18-Under-Par Team Effort on Final Day of Family Showdown
Daly and Love III Families Share Second Place
Langer Duo, Chasing Third Straight Title, Finish Tied for Seventh
Matt Kuchar (United States) won the PNC Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event with a total prize fund of 1,085,000 dollars, alongside his son Cameron.
On December 21 (local time), at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club (par 72, 7,106 yards) in Orlando, Florida, the Kuchars combined for two eagles and fourteen birdies in the final second round, finishing with an 18-under-par 54. Their two-day total was 33-under-par 111. The 33-under-par score sets a new tournament record for the lowest winning score, surpassing the 28-under-par achieved last year by Bernhard Langer (Germany) and his son Jason by five strokes.
Matt Cutcher and his son Cameron are encouraging each other after finishing the 1st hole of the final 2nd round at the PNC Championship. Orlando=AFP Yonhap News Agency
The Kuchars received a winner's prize of 200,000 dollars (approximately 296 million won). The event was played in a scramble format over two days, where each player hits a shot and the team continues from the better ball position.
The PNC Championship was established in 1995. Initially, only players who had won a major championship or The Players Championship (the so-called "fifth major") could compete, teaming up with their children in pairs. In 2017, the tournament allowed players' parents to participate, and in 2019, Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) became the first female player to compete. Since then, Nelly Korda (United States) has also participated with her father, a former tennis player.
Kuchar is a veteran with nine career wins on the PGA Tour. His partner Cameron is a junior golfer who will enter college next year. In 2018, Kuchar competed in this event with his father, Peter, finishing ninth; earlier this year, he lost his father.
John Daly and his son John Daly II, as well as Davis Love III and his son Dru, tied for second place at 26-under-par 118. Korda and her father Petr finished tied for fourth at 25-under-par 119. The Langers, who were aiming for their third consecutive win, finished tied for seventh at 23-under-par 121, while Sorenstam and her son Will McGee ended in 18th place at 16-under-par 128. "Golf legend" Tiger Woods (United States), who finished runner-up with his son Charlie after a playoff last year, did not participate in this year's tournament due to the aftereffects of back surgery.
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