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Tiger Woods’ son Charlie shoots 16-over par in first bid to reach PGA Tour
A disappointed Woods Jnr had no birdies in a round that included 11 pars, four bogeys, two doubles and a 12 at the par-4 seventh
The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods shot 16 over par during pre-qualifying in a first attempt to secure a PGA Tour event spot.
Charlie Woods, part of the second group bidding for a place at next week’s Cognizant Classic in Palm Beaches, hit a disappointing round of 86.
The teenager was competing in one of four pre-qualifiers, with the top 25 players advancing to Monday’s final qualifier.
Rory McIlroy will be among the stars playing for a prize fund of £7.1 million at PGA National in Florida next week but the field will be missing Woods Jnr.
He carded well outside the five qualification spaces in the event at Lost Lake in Hobe Sound, Florida. A week after his former world No 1 father hit a rare shank at The Genesis Invitational 2024, Woods Jnr had no birdies in a round that included 11 pars, four bogeys, two doubles and a disastrous 12 at the par-4 seventh.
Woods Jnr, who was among the early starters, has competed alongside Tiger at the PNC Championship for the last four years, but he has never tried to make it as an individual player at a PGA Tour event.
The youngster has enjoyed an impressive junior career, competing predominantly on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour and Junior PGA South Florida Tour. In 2022, he cruised to victory by eight shots at the Major Championship at Village Golf Course. He finished tied 17th in the boys’ 14-15 division of last year’s Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship, with 15-time major champion Tiger acting as his caddie.
Woods Snr last week said a back spasm had caused him to shank the final hole of his return to the first PGA Tour event of 2024 at the Genesis Invitational in California.
The 48-year-old is still adapting to ankle fusion surgery, having undergone treatment in April last year after withdrawing from the Masters during the third round and he did not compete again until the Hero World Challenge in December.