His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2013 is T16th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
He ranks 6th in Driving Distance - Driver on the PGA TOUR.
height6-1
weight195
birthDateMay 21, 1984
age28
birthPlaceTopeka, Kansas
residenceOrlando, Florida
familySingle
educationUniversity of Kansas (2007, Sociology)
splInterestBasketball, working out, ping-pong
nwTourAlumnusWeb.com Tour Alumnus
trndProYear2007
qSchoolYear2008, 2010
cityPlaysFrmTopeka; KS; United States
combTourMoney3,865,258
curYearHighPlayed 14 events in 2010, with five top-25 finishes. Best performance was T11 at the WNB Golf Classic. Ended the year No. 92 on the money list.
jndTourYear2009
exmtStatus2011 tournament winner (through 2013)
intlVics(1): 2011 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup [with Matt Kuchar].
carHigh2012: Finished No. 134 in the FedExCup standings to miss the FedExCup Playoffs a season after advancing to the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola and finishing No. 17 in the FedExCup standings...Making his first start since a missed cut at the Wyndham Championship, finished T9 at the Frys.com Open for his first top-10 finish since T4 at the 2011 Greenbrier Classic.
2011: Outstanding year consisted of six top-10 finishes, highlighted by his first career win on TOUR...Converted an 11-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to card a final round, 4-under-par 67 and win the Transitions Championship by one stroke over Webb Simpson in his 33rd career start. The par on No. 18 in the final round was his only par on the closing nine holes. He carded a 2-under 33 that featured five birdies and three bogeys. The win was his third top 10 of the season and moved him from No. 18 to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings. Converted 17 of 17 putts from inside 20 feet during the final round, including a 16-foot birdie putt to tie for the lead on No. 17. He needed just 23 putts on the day, 10 on the back nine. Made 22 birdies during the week, tied for most in the field. He became the first player to win the Transitions Championship in his first start since Retief Goosen in 2003 and the first to make the event his maiden PGA TOUR victory since Carl Pettersson in 2005...After holding a share of the 54- and 72-hole leads, lost on the second playoff hole (No. 10) to Jhonattan Vegas in his second career start at the Bob Hope Classic. Runner-up finish was first career top 10 in his 28th event on the PGA TOUR. Made a birdie-4 on the 90th and final hole in regulation at the Palmer Private Course at PGA West to force a playoff with Vegas and Bill Haas. After Haas was elminated on first playoff hole, Vegas hit his drive in the water on the second playoff hole but rallied to make a 13-foot par putt for the win. Woodland was unable to get up and down for par from a greenside bunker...Next top-10 finish came two weeks later, at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Four rounds in the 60s earned him T8 honors at TPC Scottsdale...Was first in the Q-School/Web.com Tour re-order after the Mayakoba Golf Classic...Rounds of 71-68-68-71 at PGA National led to a T6 finish at The Honda Classic, his third top-10 in six starts...Finished sixth at the Memorial Tournament in his first start at the event. Finish moved him into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time...Opened with a 5-under 65 to sit just one shot behind Trevor Immelman after the first round of The Greenbrier Classic and hung around the lead the rest of the tournament. Final-round, 1-under 69 left him T4 and one stroke shy of the three-man playoff won by Scott Stallings. It was his sixth top-10 of the season, propelling him to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings...Finished no worse than 25th in his last six starts of the season...Had a strong finish to his year by teaming with Matt Kuchar representing the U.S. at the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup in China. In come-from-behind fashion, the duo shot a final-round 67 in foursomes to defeat the English team of Ian Poulter and Justin Rose by two strokes for the first U.S. victory since 2000. 2010: Playing on a Major Medical Extension, returned from a long layoff with a missed cut at the Valero Texas Open, followed by a T32 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. He last competed in July 2009 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee and then underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder on August 12. Began rehab the next day. Ended the season with three made cuts in eights starts, including his first-career top-25 finish (T21 at the John Deere Classic). Also competed in four Web.com Tour events earlier in the season, missing the cut in all those starts. 2009: Rookie season on the TOUR was cut short in July because of an injury to his left shoulder, which required surgery. Coupled with the $121,031 earned in 2009, had eight events in 2010 to equal that of No. 125 on the 2009 money list ($662,683) and gain a Major Medical Extension for the remainder of the year. Made eight cuts in 18 starts on TOUR in 2009, with a best finish of T28 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Finished fifth in Driving Distance (307.3-yard average) in 2009. Made it through all three stages of the 2008 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Posted six sub-par rounds in the final stage at PGA West, highlighted by a second-round, 8-under 64. Previous experience in competitive golf includes playing the Hooters Tour in 2007 and 2008. Amateur: Played freshman year of college basketball at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., before transferring to the University of Kansas to play golf. During that one season (2002-2003), he averaged 6 points a game, was a 37-percent field goal shooter, making 87 percent of his free throws. He had a perfect night against Missouri-Rolla in January, going 5 for 5 from the field, including hitting both of his 3-pointers. He also was 2 for 2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 15 points. His top-scoring game came against Northwest Missouri a month later, when he scored 21 points in 23 minutes. He was 7 for 8 from the field (5 for 6 from beyond the arc). For the season, he only missed six free throws (41 for 47) and had seven double-figure-scoring games for a team that reached the NCAA Division II regional semifinals...Won four collegiate golf tournaments (the 2005 Cleveland State Invitational, the 2006 Kansas Invitational and the 2007 All-American Golf Classic and Louisiana Classics). Won the 2005 Kansas Amateur and was second at the 2006 Western Amateur.
personalCites winning the 2011 Transitions Championship and the 2011 World Cup as his biggest thrills in golf. Cites playing basketball for Washburn University and playing against Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse as his biggest thrill outside of golf...Named all-state in basketball in high school, where his school won two state titles. Lists Michael Jordan as his hero. Never travels without his iPad. Favorite golf course played is Spyglass Hill. Favorite college team is the Kansas Jayhawks. Favorite professional team is the Indianapolis Colts...Marks his ball with a 1984 half dollar. Favorite TV show is "Two and a Half Men." Favorite movie is "Gladiator." Favorite food is steak. Favorite athlete is Floyd Mayweather, Jr...Would round out his dream foursome with his dad, Jordan and Kansas basketball coach Bill Self. Most people don't know he doesn't eat any food that comes from the water. Bucket list includes buying an airplane. Charities include Folds of Honor, which gives scholarships to families of fallen or wounded soldiers.
ntlTeamsWorld Cup (1), 2011.