Named all-state in basketball in high school, where his school won two state titles.

Favorite college team is the Kansas Jayhawks and favorite professional team is the Kansas City Chiefs.

Marks his ball with a 1984 half-dollar coin given to him by his mother. The year 1984 signifies the year he was born.

The golf complex for the men's and women's golf teams at the University of Kansas is named the Gary Woodland Golf Complex.