He won three times in six starts across two months on the Korn Ferry Tour last season. Those wins made him the 13th player in Korn Ferry Tour history to earn the Three-Victory Promotion. Then, just weeks later, he won on the PGA Tour, in only what was his third start, and earned himself a ticket to the 2025 Masters, THE PLAYERS, and the PGA Championship. But even for a player with that kind of talent, the switch to the PGA Tour hasn’t been smooth sailing.

“The courses are just tougher and more demanding,” PGA Tour rookie Matt McCarty told Shane Bacon and Patrick McDonald on the Golf on CBS podcast. “Especially off the tee, you know, around the greens, even like on the greens, there’s just a little bit more going on. It’s not quite as much of a birdie fest,” McCarty continued, w

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