Gary Woodland hits from a bunker on the 15th fairway in the first round of the Northern Trust golf tournament at TPC Boston, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland shot a 2-over 73 on Friday and missed the cut at the Northern Trust golf tournament in Norton, Mass.
Woodland, who shot a 2-under 69 in Thursday’s opening round, positioned himself on the cut line — at 3-under — midway through Friday’s round.
But two double bogeys and three more bogeys on the day proved to be too much to overcome.
Woodland, who took last week off, after finishing tied for 58th at the PGA Championship earlier this month, will now turn his attention to the PGA Tour’s next stop, the BMW Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill.
Just three events remain before Woodland heads to upstate New York to defend his title at the pandemic-delayed U.S. Open, which is slated to begin Sept. 17 at Winged Foot Golf Course.
Originally scheduled for June 18-21, — roughly one year after Woodland became the first former Jayhawk to win one of golf’s majors — the event was pushed back because of COVID-19 and will now be the second of three majors played this season.
The PGA Championship is already in the books and The Masters, in Augusta, Ga., has been rescheduled for mid-November. There will be no British Open in 2020.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
