SOUTHPORT, England _ An emotional Sunday for Matt Kuchar got even more so when he learned his wife and two young sons had made the trip to England to watch him play the final round of the British Open.
They were waiting for him as he walked off the green after his second-place finish to Jordan Spieth. Kuchar hugged his wife, Sybi, and comforted the grade-school-aged boys, both of whom were crying.
"I talked to them last night on the phone," he said. "Thought they were in Colorado. It was a great surprise. A teary surprise. And it's great to have people to share things with, have loved ones here.
"Certainly my family means a lot. They're a big support team. Golf is a selfish game, and what they go through, it's an amazing support to help me try to be my best. It was very, very cool to have them here."
The poignancy of the moment was not lost on Spieth.
"I noticed it when I walked up and saw his family hugging him, and I think Cameron is his oldest, that was in tears," he said. "At that moment I'm so happy. And at the same time I see that and I thought to myself, 'Man, put this in perspective. He's a dad.' I'm not a dad, I don't think that way. And I was able to kind of get a little glimpse into what that's like."
