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U.S. Open 2019: How Gary Woodland held off Brooks Koepka and claimed his first major title

Gary Woodland once caught a knee in the throat in a high-school basketball game in his native Topeka, Kan., that landed him in the hospital with a collapsed trachea.

June 18, 2019

Close Call

U.S. Open 2019: Brooks Koepka remains relentless in majors, even in defeat

Brooks Koepka is human after all. We think. “He’s like a cockroach,” Xander Schauffele said. “He just won’t go away.”

June 18, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: The biggest story at Pebble Beach was what didn’t happen

We’re told major championships are golf’s grandest theatre, though there are a handful of stages where the spotlight shines ever so brighter. Pebble Beach did nothing to refute its standing this week.

June 18, 2019

John Feinstein

U.S. Open 2019: Pebble Beach brings out the best in Gary Woodland—and the U.S. Open

In 1992, after he had finally won his first major championship, an exhausted Tom Kite shook his head and said, “Well, now I know what the first sentence of my obituary will say.”

June 18, 2019

U.S. Open

The shot that won Gary Woodland the U.S. Open might get you suspended at your club

Gary Woodland is known as a basher, 200 pounds of Midwestern might. That power was evidenced at Pebble Beach, Woodland ranking fifth in the field in driving distance and 13th in strokes gained/off-the-tee.

June 17, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: You can’t describe Gary Woodland as simply a bomber anymore

This was a U.S. Open to love. No angst, no anxiety, no punishment for the slightest of golf sins. We came to the sea, walking on cliffs along the blue Pacific Ocean...

June 17, 2019

Stats

U.S. Open 2019: The crazy stat that shows Gary Woodland’s win was even more surprising than you thought

Let’s get this out of the way: Gary Woodland is not a fluke major champ. The 35-year-old entered this week as the 25th-ranked player in the world with three previous PGA Tour titles...

June 17, 2019

Winner's Bag

Winner’s Bag: Gary Woodland’s clubs at the U.S. Open

Gary Woodland, who won a thrilling U.S. Open at Pebble Beach G.L., was one of the many equipment free agents at the start of the year.

June 17, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: A lead in a major makes for a long night, and a lonely walk

The old saying has it that there are three levels of pressure in professional golf: tournament play, major-championship play and the Ryder Cup. Gary Woodland is experienced in the first two of those, but has yet to feel the ultimate stress that comes with representing one’s country in the biennial contest between the United States and Europe.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Ranking the 9 golfers Gary Woodland should worry about most on Sunday

David Cannon By Alex Myers PEBBLE BEACH — Gary Woodland will take the lead into the final round of a major championship for the first time in his career. As if ...

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Gary Woodland’s new-found focus on putting is paying off at Pebble Beach

Gary Woodland might seem like an unlikely leader halfway through this year’s U.S. Open, given that Pebble Beach, at just slightly longer than 7,000 yards, isn’t a ballpark built to reward the power game that the 35-year-old possesses.

June 15, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Brooks Koepka finding his swing on the golf course, posts another 69

After a second-straight 69 on Friday to sit five strokes off the lead of Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka is in position to chase a third straight U.S. Open title this weekend at Pebble Beach.

June 15, 2019

The Power of Optimism

Amy Bockerstette’s viral moment reveals an invaluable lesson about golf—and life

How Bockerstette, a golfer with Down Syndrome, navigated three shots at the Waste Management Phoenix Open can be instructive for everyone.

February 12, 2019

PGA Tour

Gary Woodland wrestles with one of pro golfers’ biggest headaches: the week-to-week variance in their game

A near-miss at Kapalua was a faded memory for the Kansas native at the Sony Open

January 15, 2019

PGA Tour

This low screamer by Gary Woodland is already the coolest shot of 2019

Perhaps no one hits the low screaming shot better than Gary Woodland, whose stingers have become legendary on the internet.

January 13, 2019

Equipment

Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele all use new drivers at the Sentry TOC

For players such as Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and a host of others, the Sentry Tournament of Champions served as a nice opportunity to put some new equipment in play.

January 8, 2019

News

Xander Schauffele again a come-from-behind winner, this time with a final-round 62 in Sentry Tournament of Champions

As he walked off the 18th green at the Plantation Course Sunday afternoon with a disappointing par and approached the scoring trailer, Gary Woodland spotted Xander Schauffele and made a beeline for him.

January 7, 2019