Gary Woodland returns to U.S. Open after missing cut

Gary Woodland tees it up at Shinnecock Hills for the U.S. Open from June 18-21, aiming to rebound from his missed cut in 2025. The betting profile lays out his latest U.S. Open history, recent results leading into the tournament, and detailed strokes-gained an
Gary Woodland is heading back to the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club with one clear goal: get past the weekend.
Woodland, set to tee off June 18-21, returns to the championship after a tough finish last year. In the 2025 U.S. Open, he missed the cut after posting a score of 10-over, recording round scores of 73 and 77 for a combined 10-over total.
Last year’s disappointment isn’t his whole story, though. Woodland’s best finish at the event came in 2022, when he finished tied for 10th at even par. Even so, his most recent appearance before 2025 was also a mixed bag, with a 2024 U.S. Open result of missed cut at 10-over, supported by rounds of 72 and 78.
The U.S. Open history reads like a familiar test of endurance for Woodland—sometimes sharp, sometimes not enough. In 2023, he finished T49 with a set of round scores of 70-68-73-75, posting +6. In 2022, again, it was his standout run: T10 at even par, with four rounds of 69-73-69-69.
Heading into this year’s championship, the spotlight also shifts to how he’s been playing in the months around it. In his recent results, Woodland has logged a mix of made cuts and runs.
Most recently. at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday on June 7. 2026. he finished T3. shooting 72-74-76-70 for +4 and earning 43.000 FedExCup points. A week earlier. at the Charles Schwab Challenge on May 31. 2026. he finished T6 with rounds of 65-69-69-67 for -10 and 88.750 FedExCup points.
He also recorded a missed moment at the PGA Championship on May 17. 2026. where he made the cut for the event only to end at MC. Other top finishes were scattered through May and April: at the Truist Championship on May 10. 2026 he finished T17 with 71-70-68-69 for -6 and 67.500 points; at the Cadillac Championship on May 3. 2026 he came in T38 with 68-69-77-70 for +4 and 41.023 points; and at the RBC Heritage on April 19. 2026 he finished T86 with 65-70-66-72 for +11 and 63.750 points.
His form at major venues before this U.S. Open build varied, but he has had recent flashes. At the Masters Tournament on April 12. 2026. he made the cut and finished even with a score line that included rounds of 71-75-76-66 for E and 27.600 points. At THE PLAYERS Championship on March 15, 2026, he also missed the cut.
Still, the larger pattern is hard to ignore: over his last ten U.S. Open appearances, he has finished in the top 10 three times. And in the stretch that feeds into this tournament, he has also shown he can win within that same time frame.
Woodland’s best finish leading in was the Texas Children’s Houston Open, where he finished first with a score of 21-under.
In the U.S. Open betting picture, numbers often do the talking. Woodland’s performance has included a small set of strengths—especially off the tee—alongside weaker stretches in other areas.
Over his past five tournaments, he has averaged 0.916 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee. His averages have been negative around his approach and the short game: -0.091 Strokes Gained: Approach the Green and -0.309 Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green in his past five tournaments. On the greens, the trend has been slightly steadier: 0.052 Strokes Gained: Putting.
Those separate pieces combine into one more revealing overall figure for the same five-tournament window: Woodland has averaged 0.567 Strokes Gained: Total.
At the tour level, his strokes-gained rankings for the season add another layer. This season, his Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee average of 0.736 ranked third on TOUR. His Driving Distance of 322.8 yards also ranked third.
In contrast, his Strokes Gained: Approach the Green of 0.056 ranked 82nd on TOUR. He ranked 75th with a 66.00% Greens in Regulation rate. On the greens, his Strokes Gained: Putting of 0.260 placed him 44th on TOUR. He ranked 87th with a Putts Per Round average of 28.76 and ranked 34th by breaking par 23.00% of the time.
There’s also the question of how he’s been stacking up in the FedExCup race as the U.S. Open approaches. Woodland has earned 950 FedExCup Regular Season points this season, ranking 30th on TOUR.
All of the stats in this profile are accurate for Woodland as of the start of the U.S. Open.
Underneath the numbers is a simple reality: Woodland’s U.S. Open has often come down to whether he can translate what he’s doing in recent tournaments into the tighter margins of a major. He knows what it feels like when it doesn’t click—like the 10-over missed cut in 2025. And he also knows what it looks like when it does—like the tied-for-10th finish at even par in 2022.
Whether this year ends with a weekend tee time or another hard reset, June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills will answer it quickly enough.
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