Gary Woodland
Gary Woodland was born in Topeka, Kansas, United States on May 21st, 1984 and is the Golfer. At the age of 39, Gary Woodland biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gary Woodland (born May 21, 1984) is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour.
After a successful college career, he turned pro in 2007 and appeared on the Korn Ferry Tour, now the Nationwide Tour.
Woodland has been on the PGA Tour since 2009 and has four victories; he is known as one of the longest hitters on tour.
Woodland won the United States Open in 2019, his first major championship and sixth professional victory.
Early life
Woodland was born in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Dan and Linda Woodland. He attended Shawnee Heights High School in Tecumseh's suburb. He attended Washburn University in Topeka on a basketball scholarship, but he left early in freshman to attend University of Kansas in Lawrence on a golf scholarship. While at KU, he studied sociology. Woodland had a fruitful college career, winning four tournaments before turning pro in 2007.
Professional career
Woodland debuted in a handful of tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2008. He enrolled in the Qualifying school for the PGA Tour at the end of the 2008 season and finished in a tie for 11th, which was good enough to earn him a full card to play on the PGA Tour in 2009. However, he struggled for form in his debut season in 18 appearances, making just eight cuts in 18 appearances before a shoulder injury cut his golfing year short in July.
Woodland split his time between the PGA and Nationwide Tours in 2010. He continued to struggle for his best form on tour, but he did not finish a single top ten finish on either tour. He did a good job to finish 92nd on the Nationwide Tour money list, though he didn't do enough to rank 92nd. He entered the season-ending qualifying school once more, and then finished T-11, securing a return to full PGA Tour status.
The Bob Hope Classic, Woodland's second tournament of the 2011 season, saw him and Jhonattan Vegas finish tied for first place at 27-under-par; Vegas edged out Woodland in a playoff for the title. This was his first top-ten finish on either of the two main tours.
Woodland captured his first PGA Tour title at the Transitions Championship by a single stroke in March 2011 when fellow American Webb Simpson missed a par putt on the final hole. Woodland had scrambled a spectacular par from Simpson on the last, just a few seconds before hitting his second shot over the back of the green. Woodland gained a spot in the 2011 Masters Tournament and also boosted him to what was then a career high 53rd in the Official World Golf Rankings. Since breaking into the Top 50, he received an invitation to the US Open later this year. He began the tournament with a 39th OWGR ranking. Matt Kuchar won the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in November 2011. He finished 2011 ranked 17th on the PGA Tour money list and 51st in the OWGR. He appeared in 2009, ranked 962nd in the United States and 2010 591.
Woodland reached the final of the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, where he lost to Rory McIlroy and advanced to a career-best 32nd position in the OWGR.
Woodland won his third PGA Tour event at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February 2018, defeating Chez Reavie in a sudden-death playoff. Woodland won on the first extra hole, putting an end to a five-year drought on tour after finishing tied at 18 under. Woodland also ranked fifth in the FedEx Cup standings for the second year.
Woodland led by 36 holes at the PGA Championship in 2018, a tournament record in the first two rounds. At the halfway stage, he led by a stroke over Kevin Kisner. He began the final round at nine under par, three shots behind leader Brooks Koepka. He finished sixth with a score of 10 under par, six strokes behind champion Koepka.
Woodland maintained the lead in the final round of the winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, in January 2019. He shot a five-under-par 68, but he dropped to champion Xander Schauffele, who shot a course record-tying 62.
During a Tuesday practice round at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February 2019, Woodland invited Amy Bockerstette, a collegiate golfer with Down syndrome, to play the par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. Bockerstette stunned Woodland by parring the hole in front of a roaring crowd after turning her tee shot into a greenside bunker. The PGA Tour's video documenting the moment went viral, attracting 43 million views on various social media platforms.
Woodland led Pebble Beach Golf Links by 54 holes at the U.S. Open in June 2019. He fired a 2-under-par 69 for 271 (13), giving him a three-shot advantage over the runner-up, two-time champion Koepka. Woodland was the fourth champion in the United States Open Championships who were double-digits under par. The victory was his first major and his sixth major triumph. Woodland had only had two top-ten finishes in his first 30 majors, both in the PGA Championship (2018, 2019). He went from 25th to 12th in the Official World Golf Rankings after winning the U.S. Open, which took him from 25th to 12th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Woodland FaceTimed Bockerstette live on the news conference, telling her, "I used your positive energy." Woodland returned to Bockerstette with a surprise appearance on The Today Show, where he pointed to the United States Open trophy in Bockerstette's hands, saying, "We won this together."
Woodland played on the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia in December 2019. The US team defeated the United States 16-16.14. Woodland lost his singles match against Im Sung-jae on Sunday.