Gary Woodland grabs emotional first PGA Tour win after brain surgery, PTSD diagnosis: 'Just keep fighting'
"I’ve got a big fight ahead of me, and I’m going to keep going. But I’m proud of myself right now.”
Gary Woodland grabbed a five-shot win over the field on Sunday afternoon in Houston. (Jordan Bank/Getty Images) Jordan Bank via Getty Images Gary Woodland exhaled hard and looked up to the sky when his final putt dropped at Memorial Park Golf Course on Sunday afternoon. After hugging his caddie briefly while trying to contain his emotions, the tears quickly came as his wife, Gabby, ran out to embrace him, too.
Woodland, who underwent brain surgery that led to a PTSD diagnosis in recent years, had won on the PGA Tour once again. What a moment ❤️ pic. twitter.
com/nwPC0Y75sf — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 29, 2026 Woodland cruised to a dominant five-shot win at the Texas Children's Houston Open on Sunday in what was his first win on Tour since his victory at the 2019 U. S. Open.
But, after what has been a turbulent few years for him off the course, the win completes one of the most remarkable comebacks in golf’s history. “We play an individual sport out here, but I wasn’t alone today,” Woodland said, fighting back tears on NBC. “I’ve got a lot of people behind me, my team, my family, in this golf world.
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