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Matt Kuchar Wins the 2014 RBC Heritage

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Just two weeks ago we witnessed Matt Kuchar blow up on the 72nd hole, causing him to fall to a second place finish at the Shell Houston Open. Buried by a hole-out from his playing competitor during the first hole of a playoff, most were starting to become convinced that Kuch had lost his ability to close out a lead. But after a T5 the next week at Augusta, Matt Kuchar came back in dramatic fashion, holing out his own chip shot on the 72nd hole to take the lead and hang on to victory.

Luke Donald led after 54 holes, bringing a 2-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the 2014 RBC Heritage as Kuchar, hanging around in 7th place, looked to make up some ground.  And Kuch did just that! With an astonishing -7 (64), Kuchar jumped past Luke’s 69 to pick up his 7th career win.

Picking up an additional 500 FedExCup points, Matt now climbs to 3rd on the leaderboard and leaves little doubt that he will be a secret weapon for the USA at the 2014 Ryder Cup.

Matt Kuchar wins in dramatic fashion at RBC Heritage | Highlights

In the final round of the 2014 RBC Heritage, Matt Kuchar goes low with a 64, lighting up the course with eight birdies, and taking home the plaid jacket at Harbour Town. . SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the PGA TOUR.

Fantasy Update

If you’ve been following along the last few weeks you’re certain to have heard our warning that Kuchar usually slumps during the Florida swing and then heats up right after. Since leaving the sunshine state, Kuch has a T4, P2, T5, and victory in four consecutive tournaments.  Along with Kuchar, we also selected Luke Donald as one of our top 5 fantasy picks this week, who, as mentioned, finished in solo 2nd this week, managing to jump up 41 spots in the FedExCup rankings.

All seven of our picks made the cut this week, and with the help of earning three Top 10s and winner picked, racked up a total of $2.071 million in fantasy earnings for the week.  Year to date (16 tournaments this year), our fantasy picks are now up to $20.48 million dollars in total winnings, with a total of five winners picked (two in a row!) and an average of $1.28 million in winnings per week. Combine that with a 91% cuts made ratio and our Premium Members are well on their way to yet again, dominate their fantasy leagues!

  • Total Fantasy Dollars: $20,485,765 (Average tournament winnings of $1,280,360).
  • Winners picked: 5 winners selected out of 16 tournaments (31.25% winners picked in 2014).
  • Top 10s: 43 out of 112 players picked (38.39% of players picked finished in Top 10).
  • Top 3s: 14 out of 112 players picked (12.50% players picked finished in the Top 3).
  • Missed Cuts: Only 11 out of 112 players (90.178% of the picks made the cut in 2014).
  • Major Winners Picked:  1 out of 1 (100%)

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