Former college basketball player earns first PGA Tour win

Former college basketball player earns first PGA Tour win

Perhaps it was only fitting that his biggest shot Sunday at the Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., came with his putter. The race to the finish puerto rico resorts at Innisbrook was so wild that Woodland didn't make a single par on the back nine until the last hole. He made a 10-foot par putt that proved to be the difference in a one-shot victory over Webb Simpson. "I can't come out here and hit the golf ball 900 yards and win," said Woodland, exaggerating only slightly. "I was very conservative this week, laid back almost all day -- all four days -- and just tried to get the ball in the fairway, get it on the green and let the putter do the work. That's what I'm learning." The final par -- his only par on a back nine that featured five birdies and Stanford Takes First Lead in Founders Cup three bogeys -- gave Woodland a 4-under 67 and his first trip to Augusta National for the Masters. Woodland, who played college basketball at Division II Washburn until deciding to transfer to Kansas to play golf, became the first player to earn his inaugural PGA Tour title at Innisbrook.