Gary Woodland nearly cards back-to-back holes-in-one Boston 25 News [Video]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Seven months ago, Gary Woodland was in a hospital recovering from surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. Wednesday, he nearly carded back-to-back holes-in-one during the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National.

With his wife and three kids with him looking on, Woodland played the slope of the green perfectly at No. 6, launching his tee shot beyond the hole, then letting gravity do its thing:

It was Woodland’s first hole-in-one during the Par 3 Contest, an annual Wednesday tradition at Augusta National before the start of the Masters on Thursday.

A few minutes later, Woodland nearly did it again, only to have his tee shot lip out.

That Woodland, 39, is even at Augusta National for this week’s Masters is feel-good story in and of itself. Last April, he started showing symptoms that something wasn’t quite right. He started experiencing tremors, chills and night tremors. …