Woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession. Higher densities and areas of trees, with largely closed canopy, provide extensive and nearly continuous shade and are referred to as forest.

Woodland is used in British woodland management to mean any smaller area covered in trees, however dense. (Forest is usually used in the British Isles only for more extensive wooded areas, again, regardless of density – and also including Royal forests, which may not be wooded at all). The term Ancient Woodland is used in British nature conservation to refer to any wooded land that has existed for a very long period (equivalent to the American term old growth forest).

Woodlot is a closely related American term, which refers to a stand of trees generally used for firewood. While woodlots often technically have closed canopies, they are so small that light penetration from the edge makes them ecologically closer to woodland than forest.

[edit] Woodland ecoregions

[edit] Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Afrotropic ecozone
  • Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
  • Angolan Mopane woodlands (Angola, Namibia)
  • Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
  • Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
  • Zambezian and Mopane woodlands (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
  • Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
• Neotropic ecozone
  • Cerrado woodlands and savannas (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)

[edit] Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Afrotropic Ecozone
  • Al Hajar Al Gharbi Montane woodlands (Oman)
• Palearctic ecozone
  • Gissaro-Alai open woodlands (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

[edit] Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Afrotropic ecozone
  • Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands (Angola)
  • Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands (Lesotho, South Africa)
  • Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests (Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • East African montane moorlands (Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)
  • Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands (Ethiopia)
• Palearctic ecozone
  • Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe (Iran, Turkmenistan)

[edit] Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Mediterranean eucalypt forest in Australia

• Australasia ecozone
  • Coolgardie woodlands (Australia)
  • Mount Lofty woodlands (Australia)
  • Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee (Australia)
  • Naracoorte woodlands (Australia)
  • Southwest Australia woodlands (Australia)
• Nearctic ecozone
  • California chaparral and woodlands (United States)
• Palearctic ecozone
  • Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests (Spain)
  • Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets (Morocco, Canary Islands (Spain))
  • Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)
  • Mediterranean woodlands and forests (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)
  • Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands (Spain)

[edit] Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Afrotropic ecozone
  • East Saharan montane xeric woodlands (Chad, Sudan)
  • Madagascar succulent woodlands (Madagascar)
  • Somali montane xeric woodlands (Somalia)
  • Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
• Palearctic ecozone
  • Baluchistan xeric woodlands (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
  • Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands (Afghanistan)
  • Central Asian riparian woodlands (Kazakhstan)
  • North Saharan steppe and woodlands (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco Tunisia, Western Sahara)
  • Paropamisus xeric woodlands (Afghanistan)
  • South Saharan steppe and woodlands (Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan)
  • Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands (Chad, Egypt, Libya, Sudan)
  • West Saharan montane xeric woodlands (Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Niger)

External links[link]

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Gary Woodland
Personal information
Born	(1984-05-21) May 21, 1984 (age 28) Topeka, Kansas
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Washburn University University of Kansas
Turned professional	2007
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T24: 2011
U.S. Open	T23: 2011
The Open Championship	T30: 2011
PGA Championship	T12: 2011

Gary Woodland (born May 21, 1984) is an American professional golfer.

Early life[link]

Woodland was born in Topeka, Kansas, and attended Shawnee Heights High School in the suburb of Tecumseh.^[1] After high school, he attended Washburn University on a basketball scholarship, but left after his freshman year to take up a golf scholarship at University of Kansas.^[2] He had a successful college golf career, winning four tournaments before turning professional in 2007.

Professional career[link]

After turning professional, Woodland played in a handful of tournaments on the second-tier Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2008.^[3] At the end of the 2008 season, he entered the Qualifying school for the PGA Tour, and finished in a tie for 11th, which was good enough to earn him a full card to play on the PGA Tour in 2009. However, he struggled for form in his debut season, making just eight cuts in 18 appearances before a shoulder injury cut his golfing year short in July.^[4]

In 2010, Woodland divided his time between the PGA and Nationwide Tours. He continued to struggle for his best form, not recording a single top ten finish on either tour, but he did display enough consistency to finish 92nd in the Nationwide Tour money list. Once again, he entered the season-ending qualifying school, and again he finished T-11, to secure a return to full PGA Tour status.

In his second tournament of 2011, the Bob Hope Classic, he finished in a tie for first at 27-under-par, but was edged out for the title by Jhonattan Vegas in a playoff.^[5] This was his first top-10 finish on either of the two main tours.

In March 2011, Woodland won his first PGA Tour title at the Transitions Championship by one stroke when fellow American Webb Simpson missed a par putt on the final hole. Just a few moments earlier Woodland had scrambled a fantastic par from the same position as Simpson on the last, after hitting his second shot over the back of the green. This win secured Woodland a place at the 2011 Masters Tournament and also elevated him to a career high 53rd in the Official World Golf Rankings.^[6] He later earned an invitation into the U.S. Open after moving into the Top 50. He left the tournament with an OWGR ranking of 39th. In November 2011, he won the Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Matt Kuchar. He finished 2011 ranked 17th on the PGA Tour money list and 51st in the OWGR. He had ended 2009 ranked 959th and 2010 588th.

Woodland's career-best OWGR rank is 36th after the 2011 Greenbrier Classic.

Amateur wins (6)[link]

• 2005 (2) Cleveland State Invitational, Kansas Amateur
• 2006 (1) Kansas Invitational
• 2007 (3) All-American Golf Classic, Louisiana Classics, Kansas Amateur

Professional wins (3)[link]

PGA Tour wins (1)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	Mar 20, 2011	Transitions Championship	-15 (67-68-67-67=269)	1 stroke	Webb Simpson

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	Bob Hope Classic	Jhonattan Vegas, Bill Haas	Vegas won with par on the second extra hole; Haas eliminated with birdie on first hole

Other wins (2)[link]

• 2008 Southwest Kansas Pro-Am
• 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup (with Matt Kuchar)

Results in major championships[link]

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances[link]

Professional

• World Cup: 2011 (winners)

See also[link]

• 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gary Woodland at the PGA Tour official site
• Profile on Kansas University's athletic site
• Gary Woodland at the Official World Golf Ranking official site