Jeff Woodland
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Jeff Woodland is an Australia
n professional golf
er who played on the PGA Tour
and the Nationwide Tour
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Woodland joined the Nationwide Tour in 1991 and had a very successful rookie year, winning the Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open while recording nine top-10 finishes. The following year he won two tournaments, the Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic and the Ben Hogan Utah Classic while recording nine top-10 finishes en route to a 6th place finishes on the money list, good enough to earn his PGA Tour card. He struggled in his rookie year on Tour but retained his card through qualifying school
. He recorded his best finish on the PGA Tour in 1994 at the GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic when he finished in a tie for eighth. He split time between the PGA and Nationwide Tour in 1995.
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Woodland played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er who played on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
and the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
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Woodland joined the Nationwide Tour in 1991 and had a very successful rookie year, winning the Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open while recording nine top-10 finishes. The following year he won two tournaments, the Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic and the Ben Hogan Utah Classic while recording nine top-10 finishes en route to a 6th place finishes on the money list, good enough to earn his PGA Tour card. He struggled in his rookie year on Tour but retained his card through qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
. He recorded his best finish on the PGA Tour in 1994 at the GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic when he finished in a tie for eighth. He split time between the PGA and Nationwide Tour in 1995.
Nationwide Tour wins (3)
- 1991 Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open
- 1992 Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic, Ben Hogan Utah Classic
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
T39 | CUT |
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Woodland played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.