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In a PGA Tour season full of surprises -- Tiger went winless, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer won majors, Phil Mickelson went vegetarian -- the biggest may have been Matt Kuchar.Thirteen years after winning the U.S. Amateur and being spotlighted as a future big deal, he finally may have arrived.
Until this year, Kuchar had only two career PGA Tour wins. Only twice in nine years had he finished better than 70th on the money list.
Now? Let's just say it's never a bad thing to end a season by accepting a couple of awards named after Harry Vardon and Arnold Palmer.
The Vardon Trophy, presented annually by the PGA of America, is given for the season's lowest stroke average. Kuchar completed 97 rounds, posting a 69.61 adjusted scoring average, .05 lower than Steve Stricker (69.66). Paul Casey and Retief Goosen shared third at 69.72.
The Arnold Palmer Trophy, meanwhile, goes to the PGA Tour's leading money winner, which Kuchar took with earnings of $4,910,477 -- just over $100,000 better than runner-up and three-time winner Jim Furyk.
Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/11/17/notebook-welcome-to-the-big-leagues-matt-kuchar/
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