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Getting through the Pod of Death hardly satisfied Gary Woodland.
There in that initial four-team grouping at the Match Play Championship was Jimmy Walker, one of the hottest Americans on the PGA Tour.
Also placed in that sliver of the 64-man bracket was Ian Poulter, the European who never blinks as a match-play menace in the Ryder Cup.
Yet Woodland advanced and did not care to stop. Ranked 52nd in the world, the Topekan affirmed that he truly belonged in the tournament’s select field.
Reaching the championship match on Sunday was final proof.