Mark SchlabachESPN Senior Writer1 Minute Reading
PGA Tour player Gary Woodland had surgery on Sept. 18 to remove a brain injury, he announced on X on Wednesday.
Woodland, 39, said his condition was diagnosed a few months ago and that he has been trying to treat the symptoms with medication.
“I want to share with you a recent health development,” Woodland WRITES. “On Sept. 18th, I will have surgery to remove a lesion found in my brain. I was diagnosed a few months ago and have been trying to treat the symptoms with medication. After consulting many specialists and discussing my family, we decided that surgery to remove the wound was the best course of action.
“I’m in good spirits with my family and team by my side and very grateful for everyone’s love and support.”
Woodland is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.
In 2017, Woodland and his wife, Gabby, were expecting twins when they lost their daughter three months before their son Jaxson was born 10 weeks premature, which weighed 3 pounds. They suffered two miscarriages the following year. Woodland and his wife had twin girls, Maddox and Lennox, in August 2019.