A biography for Gary Woodlandhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm trying to get better on and off the golf course at all times so I think it's a work in progress all day long.”
“I'm always thinking and so even if I'm not on the golf course I'm mentally thinking.”
“I worked my whole life and dreamed my whole life of being a professional athlete.”
“I don't have to be perfect with my ball-striking, because I have other things that can pick me up, that's been a big confidence boost for me, knowing I don't have to be perfect; I can still contend and have a chance to win.”
“I think I proved what I always believed. That I'm pretty good.”
“I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.”
“I kept hearing about my 54-hole record and I kept telling myself that records are made to be broken.”
“I'm becoming a more complete player. I have more shots. I can rely more on my putting, rely on my short game.”
“I think of all my iron shots as punches - not punch shots, but how much pressure I'm applying to the hit.”
“I don't know if I spent any time on a putting green when I was a kid. I was too busy hitting driver.”
“I love to be at Topeka Country Club. It's where I grew up. That's one course I'd play every day.”
“My dad never let me win. I didn't beat him at golf until I was 13. I didn't beat him at basketball until I was 15. When we played each other, he was big and mean.”
“I loved baseball, and I was the best at basketball. Golf was sort of third on my list.”
“It was hard growing up because there was nothing close. I never went to a golf tournament.”
“I love Quail Hollow. I think it's one of the big boy golf courses we play. I just don't think there's really a bad hole on it.”
“Life's not always going to be bells and whistles.”
“For years, I felt like I was just whacking at the ball, trying to see how far I could hit it, especially with the driver. Whatever the coach I was working with at the time told me to do, I would just go along with it.”
“Adrenaline is a huge deal. All of a sudden you start hitting the golf ball a little bit farther. You learn to stay within yourself and what you have to do to calm yourself down and stay within your game plan.”
“If I'm hitting 3-wood and everyone else is hitting driver, it's a level playing field. If I'm hitting driver straight, then I think I'm playing at a different level than everybody else.”
“I never let myself get ahead of myself.”