A drama of human triumph unfolded on the PGA Tour. A golfer who underwent brain tumor surgery — leaving a baseball-sized hole in his skull — returned to the tour and claimed victory. The protagonist is Gary Woodland of the United States, who earned his first PGA Tour win in six years and nine months.
Woodland carded four birdies and one bogey for a 3-under-par 67 in the final round of the PGA Tour Texas Children's Houston Open (total purse $9.9 million) at Memorial Park Golf Course (par 70) in Houston, Texas, on Sunday. Woodland finished at 21-under-par 259, defeating runner-up Nicolai Højgaard of Denmark by five strokes to claim the winner's check of $1,782,000 (approximately 2.68 billion won).
Woodland, who debuted on the PGA Tour in 2009, was unstoppable from the early days of his career. He captured his first PGA Tour victory in 2011 and rapidly rose to elite status by winning the 2019 U.S. Open.
