Background
Woodland was born in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Dan and Linda Woodland.
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Gary Woodland
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He attended Shawnee Heights High School in the suburb of Tecumseh. After high school, he attended Washburn University on a basketball scholarship, but left after his freshman year to attend the University of Kansas on a golf scholarship. He studied Sociology while at KU. At the end of the 2008 season, he entered the Qualifying school for the Professional Golf Association Tour, and finished in a tie for 11th, which was good enough to earn him a full card to play on the Professional Golf Association Tour in 2009.
Career
Woodland had a successful collegiate golf career, winning four tournaments before turning professional in 2007. After turning professional, Woodland played in a handful of tournaments on the second-tier Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2008. However, he struggled for form in his debut season, making just eight cuts in 18 appearances before a shoulder injury cut his golfing year short in July.
In 2010, Woodland divided his time between the Professional Golf Association and Nationwide Tours.
He continued to struggle for his best form, not recording a single top ten finish on either tour, but he did display enough consistency to finish 92nd in the Nationwide Tour money list. Once again, he entered the season-ending qualifying school, and again he finished T-11, to secure a return to full Professional Golf Association Tour status.
In his second tournament of 2011, the Bob Hope Classic, he finished in a tie for first at 27-under-par, but was edged out for the title by Jhonattan Vegas in a playoff. This was his first top-10 finish on either of the two main tours.
Just a few moments earlier Woodland had scrambled a fantastic par from the same position as Simpson on the last, after hitting his second shot over the back of the green.
He later earned an invitation into the United States. Open after moving into the Top 50. He left the tournament with an OWGR ranking of 39th. He finished 2011 ranked 17th on the Professional Golf Association Tour money list and 51st in the OWGR. He had ended 2009 ranked 959th and 2010 588th.
Woodland reached the final of the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, where he lost to Rory McIlroy, and moved to a career-best 32nd in the OWGR. 2005 (2) Cleveland State Invitational, Kansas Amateur Professional Golf Association Tour wins (2) Other wins (2) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut World Development = withdrew "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2012 Open – 2014 Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 0 Professional World Cup: 2011 (winners).
Achievements
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2005 (2) Cleveland State Invitational, Kansas Amateur 2006 (1) Kansas Invitational 2007 (3) All-American Golf Classic, Louisiana Classics, Kansas Amateur * The Reno–Tahoe Open used Modified Stableford scoring. Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (0–2) 2008 Southwest Kansas Pro-Am 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup (with Matt Kuchar).
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