Gary Woodland, Will Zalatoris in field for PGA Tour’s Sony Open

Former U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland is within the area for subsequent week’s Sony Open in Hawaii, his entry coming simply three months after he underwent mind surgical procedure.

The PGA Tour introduced the 144-player area Friday for the yr’s first full-field occasion.

Woodland was recognized with a mind lesion final yr and initially tried to deal with signs with treatment earlier than he and his household made the choice to attempt to take away it by way of surgical procedure. He underwent the process Sept. 18, with a press release posted on social media saying the “majority of the tumor” was eliminated.

Woodland, 39, is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, together with on the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Seashore Golf Hyperlinks in California. He performed in 24 occasions final season, making 18 cuts and ending within the prime 25 six instances.

One other notable in subsequent week’s Sony area is Will Zalatoris. The previous world No. 7 is ready to make his first official begin because the WGC-Match Play final March. Zalatoris underwent a microdiscectomy on his again April 8, after he was compelled to drag out of the Masters.

Zalatoris did compete within the 20-player Hero World Problem occasion in December, posting scores of 81-68-79-71 to complete 11 over.