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Gary Woodland reveals why he is deliberately refusing to look ahead and is instead staying focused on each day<\/p>\n
Gary Woodland entered the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club sitting No. 31 in the FedExCup standings, just outside the top-30 positions that advanced to the Tour Championship at East Lake. The former U.S. Open champion had reached the BMW Championship for the first time in six years with an opportunity to move into the season finale.<\/p>\n
Woodland has made significant progress throughout the 2026 season. After winning the Texas Children\u2019s Houston Open earlier this year, he arrived at Bellerive with his Tour Championship hopes still in play. His strong start has now put him in a favorable position heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n
Through two rounds, Woodland has followed his opening 64 with a 65. He is solo second at 11 under, one shot behind Wyndham Clark, and is projected to move comfortably inside the top 30 in the FedExCup standings.<\/p>\n
Gary Woodland Opens Up on His Focus Amid BMW Championship Surge<\/p>\n
Gary Woodland came into this week\u2019s BMW Championship just outside the top 30 bubble to qualify for the Tour Championship in 31st position on the FedExCup Standings. After opening rounds of 64 and 65 he is solo 2nd, 1 shot behind Wyndham Clark and projected to climb up to <\/p>\n
Despite his position, Gary Woodland said he cannot afford to start thinking about East Lake. Instead, he is concentrating on getting through each day and taking care of himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus right now is one day at a time. I don\u2019t have that luxury to look ahead,\u201d Woodland said<\/a> after his second round.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cI got to focus and make sure I take care of myself right now. Tomorrow\u2019s a new day and hopefully I get some rest tonight and I\u2019ll show up tomorrow and see how it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n Woodland has spent much of the season around the FedExCup cutoff, making the pressure of staying inside the top 30 familiar.<\/p>\n His comments also come in the context of his recovery from brain surgery<\/a> in September 2023 and the post-traumatic stress disorder he has discussed publicly this year.<\/p>\n However, Woodland did not directly say that his comments about staying in the present were specifically about his PTSD recovery.<\/p>\n His focus was on managing the current day rather than looking ahead to what qualifying for East Lake could mean.<\/p>\n That approach has become particularly important as he manages his energy and heart rate during competition.<\/p>\n After Friday\u2019s round, Woodland said he was tired and followed his usual routine of sitting in a cool, dark room to reset.<\/p>\n Gary Woodland\u2019s BMW Surge Puts Tour Championship Within Reach<\/p>\n Woodland\u2019s position has changed considerably since arriving at Bellerive. He began the week No. 31 in the FedExCup standings but has moved into the projected Tour Championship position after two impressive rounds.<\/p>\n He opened with a 64 and followed it with a 65, leaving him at 11 under and one shot behind Clark.<\/p>\n Woodland also birdied his final two holes Friday, including a wedge to 8 feet on the 18th.<\/p>\n The performance gives Woodland a clear opportunity to return to the Tour Championship for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n That would mark another major step in a season that has already included his first PGA Tour victory since the 2019 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n Woodland also has strong memories of Bellerive. He led the 2018 PGA Championship after 18 and 36 holes before finishing tied for sixth.<\/p>\n The course is also relatively close to his Kansas home, giving him significant support from family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n Still, Woodland knows his position is not final until the BMW Championship is complete. Only the top 30 in the FedExCup standings advance to East Lake.<\/p>\n For now, he is focusing on one day at a time and will evaluate his standing once the tournament finishes.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDebayan Biswas<\/a> Debayan Biswas is a sports writer at Heavy Sports covering NBA, NFL, Soccer, and Golf. His work has been syndicated on Yahoo Sports, Yardbarker, Flipboard, The Sun News, and The Olympian. Previously, he contributed to Athlon Sports, EssentiallySports, and PFSN. More about Debayan Biswas<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Gary Woodland reveals why he is deliberately refusing to look ahead and is instead staying focused on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1288],"class_list":["post-54345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-u-s-open-championship","tag-u-s-open-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}