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Jeff Woodland

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Jeff Woodland
Personal information
Born (1957-02-28) 28 February 1957 (age 67)
Papua, Papua New Guinea
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1978
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT39: 1989

Jeff Woodland (born 28 February 1957) is an Australian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.

Professional career

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Woodland joined the Ben Hogan 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.

Professional wins (5)

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Ben Hogan Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 4 Aug 1991 Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open −20 (66-70-60=196) 1 stroke Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames, United States Kel Devlin,
United States Kelly Gibson
2 9 Aug 1992 Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic −12 (70-65-69=204) Playoff United States Bob May
3 27 Sep 1992 Ben Hogan Utah Classic −14 (67-68-67=202) 3 strokes United States David Jackson, United States Brian Kamm

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1992 Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic United States Bob May Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Other wins (2)

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Playoff record

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PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1987 Queensland PGA Championship Australia Peter Senior Lost to bogey on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1989 1990
The Open Championship T39 CUT

Note: Woodland only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Woodland shares celebrity victory". The Canberra Times. 21 December 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 18 September 2021 – via Trove.
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