Woodland finishes tied for 30th at tune-up for British Open in Scotland

By Matt Tait     Jul 10, 2022

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Gary Woodland tees off on the fourth hole during the fourth round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow on Sunday, May 9, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C.

After shooting a 6-under 64 in the opening round at the Scottish Open on Thursday, former Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland shot 7-over during the next three rounds — including a 3-over-par 73 on Sunday — to finish in a tie for 30th.

Woodland shot an even-par 35, with nine pars, on the front nine on Sunday before carding bogeys on four of his final nine holes with one birdie.

Woodland entered the third round in a tie for second place but fell down the leaderboard in each of the next two rounds. He still managed to earn $49,000 for the week and move up two spots in the FedEx Cup standings.

Xander Schauffele won the event at 7-under after shooting 9-under in Rounds 2 and 3 and an even-par 70 on Sunday.

The event was the final tune-up before next week’s Open Championship that will take place at the Old Course down the road in St. Andrews, Scotland.

The Open Championship is the PGA Tour’s fourth and final major tournament of the 2022 season.

The Open is slated for Thursday through Sunday. Woodland’s best finish at the British Open came in 2016, when he finished tied for 12th.

Woodland has made the cut in 10 of the 20 tournaments he has played in during the 2022 season. That includes five top-10 finishes and seven times placing in the top 25. He has earned just over $1.9 million this season.

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Written By Matt Tait

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.