Kuchar Hoping for Second Chance at a Big Win PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Matt Kuchar had a chance for a career-defining win last month at the Masters. He is looking forward to his next chance Sunday at the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Kuchar was tied for the lead in the final round at the Masters last month, but he made bogey at the par-3 16th hole and finished two shots out of a playoff won by Bubba Watson. "To be there late on Sunday was really a thrill," Kuchar said. To pull off some great shots was exciting. Kind of felt like, "Man, I can do this. I can win this. Now to be a month later here at TPC is awfully exciting to be in the same position. I'm looking forward to playing some great golf tomorrow. To become the first American to win the PGA Tour's showcase event since Phil Mickelson in 2007, Kuchar likely will need to play better than he did coming down the stretch Saturday. But he will need some of the resilience he showed in avoiding a ruinous finish in the third round. Kuchar dumped his ball well short of the island green at the 17th hole. But hitting from the drop zone, he stuck his shot to four feet to set up a clutch bogey. Another poor wedge shot fell well short of the green on the difficult par-4 18th hole, but Kuchar drained a 12-foot par putt to salvage a three-under 69 - one of just 10 rounds in the 60s in the field of 74 that made the cut. "It was not going to be a fun way to finish off a round, finishing bogey-bogey," Kuchar said. I was real excited to have that putt go in. Kuchar is 11 under par, a shot behind the leader, Kevin Na, who played the closing three-hole stretch at TPC Sawgrass in two under. Kuchar, who was one over on those holes, knows he will need to finish stronger Sunday. Kuchar, one of the Tour's steadiest players, finished the third round with four bogeys - one more than he carded in his first 36 holes. But he also made seven birdies - two more than he had each of the first two rounds. If Kuchar plays his game in the final round, he expects to have a chance to win at the end. "Today was a different day for me," he said, "Normally, I'm a guy that makes a lot of pars, stays out of trouble. But that being said, I'm really pleased I was able to bounce back so well.