Ted Potter won't be in Mexico for this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic, and he'll make his PGA Tour return next week at the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia. Ted played in the RSM last season and finished at 9 under par, tieing for 46th.

    Ted has played in just four events in the new wrap-around season without making a check. He has had three missed cuts and withdrew in the fourth. After the RSM, he'll be idle again until the Sony Open in Honolulu beginning Jan. 9. Ted missed the cut at Greenbrier even though he was 3 under, and at the Shriners Hospitals for Children, at which he was 4 under. 

    Matt Kuchar is the defending champ in the Mayakoba, which will be another in a long line of events featuring the new, young breed of Tour players that have dominated the entries in so many recent events. Included on the list of marquee names entered are Jason Day, Zach Johnson, Davis Love, Keegan Bradley, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III and Tony Finau. 

    Kuchar collected $1,296,000 last season when he won by a stroke over Danny Lee, who is also returning. Matt created a firestorm after his 2018 victory when he only paid substitute local caddy David Ortiz a measly $5,000, when a normal check for a fill-in caddy is 5 to 7 percent of the winner's share. Five percent in this instance would have been $64,800.

    After taking a tremendous amount of criticism from all angles, including from PGA players, Kuchar later sent Ortiz another $45,000. It's hard to understand what Kuchar did, since he's earned more than $50 million in his career.  

    There are two Gators playing: Billy Horschel and Brian Gay, and one Seminole, Hank Lebioda. 

    

      

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