Gary Woodland says why Scottie Scheffler’s coach called him ‘soft’ before totally changing his game
Gary Woodland has gone through some extremely challenging times away from the golf course over the past few years. Woodland must have to pinch himself at times when he’s playing on the PGA Tour in tournaments like the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Photo by Maddie Meyer/PGA of America via Getty Images Gary Woodland has gone through some extremely challenging times away from the golf course over the past few years. Woodland must have to pinch himself at times when he’s playing on the PGA Tour in tournaments like the Texas Children’s Houston Open. The 41-year-old underwent successful brain surgery in September 2023 to remove a tumor.
However, despite that successful operation, Woodland has been open about his struggles with anxiety and fear caused by PTSD from the brain operation he went through. All of his fellow PGA Tour players are right behind the 2019 U. S.
Open champion. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Woodland singled out Scottie Scheffler as someone who really rallied around him.
The duo know each other very well, and they have the same golf coach – Randy Smith. The Kansas-born major champion has now credited Smith with changing his game after he started working with him again 18 months ago. Why Scottie Scheffler’s coach called Gary Woodland ‘soft’ Scheffler withdrew from the Houston Open earlier this week with his wife, Meredith, set to give birth to their second child.