Woodland works with Butch Harmon

Craig Harmon has become head golf professional since 1972 at one of many world's finest golf courses, Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., site of the 2013 PGA. Craig's college teammate at San Jose State, All-American Ross Randall, was Woodland's coach at Kansas. Small golf world.

Ideally, swing changes should start prior to when Woodland's since they take the time to get rooted, nevertheless the ever-confident Topeka native said during halftime of Saturday's classic game he could be encouraged by how far later on Harmon has him.

We've made a lot of changes the previous couple of months. We're trying to find ready for Augusta, Woodland said from the Georgia course in which the Masters is played annually. That was the blueprint. I think we'll get ready before that. We're in front of Ping G15 Hybrids schedule. It's decent around the range. I've just got to trust it once i jump on the course. That's been the most difficult part.

One of the longest hitters on the planet, Woodland has always cut his driver, which means passing on hook left-to-right path. Harmon has taught him how to draw the ball, which puts it on the right-to-left path and adds yardage.

Butch Harmon is such demand he doesn't take clients unless he strongly believes of their ability, as evidenced from the star power of his small stable. He teaches Ping K15 Hybrids Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney and Woodland, not your average Sunday morning foursome.

The kid carries a possiblity to be the better player on the planet, Harmon told Doug Ferguson with the Golf Channel.

As Woodland looked on legal court on which he once played, he talked about his work with the world's most respected golf instructor.

We're just trying to hit more consistent, looking to hit every shot, Woodland said. I was pretty bound to one of many ways, always cut discount golf clubs a person. We're looking to hit it each way. Especially going into Augusta. We?¡¥re just trying to find the whole arsenal all set to go.

Woodland, one of four golfers (Schwartzel, Steve Stricker, Ryan Palmer) in order to complete inside top 30 in every four 2011 majors, tied for 24th inside the Masters last April.