regular season PGA TOUR event
since 1981.
Cauley also played for the
University of Alabama and earned
his PGA TOUR card off of the
non-member money list in just eight
starts. Only six other players earned
their PGA TOUR card straight from
college without having to go to the
Qualifying School, including Tiger
Woods and Phil Mickelson.
His best finishes this season have
been a tie for seventh in the Safeway
Open and a tie for eighth in The
RSM Classic. Prior to last year’s tie
for fifth, his previous best score in the
Zurich Classic tournament came in
2014, when he placed 11th.
Thomas and Cauley boasted
undefeated records in Walker Cup
team play as ama teurs. Thomas went
2-0-1 on the 2013 team, and Cauley
posted a record of 3-0-1 in the 2009
match, both won by the U.S.
Daniel Berger and Gary Woodland
have formed a new team for the 2018
Zurich Classic after playing last year
with different partners.
Berger, ranked 32nd in the world,
has two PGA TOUR wins—both at
the FedEx St. Jude Classic—in his
short career after earning Rookie of
the Year honors in 2015.
His best finishes this season
include a tie for 11th in the Sentry
Tournament of Champions and
Waste
Management
Phoenix
Open and a tie for 14th in the
Sony Open and the WGC-Mexico
Championship. He also earned a
tie for 24th in the WGC-HSBC
Champions tournament.
He made the collegiate Palmer
Cup team in 2013, when he attended
Florida State. In his first appearance
on the Presidents Cup team in 2017,
he posted a 2-1 record and became
the youngest player and first rookie
to clinch the winning point for the
victorious U.S. squad.
Woodland has won three times
on the PGA TOUR, including this
year’s Waste Management Phoenix
Open in a playoff with Chez Reavie.
He also finished tied for seventh in
this season’s Sony Open.
He won the 2011 OMEGA
Mission Hills World Cup teamed
with Matt Kuchar, who will play
the 2018 Zurich Classic with Bubba
Watson.
Woodland’s best Zurich Classic
finish was a tie for 20th in 2016.
He is currently ranked 28thh
in the world and finished 12th in
FedExCup points last season.
titles, will team with Matt Kuchar in
the 2018 Zurich Classic that features
a team format unique on the PGA
TOUR, announced Steve Worthy,
CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation,
producer of the tournament.
Currently ranked 20th in the
world, Kuchar last played the Zurich
Classic in 2009. His best finish here
was in 2004, when he tied for tenth.
He ranks 13th all-time in money
winnings on the PGA TOUR, with
a total of more than $42 million. He
has won seven times on the TOUR
and twice internationally. His best
finish in the current season is a tie
for fifth in the Waste Management
Phoenix Open.
Kuchar excelled at the majors
last year, with a tie for fourth in the
Masters, a sole second in The Open
Championship in a memorable duel
with Jordan Spieth and a tie for ninth
in the PGA Championship.
Kuchar has played in four
Ryder Cups, four Presidents Cups,
two World Cups, the 1998 World
Amateur Championship and the
1999 Walker Cup.
He also represented the U.S. in the
2016 Olympics when he captured
Watson & Kuchar enter Zurich
the bronze medal after matching the
course record of 63 in the final round
Bubba Watson, who won the to earn his place on the podium.
He won the 1997 U.S. Amateur
Zurich Classic of New Orleans in
2011, then went on to win two Masters after Tiger Woods’ three straight
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