Gary Woodland had surgery on September 18, 2023 to remove a brain tumor. The four-time PGA Tour champion was back at work just 115 days after his surgery. He received a lot of support.
The 2024 Sony Open was played in Hawaii on Thursday at Waialae Country Club. Woodland’s emotions were evident on No. The crowd gave him a warm welcome on the 10th tee. It was his first hole for the day. Woodland scrambled to par after missing the fairway of the par-4 hole.
“I’d spent four and a-half months thinking that I would die every day,” Woodland told reporters on Tuesday, ahead of his debut in 2024. Every day was a different way to die, a different way of dying. “The jolting I felt in the middle night scared me to death.”
Gary Woodland’s inspiring return to golf
A powerful opening tee-shot.
After a difficult few months away, @GaryWoodland is back in action @SonyOpenHawaii pic.twitter.com/hzw4gasyeN
— PGA TOUR 11 January 2024
Woodland had competed in 24 Tour Events in 2023 and achieved six top-25 finishes with two within the 10.
