Gary Woodland reacts after putting on the ninth hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland recovered from a rough start to Round 2 at this year’s Open but still dropped several spots on the leaderboard.
Woodland shot a 3-over 73 on Friday to fall to +2 for the tournament.
Nearly all of the damage came on his second hole of the day, where he recorded a triple-bogey 6 on the par-3 second hole at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Woodland, who won the 2019 U.S. Open, rallied with birdies at the fifth and seventh holes to finish Friday’s front nine at 1-over. But he carded a pair of bogeys and seven pars on the back nine to fall back to 3-over for the day.
At the time he finished, Woodland was in a tie for 43rd place, 29 spots down from where he ended Day 1 after shooting a 1-under on Thursday.
Woodland ended his day just six strokes behind the leader but also was just one stroke clear of the projected cut line.
If he’s able to stay on the right side of the line, he’ll stick around Massachusetts for the weekend hoping to make a run at the leaders.
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.
