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Workday Charity Open: Top 10 power rankings at Muirfield Village

By Mike Randleman

DUBLIN, OH - MAY 30: Brooks Koepka plays a shot during a practice round prior to The Memorial Tournament Presented By Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on May 30, 2017 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, OH - MAY 30: Brooks Koepka plays a shot during a practice round prior to The Memorial Tournament Presented By Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on May 30, 2017 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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DUBLIN, OH – JUNE 04: Gary Woodland watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the third round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 4, 2016 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, OH – JUNE 04: Gary Woodland watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the third round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 4, 2016 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

I can’t imagine Gary Woodland’s made the TV broadcast too much at the Memorial Tournament. With that said, he’s quietly got a solid resume at Muirfield Village with seven made cuts in nine tries and four top-25s. His best result, however, was only a T-4th in 2016 (68-65-69-73) where he finished two shots astray.

He hasn’t MC’d here since 2015, and will be glad to arrive to a venue more favorable to his power game. The former Kansas Jayhawk has a steady season going in 2019-2020 after he faded in 2018-19 after winning the US Open.

He’s made five of seven cuts this season and has six top-10s in 12 total starts. In June and July, he’s made two of three cuts highlighted by solo ninth at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

The 36-year-old is on pace for a career best season approaching the green. Woodland is ninth in that strokes gained category (.798) and sixth in greens in regulation (72.5%).

Low scores could be destiny again for the field this week. If so, that’s fine for the four-time Tour winner, who sits in 12th in birdie average (4.35). Any time he gets four cracks at a par-5 is good, too, as he ranks 10th with a 4.49 scoring average. Woodland didn’t play in the par-72 Rocket Mortgage Classic and the first three PGA Tour venues after the COVID-19 hiatus were par-70 or 71.

“This place is perfect,” Woodland was quoted by ASAP Sports in 2016. “The golf course is as good a condition as we see all year. The greens are ideal. The golf course is in front of you, so I don’t think there’s a lot of knowledge. You’ve just got to hit good shots.”

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