Woodland cards 64 for share of 1st-round lead at BMW Championship

Gary Woodland, 42, shot a 6-under 64 to share the first-round lead at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. His strong performance comes in a remarkable season that included his fifth PGA Tour victory at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March, and puts him in position to qualify for the Tour Championship. Woodland's comeback is particularly notable given that he underwent brain surgery in September 2023 to remove a benign lesion and has continued to deal with post-traumatic stress and hypervigilance as a result of the procedure.