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Gary Woodland's Win Is the Reason We Still Watch Sport

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Modern professional golf has spent the last several years trying very hard to make us cynical. The endless LIV negotiations, the lawyer-led press releases, the manufactured drama, the player-versus-player feuds that play out in interviews and on social media — it has been exhausting to follow even for those of us who get paid to write about it. There are weeks when the easiest reaction is just to look away.

Gary Woodland Wins Houston Open by Five for First Title in Seven Years

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Gary Woodland walked off the 18th green at Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon and held his hat in his hand for several seconds before he could quite manage a smile. It had been nearly seven years — and a lot more than seven years’ worth of golf — since the last time he’d won a tournament on the PGA Tour. Sunday afternoon in Houston, the wait finally ended.

Memorial Park: How a Houston Muni Became a Tour-Worthy Test

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There aren’t many places on the PGA Tour calendar where a regular city resident can pay forty dollars, walk to the first tee, and play exactly the same course the world’s best will tackle the following week. Memorial Park in Houston is one of them, and that fact alone makes it one of the more interesting venues the Tour visits all year.

Houston Open Preview: Memorial Park's Last Stand Before Augusta

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Texas Children’s Houston Open has worked hard over the past few seasons to establish itself as the unofficial final tune-up before the Masters. The slot in the calendar has done most of the heavy lifting. Tour pros looking for one more competitive round before Augusta now make the trip to Memorial Park as a matter of routine.