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Gary Woodland Wins Houston Open in First PGA Tour Title Since 2019

The victory underscores his decision to speak openly about PTSD.

Overview

  • Woodland closed with a 3-under 67 on Sunday at Memorial Park to set a tournament record at 21-under 259 and win by five over Nicolai Hojgaard.
  • The win secures an invitation to the Masters in two weeks, restoring his place in a major he last played in 2024.
  • He disclosed this month in a Golf Channel interview that he is living with PTSD and said sharing it made him feel “a thousand pounds lighter.”
  • Surgeons removed most of a benign brain lesion in September 2023 through a baseball-sized opening and left some tissue to avoid risking vision or motor loss, and he later endured tremors, hypervigilance and bouts of blurred vision.
  • Fans chanted his name on the 18th green as Hojgaard and defending champion Min Woo Lee held back to let him finish, a gesture that captured the support he received across the Tour.