{"id":572278,"date":"2026-04-08T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572278\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:23:11","slug":"gary-woodlands-masters-security-will-be-extra-careful-after-people-were-trying-to-kill-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572278\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Woodland’s Masters security will be extra careful after ‘people were trying to kill me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the Friday round of his Texas Children\u2019s Open victory last month that secured his Masters spot, Gary Woodland\u2019s PTSD activated when some fans \u201cgot close to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old has suffered from the mental health condition since undergoing brain surgery in 2023<\/a>, and that bout had him believing his life was in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got hyper-vigilant on the ninth hole, and I battled the last 10 holes thinking people were trying to kill me. I have security with me,\u201d Woodland, who won the 2019 US Open, said Tuesday. \u201cThe Tour\u2019s been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GaryGary Woodland during a practice round before the Masters. AP<\/p>\n

Woodland complimented both his personal security unit and the PGA Tour for the efforts, and said Tuesday they will be helpful during the four-day competition at Augusta National in Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have, just like on tour, I\u2019ll have security with me. The main deal is they were showing me where security is. The whole deal for me is it\u2019s visual, right? If I can see somebody, then I can remind myself that I\u2019m safe constantly,\u201d Woodland said two days before the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I have a good idea now where security is on every hole. The big deal for me, my caddie knows too. So he can constantly remind me. \u2026 I don\u2019t have control when this thing hits me, and it\u2019s tough. It can be a fan. It can be a walking score. It can be a camera guy running by me, just any startlement from behind me can trigger this pretty quickly. Knowing where the security is is a constant reminder that I\u2019m safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodland revealed earlier this year that he\u2019s been battling PTSD for three years, finally revealing his plight to help encourage others.<\/p>\n

He underwent surgery in 2023 to remove a brain lesion.<\/p>\n

Woodland detailed to Golf Channel during the FedEx Cup last year when a fan got close to him while walking and he asked his caddie to make sure no one else got that close again.<\/p>\n

\"GaryGary Woodland after winning the Texas Children\u2019s Houston Open. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

He then \u201ccouldn\u2019t hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c(Caddie Brennan Little) said, \u2018Let\u2019s go in.\u2019 I said, \u2018No man, I\u2019m here for these guys. I want to fight through this,\u2019\u201d Woodland said in the interview. \u201cI went into every bathroom to cry the rest of the day. When I got done, I got in my car and got out of there. There are days when it\u2019s tough \u2013 crying in the scoring trailer, running to my car just to hide it. I don\u2019t want to live that way anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

A similar incident unfolded in the Texas Children\u2019s Open in March that shook him.<\/p>\n

Woodland persevered to win the event and claim a spot in the Masters after missing the event the last two years<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you this, if it wasn\u2019t for Tour security, and my security, Zach, this week this week, there\u2019s no way I\u2019m sitting here right now. I was a wreck the last 10 holes of that day,\u201d Woodland said. \u201cI got into scoring, Zach got close to me. Tour security was visual so I saw them, calmed me down, I got in scoring, I balled my eyes out. I reset and was able to come back out and take care of stuff afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

His long journey to return to golf\u2019s premier event has Woodland thankful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this place. I love the tradition,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like driving down Magnolia Lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely drove down a little slower this year than I ever have, even the first time I was here in 2011. I\u2019m definitely taking it all in this week, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the Friday round of his Texas Children\u2019s Open victory last month that secured his Masters spot, Gary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[31415,427,99,51195],"class_list":["post-572278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-gary-woodland","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-the-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}