1.48M |
| 2 C Villeges 66-25 | 4 under through 6 but could not keep up, best finish in a along time | $730K |
| 2 Matt Kucher 66-25 | He is amazing at 45 except for 16 & 17 in Rd 3 he would have won | $730K |
| 9 Carson Young-20 | Biggest longshot in top 10 was 150/1 to win, 4 RDs under 70. | $240K |
| 10 L. Aberg 66-19 | Another strong showing to move up in OWG and FedX Cup bad Rd3 | $191K |
CHEAPSKATE is a noun which Webster’s Dictionary defines as, a miserly or stingy person who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs.
Matt Kucher won this tournament in 2018, at Mayakoba El Camaleon G.C. His regular caddie John Woods quit before the tournament and he used a local caddy David “El Tucan” Ortiz who was to be paid $5,000 is said to have told Kucher “$130,000 if you win” the normal caddie rate of 10%. Kucher only paid him the agreed amount despite winning $1.6M and took a lot of criticism. It is reported that Kucher eventually came up with an additional $45,000 which satisfied Ortiz, although it was less than half of the normal caddie share. Kucher has made over $50M on the PGA Tour and is #10 on the all time money list. Whatever his motives were, it remains to be seen if he fits the above description.
#15 November 4, 2023 PGA/DO World/LIV/PIF information
The first move for a player to leave LIV and return to the PGA may be Turk Pettit who was a member of Bubba Watson’s team in 2022 and won $1.7M. However he was dropped from the team in 2023 so played in 14 events on the Asian Tour owned by PIF. He is #841 in OWG and is eligible to compete in this years PGA Q school for a 2024 PGA card.
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