{"id":54351,"date":"2026-03-29T23:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54351"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:08:04","slug":"c5y85wyxj91oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/29\/c5y85wyxj91oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Woodland: US golfer wins Houston Open for first title since brain surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Woodland led by one shot overnight after Hojgaard, chasing his first PGA Tour win, backed up a sublime eight-under-par 62 on Friday with a seven-under-par 63 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the American showed remarkable calm and control on a masterful front nine, featuring four birdies, to move into a lead he never looked like relinquishing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hojgaard also had two bogeys and one double bogey, despite two birdies, in his first 10 holes to boost Woodland&#8217;s chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Dane closed the gap to five shots on the 14th hole &#8211; finding a birdie while Woodland carded a bogey &#8211; then four shots with another birdie on the 16th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Woodland matched him with a par on 17 and made par at the last, while Hojgaard dropped another shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Woodland received a warm reception from the crowd down the stretch, which turned to rapturous applause and chants of &#8220;Gary, Gary&#8221; as he sank his putt for victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is Woodland&#8217;s fifth PGA Tour triumph and perhaps sets him up to challenge for the first major of the season at next month&#8217;s Masters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When asked about his chances at Augusta, he emphasised he still had personal and mental issues to work on, but added: &#8220;My game is better than it&#8217;s ever been.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">American Johnny Keefer and Australia&#8217;s Min Woo Lee tied for third, one stroke behind Hojgaard, on 15 under.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reflecting on his achievement, Woodland said he was &#8220;most proud&#8221; that he &#8220;didn&#8217;t give up&#8221; on his career over a difficult past few years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;I tried to slow down and take things in because it didn&#8217;t feel like this was possible a couple of years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Gary #Woodland #golfer #wins #Houston #Open #title #brain #surgery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodland led by one shot overnight after Hojgaard, chasing his first PGA Tour win, backed up a sublime eight-under-par 62&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54353,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54351\/revisions\/54353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}