The Tour heads north just a bit to Connecticut for this week's event. Matt Kuchar experienced a PGA Championship he will long to forget. When checking out the posted field this past weekend for this week's Traveler's Championship, Kooch's name was not included. Only Hadley and Molder were listed among GJ's. I didn't really expect Kooch to be playing this week anyway, thinking he will be traveling to Brazil for the Olympics. But, he will be playing this week and not walking into Olympic Stadium with Team USA at the opening ceremonies Friday evening.
Complete speculation on my part here, but perhaps Kooch needs to get back on the course to get the bad taste out of his mouth from a rare missing of a cut. That finish knocked him down from 8th (and an auto designation to Team USA) to 11th in the Ryder Cup Standings for the U.S. team. Maybe that had a little something to do with it too.
Regardless, Kooch will be joining Hadley and Molder this week. The Tour heads to Illinois for the John Deere Classic while Kooch heads to Brazil for the 4-day stroke play event Aug. 11-14, Thu-Sun, in hopes of winning a gold medal.
Sticking to the Olympics theme with a side note, here are the Tech athletes in the Olympics... http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/college/tremendous-honor-for-olympian-tech-grad-andrew-che/nr757/
...including this...
Andrew Chetcuti will be the flag bearer for the nation of Malta in the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, a tremendous honor for the Georgia Tech grad. Chetcuti, who will swim the 100-meter freestyle, can trace this privilege back to a most practical origin.
Complete speculation on my part here, but perhaps Kooch needs to get back on the course to get the bad taste out of his mouth from a rare missing of a cut. That finish knocked him down from 8th (and an auto designation to Team USA) to 11th in the Ryder Cup Standings for the U.S. team. Maybe that had a little something to do with it too.
Regardless, Kooch will be joining Hadley and Molder this week. The Tour heads to Illinois for the John Deere Classic while Kooch heads to Brazil for the 4-day stroke play event Aug. 11-14, Thu-Sun, in hopes of winning a gold medal.
Sticking to the Olympics theme with a side note, here are the Tech athletes in the Olympics... http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/college/tremendous-honor-for-olympian-tech-grad-andrew-che/nr757/
...including this...
Andrew Chetcuti will be the flag bearer for the nation of Malta in the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, a tremendous honor for the Georgia Tech grad. Chetcuti, who will swim the 100-meter freestyle, can trace this privilege back to a most practical origin.