Golf

KU product Woodland four back at Players

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot a 2-under-par 70 at the PGA Tour’s Players Championship on Saturday and is tied for fifth heading into today’s final round.Woodland trails co-leaders Jordan Spieth and Martin Kaymer by four shots.“I played ...

Gary Woodland settles for 26th-place tie at Masters

Augusta, Ga. ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland’s roller-coaster trip to the Masters ended with a 4-over-par 76 on Sunday.Woodland, a 2007 KU grad, opened with a 70 Thursday and was in a tie for fifth, then shot 77 on Friday to plummet to a tie for 37th. After a tournament-best ...

Gary Woodland struggles, but makes cut at Masters

Augusta, Ga. ? Gary Woodland dropped 32 places at the Masters on Friday, but he played well enough to return for the weekend.Woodland, a former Kansas University golfer, shot 5 over 77 on Friday, seven strokes worse than his opening round Thursday.Woodland is tied for 37th. Thursday, he had ...

Ex-KU golfer Gary Woodland set for Masters

Gary Woodland, the only golfer from Kansas University to win two PGA Tour events, guns for his first major championship beginning Thursday with a scheduled tee time of 8:13 a.m. at Augusta National in the Masters.Woodland will play the first two rounds with Angel Cabrera of Argentina and Ian ...

Column: Buddies at LCC predict big year for Gary Woodland

Gary Woodland badly pulled his drive into the hazard left of the No. 17 fairway en route to a double bogey on the hole for the second day in a row. There went Woodland’s realistic chances of winning the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. That’s when the crowd at Lawrence ...

Woodland takes one-shot lead at Farmers

San Diego ? Gary Woodland didn’t have to overpower the par 5s to take the lead at Torrey Pines.Woodland, a former Kansas University golfer, found his five birdies elsewhere Saturday on another tough day of scoring on the South Course for a 2-under 70, giving him a one-shot lead over ...

Woodland one back at Farmers

San Diego ? The best score belonged to Stewart Cink. The best round belonged to Pat Perez. Tiger Woods didn’t come close to claiming either Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open.Cink ran off three straight birdies late in his round on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines for an 8-under ...

Ex-KU golfer Woodland falls short in CIMB playoff

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ? Ryan Moore birdied the first hole of a playoff with former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland on Monday to win the CIMB Classic after an overnight wait caused by thunderstorms.Moore had to fight just to get in the playoff, hitting an awkward 60-yard wedge shot on ...