into it, without a lot of money coming
back in.
ON PHYSICAL FITNESS: One of my
greatest strengths is my physical fitness
and trying to be athletic. Now that I’m
getting a little older, I have to keep up
with the younger guys. [Laughs]. Everyone
is so fit and strong now and everyone hits
it so far that I don’t have a choice but
try to keep up. I lift weights, do a lot of
stretching and dynamic core work so my
body is more functional in the golf swing.
ON HIS ADVICE TO AMATEUR
PARTNERS WITH WHOM HE PLAYS
IN PRO-AMS: A majority of amateurs
hit the ball a lot better than they score.
If they could increase their knowledge of
the shots around the green, they could
improve drastically. By simply having a
couple ‘go-to’ shots that they can execute
time and time again, they can eliminate
some indecision and wasted strokes
around the green. A flop shot is not one
of those ‘go-to’ shots. [Laughs].
would’ve broadcast a little more because
everyone got along so well, but I guess
that would go against showing the fierce
competition that we had going.
ON THE ARRIVAL OF HIS AND
WIFE, ERIN’S, FIRST CHILD, TREY:
It puts a different perspective on what
your goal is every morning when you
wake up. Before it was, ‘OK what am I
going to do to get better with my job
and what am I going to do to be a better
husband?’ Now, the first thing I think
about is, ‘What I am going to do to
make sure I keep this little guy alive?’ It
shifts the order of which things are most
important in your life.
Erin talks to him all the time, including
ON ‘BIG BREAK’ STARDOM: I
watched every week. Even though I
knew what the end result was going to
be, I didn’t know which clips they were
going to use during each competition. I
definitely got some more insight about
what other contestants thought about the
challenges. Sure, sometimes others were
rooting for you to finish second, but it
was more humorous than it was irritating.
This summer, I must’ve been asked
hundreds, if not thousands, of times, ‘Did
you win?’ ‘How did it finish?’ ‘What did
you do?’ I kept repeating my real generic
response: ‘I guess you’ll just have to
watch.’ [Laughs]. Now I know what it’s
like to be in front of Congress.
There were some funny bloopers
in between challenges. The group was
singing random songs constantly—
lots of laughing and joking. One girl,
Taylor Collins, was kind of icy at first,
so everyone kept singing ‘Cold As Ice.’
She wasn’t really that way, but that’s the
impression she gave when she initially
walked in to meet everybody, so the song
caught on. That’s the part I wish they
He turned professional in 2004 and has collected 10 victories on
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about how daddy is doing [with golf].
Whether he knows it or not, he’s getting
an update [Laughs].
ON WINNING THIS SUMMER’S
STATE OPEN OF VIRGINIA: I set a
goal for myself to shoot 16 under. It was
a rewarding feeling to accomplish it and
win a four-round event. You gain so much
confidence that carries over to other
events, no matter what the situation or
the field. In the end, you’re playing the
golf course, not anyone else. There’s no
defense in golf. Even if I didn’t win, I
wanted to shoot 16 under and reach that
target number. If someone played better
than me, I’d still feel good about my
execution.
“my goal
is not only
to play on
the pGA
tour, but
to play
against
and beat
the best.”
the mini-tours. Woodson won the State Open of Virginia in 2012 and 2013.
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