Golf

Gary Woodland struggles to 79

Kiawah Island, S.C. ? Gary Woodland had two double-bogeys and four bogeys on an eight-hole stretch during a rough second day at the PGA Championship.A day after shooting a 67 to put himself in a tie for second, Woodland shot a 7-over 79 to put himself in a tie for 24th, six strokes behind ...

Gary Woodland moves up to 34th-place tie

Lytham St. Annes, England ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland moved up nine more spots during the final round Sunday to tie for 34th place at the British Open.Woodland shot a 1-over 71 on Sunday, running his four-round total to 284 (4 over) to tie him with John Senden, Jim Furyk, ...

Gary Woodland moves up to 43rd

Lytham St. Annes, England ? Moving Day was kind to former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland on Saturday at the British Open.Woodland shot his second consecutive round of even par and moved up 25 spots to a tie for 43rd heading into today’s final round.Woodland erased two front-nine ...

Woodland makes late push, avoids second-round cut at British Open

Lytham St. Annes, England ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland birdied five of his last 10 holes to make the cut Friday in the British Open.Woodland carded an opening-round 73 on Thursday and started the second round at four over par before finishing at an even 70. Woodland, who sits ...

Local golf notes: Ex-KU coach Grove back on the links

Recently ousted Kansas University golf coach Kit Grove was married Saturday in Lawrence, a ceremony originally scheduled to take place in Colorado Springs but moved because of the fires.The day after Grove was bounced, KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger happened to play his first round of golf ...

Former KU golfer Gary Woodland misses U.S. Open cut

San Francisco ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot 77 in the second round of the U.S. Open Friday at The Olympic Club, missing the cut by three strokes. The cut was at the two-round total of 148, and Woodland shot 74 and 77 on Thursday and Friday for a total of 151.Woodland had ...

Woodland shoots 4-over 74

San Francisco ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot a solid if not spectacular 4-over-par 74 on the opening day of the U.S. Open on Thursday at The Olympic Club and sits in the middle of the pack.Woodland is tied for 52nd.He had four bogeys and a double bogey with just one birdie ...

Fred Couples making it Masters for ages

Augusta, Ga. ? All signs pointed to this being a Masters for the ages.This wasn’t what anyone had in mind — 52-year-old Fred Couples, silver hair and still cool as ever, drawing the loudest cheers Friday on his way to becoming the oldest player atop the leaderboard going into the weekend at ...