That’s why Matt Kuchar and longtime caddy John Wood broke up

At this week’s BMW Championship at Olympia Fields, Matt Kuchar has a familiar face on the bag, but he’s not his caddy for nearly five years, John Wood. Instead, it’s Kuchar’s wife, Sybi, who stepped in as a temporary replacement when Wood and Kuchar split after the Wyndham championship.

According to a Golf Channel report, Wood initiated the breakup after he and Kuchar missed the cut at the PGA championship.

“John Wood called me after the week in Greensboro and said he’d be done caddying, at least for me,” Kuchar told Golf Channel. “He said he would look into some options with the TV. And so I had to put together a couple of caddies in the meantime. “

The nature of the television opportunities Wood cited is currently unknown, but as a longtime contributor to GOLF.com’s Tour Confidential, Wood’s value as an insightful commentator on the game is obvious.

Wood played college golf at UC-Berkeley and caddy professionally for 19 years. Prior to working for Kuchar, Wood worked with Hunter Mahan, Kevin Sutherland, Chris Riley and Mark Calcavecchia. Wood and Kuchar began working together for the first time in 2015 and have enjoyed several highlights together, including an Olympic bronze medal and a Ryder Cup win in 2016 and Kuchar’s victory at the Sony Open in 2019.

Once the new season kicks off this fall, Kuchar plans to have veteran looper Brian Reed on the bag, who previously worked for Kyle Stanley.

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