Gary Woodland watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow on Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C.
Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland shot a 3-over 73 in Round 3 at the St. Jude Championship on Saturday in Memphis.
The 38-year-old former Jayhawk just made the cut on Friday and did nothing on Saturday to push himself up the leaderboard and into contention.
He finished Saturday at 1-over for the tournament in a tie for 66th place, 14 shots off the lead. His third round featured three bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey to go with 12 pars.
Woodland, who entered the week ranked 77th in the FedEx Cup standings, will need a solid effort Sunday to earn a spot at next week’s second round, which will feature the top 70 players remaining competing at the BMW Championship.
From there, the top 30 advance to the FedEx Cup finals in Atlanta.
The 2019 U.S. Open champion and Topeka native will tee off in Round 4 at 7:20 a.m. on Sunday.
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.
