Gary Woodland has been open and vulnerable about his journey back from brain surgery to have a tumor removed in 2023.

The 2019 U.S. Open champion admitted that he probably shouldn’t have played on the PGA Tour in 2024, but he learned a lot about how to navigate his life post-surgery, the work it takes to calm his nervous system and what he needs to do to live the life he wants both on and off the course. The work Woodland did in 2024, with the help of his wife Gabby, led him to this season, where he felt better equipped to handle PGA Tour life now that he had a better understanding of how to settle his brain down from the stimulation of tournament play.

Woodland opened his season with three top-25 finishes and then finished runner-up at the Texas Children’s Houston Open in March. But

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