Jeff Woodland

{{short description|Australian professional golfer (born 1957)}}

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

Professional career

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)

=Ben Hogan Tour wins (3)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

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|align=right|4 Aug 1991

|Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open

|−20 (66-70-60=196)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|TRI}} Stephen Ames, {{flagicon|USA}} Kel Devlin,
{{flagicon|USA}} Kelly Gibson

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|align=right|9 Aug 1992

|Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic

|−12 (70-65-69=204)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob May

align=center|3

|align=right|27 Sep 1992

|Ben Hogan Utah Classic

|−14 (67-68-67=202)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Jackson, {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Kamm

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|1992

|Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob May

|Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

=Other wins (2)=

  • 1988 Fiji Open
  • 1989 Jack Newton Celebrity Classic (tie with Mike Colandro){{Cite news |date=1989-12-21 |title=Woodland shares celebrity victory |page=18 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120867914 |access-date=2021-09-18 |via=Trove}}

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (0–1)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|1987

|Queensland PGA Championship

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior

|Lost to bogey on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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!Tournament

!1989

!1990

align=left|The Open Championship

|T39

|CUT

Note: Woodland only played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

See also

References

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