Patrick Cantlay, right, and Gary Woodland chip on the 12th green during a practice round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland fired his second 3-over-par 74 of the tournament on Sunday but still managed a top-50 finish at the 2021 U.S. Open.
Woodland, who won the U.S. Open in 2019 at famed Pebble Beach, shot rounds of 74-71-73-74 this week to finish at +8 for the tournament.
John Rahm, meanwhile, won his first career major by shooting 6-under over four rounds at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, including a 67 on Sunday.
Despite playing fairly consistent golf all week long, Woodland never made his way into contention at this year’s event. The Topeka native and former KU All-American finished the week with 16 bogeys, 10 birdies, one double bogey and pars on the rest.
Tying for 50th place with four other golfers netted Woodland a prize of $29,664.
Next up on the PGA Tour is The Travelers next week.
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.
