SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland announced Wednesday that he will have surgery on Sept. 18 to remove a lesion from his brain.
Woodland is a native of Topeka, Kansas and played high school golf at Shawnee Heights in Tecumseh. Woodland then played collegiately at the University of Kansas.
The 39-year old is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.
Woodland turned pro in 2007 and briefly competed on the circuit then known as the Nationwide Tour, now the Korn Ferry Tour. Woodland has competed on the PGA Tour since 2009.