Gary Woodland's victory at the Texas Children's Houston Open is one of the best stories on the PGA Tour in a long time. Like many of us, Woodland has gone through a lot in life. From athletic injuries to sick parents to miscarriages... many of us can relate. However, Woodland's life took a dark turn when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2023. He underwent successful surgery to remove most of it, and in an interview before THE PLAYERS Championship, opened up about his struggle with anxiety since the surgery. Woodland is easy to cheer for, at least in my world, and I was cheering when he ran away from the field yesterday to win for the first time since his 2019 U.S. Open triumph. Nicolai Hojgaard finished five shots behind Woodland, who earned $1,782,000 for the victory.

I also cheered for John Eller of AshAndBak, who won the Skin this week in our league. John joined Josh Behrendt of 4-Putt Bogey as the only two people to start Woodland. John started Min Woo Lee (T3) and subbed in Hojgaard to form the winning combination and hold off Ed Wildermuth of Devil's Head Luxury. Ed started Lee and Hojgaard before subbing in Woodland, but it wasn't enough to overcome the 2x score of Woodland. Great job!

With one-third of our season behind us, Jeff Bates of Marietta Tee Club continues to keep a healthy lead on the overall leaderboard, sitting just about $2M ahead of Ryan Blehar of Foreplay. Everyone else is at least $8M back. Ryan leads Segment 2 by about $1.2M over Jeff, and $1.3M over Blair Rogers of Tristan's Jays. Overall, our Big Mover of the Week, sponsored by nobody, was Mark Kiwiet of Epic Fat Face Fail. Mark jumped 12 spots to #46 overall, and likely earned the respect of the Fat Face Mafia, of which he is not a part, but just a distant admirer. Excellent work!

Segment 2 continues with the Valero Texas Open, the pre-party for The Masters. Brian Harman won last year's edition with a score of -9 in some brutal weather. Get those lineups ready! Good luck! Joe