Woodland Feeling Like A Rookie

In his second full year on the PGA Tour, Gary Woodland has reason to feel like a rookie for the rest of the season. That’s not a bad thing, either.
Woodland can count on as many as eight big events based on his good performance this year.
His first tour victory at the Transitions Championship in March earned him a spot in the World Golf Championship at Firestone and the PGA Championship in August. It also helped him earn enough money to get into the British Open, and he has decided to prepare for links golf by playing with Nike SasQuatch Sumo2 5900 Driver next week in the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.
For the rest of the year, the only golf course he will have seen before is at The Greenbrier.
It starts on truly foreign turf. Not only has Woodland never played links golf, he’s never been to Britain. In fact, he’s never even traveled to Europe.
"I’ve been west, I’ve been south and north—but never east," he said.
That’s why he signed up for the Scottish Open, which should be a treat.
"The closest links I’ve seen is probably Prairie Dunes in Kansas, which I guess is the most links we can get here in the United States," he said of the Perry Maxwell design. "But I’m looking forward to getting over there. I grew up in the wind, I grew up in bad conditions playing Nike SasQuatch Sumo2 5900 Driver in Kansas. Hopefully the conditions suit me pretty well, and I think we’ll be hitting that 2 iron quite a bit the next couple weeks."
"That’s what I’m here for. I’m here for the big events," he said. "Obviously, world golf is the best players in the world. It’s great because I can take weeks off and prepare for that. I can get ready for that golf course. I’ve seen it on TV. But like I said, any time I can play Nike SasQuatch Sumo2 5900 Driver against the best players in the world on the biggest stage, I’m looking forward to it."
Ian Poulter once told a British magazine that when he reaches his full potential, it will be just him and Tiger Woods. Turns out the battle for No. 1 has come down to Poulter and Stewart Cink.
Poulter posted a picture on Twitter this week showing that he and Cink had the same number of followers—1,210,083. That was followed moments later by another tweet: "Here are the numbers now 1,210,086 just moved past Mr Cink."
It’s all in good fun, but it’s still a big deal to Poulter.
Poulter was talking about the value of Twitter and social media in March, when a reporter mistakenly mentioned that when Poulter and Cink faced each other in match play, Cink picked up some 42,000 additional followers. (Nike SasQuatch Sumo2 5900 Driver)
Poulter reacted as if he had just been disqualified for his marker moving on the green.
"No, he barely put on any," Poulter protested. "He’s been on 1.2 million for the last year. I’m telling you. I look all the time. Honestly. I’ll pick it up right now. I’ll pull it up just to prove it to you."
With that, he took out his mobile phone and called up Cink’s account.
Turns out Cink had only gained 79. Call it a verbal typo.
"Stewart always has been 1.2 million," Poulter said. "I’ve slowly, slowly, slowly been creeping up on him."
And he finally passed him. By late Tuesday afternoon, Poulter had 1,210,602 followers, while Cink had 1,210,039. The only other golfer close to them is Tiger Woods, who rarely tweets but had 1,031,065.
Cink, however, still has something on Twitter that Poulter has yet to match: A photo of his first drink from the claret jug.
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