Matt Kuchar found out the hard way that sometimes the media does know best.
As one of the four members of the U.S. Olympic golf "team," Kuchar was surprised to learn — ahead of this week's Travelers Championship — that the Olympics is in fact an individual competition.
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"From my understanding," Kuchar said, via Golf.com, "it was supposed to be Bubba (Watson) and Rickie (Fowler) — they were the two highest-seeded Americans. Their combined score I thought was going to be the team part. There is no combination, no team at all? OK."
Kuchar thought it was similar to a World Cup event he played in previously, when the top two players played for their country.
"We did the same thing at World Cup: 72 hole stroke play," he said. "I played with Kevin Streelman. We never played together but we did represent the United States in a team format.
"I certainly was never going to be part of the team, or at least when I became part of the team I knew I wasn’t in the top two (at the Olympics). ... I knew I wasn’t playing for any sort of team medal. I knew I was strictly there as an individual."
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To be fair, Kuchar was right in that his score won't count as part of the team. He just needed to do his homework to realize there was no team in the first place.
Kuchar will get a chance to redeem himself next weekend when he competes for a trip to the podium. If he wins a medal, we're sure his confusion will be forgotten.