Former major champion to make first PGA Tour start since brain surgery
Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland will make his first start on the PGA Tour in more than three months after undergoing brain surgery.
Gary Woodland is set to make his first PGA Tour start since undergoing brain surgery.
The 2019 U.S. Open champion has been listed among the 144-player field for the forthcoming Sony Open in Hawaii.
Woodland has been out of action for three months after having a lesion removed from his brain.
Initially, the golfer decided he wanted to have the symptoms treated by medication but he and his family made the decision to try to remove it via surgery.
He underwent the procedure on 18 September and later posted a statement on social media saying the "majority of the tumour" was removed.
The 39-year-old has won four times on the PGA Tour. He had a mixed 2022-2023 season. He made 18 cuts from 24 starts and posted six top-25 finishes.
Woodland is not the only high-profile name to make his return after a considerable amount of time on the sidelines.
Will Zalatoris will be making his first official start since he was forced to withdraw from the 2023 Masters on the eve of the major because of a back injury.
Zalatoris did play in Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge in December, posting scores of 81-68-79-71 to finish 11 over to finish dead last.
Sony Open field 2024
- Ludvig Aberg
- Blaze Akana
- Tyson Alexander
- Byeong Hun An
- Aaron Baddeley
- Paul Barjon
- Akshay Bhatia
- Alexander Bjork
- Zac Blair
- Keegan Bradley
- Joseph Bramlett
- Ryan Brehm
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Hayden Buckley
- Cameron Champ
- Stewart Cink
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Pierceson Coody
- Joel Dahmen
- Cam Davis
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Tyler Duncan
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Doug Ghim
- Lucas Glover
- Will Gordon
- Max Greyserman
- Ben Griffin
- Lanto Griffin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Adam Hadwin
- Harry Hall
- Nick Hardy
- Brian Harman
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Russell Henley
- Garrick Higgo
- Kensei Hirata
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Rico Hoey
- Charley Hoffman
- Tom Hoge
- Billy Horschel
- Mark Hubbard
- Aguri Iwasaki
- Stephan Jaeger
- Zach Johnson
- Takumi Kanaya
- Yuto Katsuragawa
- Chan Kim
- Michael Kim
- S.H. Kim
- Si Woo Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kevin Kisner
- Kurt Kitayama
- Patton Kizzire
- Jake Knapp
- Ben Kohles
- Matt Kuchar
- Martin Laird
- Hunter Larson
- Nate Lashley
- K.H. Lee
- David Lingmerth
- David Lipsky
- Luke List
- Justin Lower
- Robert MacIntyre
- Peter Malnati
- Ben Martin
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Tyler McCumber
- Maverick McNealy
- Troy Merritt
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Montgomery
- Ryan Moore
- Grayson Murray
- Rintaro Nakano
- Matt NeSmith
- Alex Noren
- Vincent Norrman
- Andrew Novak
- Ryan Palmer
- C.T. Pan
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Chandler Phillips
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Aaron Rai
- Chad Ramey
- Chez Reavie
- Davis Riley
- Patrick Rodgers
- Justin Rose
- Matti Schmid
- Taiga Semikawa
- Robby Shelton
- Greyson Sigg
- Ben Silverman
- Webb Simpson
- David Skinns
- Alex Smalley
- Brandt Snedeker
- J.J. Spaun
- Scott Stallings
- Jimmy Stanger
- Sam Stevens
- Kevin Streelman
- Justin Suh
- Adam Svensson
- Callum Tarren
- Ben Taylor
- Nick Taylor
- Josh Teater
- Sahith Theegala
- Davis Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Alejandro Tosti
- Sami Valimaki
- Erik van Rooyen
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Camilo Villegas
- Matt Wallace
- Vince Whaley
- Gary Woodland
- Brandon Wu
- Dylan Wu
- Carson Young
- Kevin Yu
- Carl Yuan
- Will Zalatoris
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