Tiger Woods’ son Charlie Woods is a rising golfer. The star kid never fails to dazzle onlookers with his expertly hit golf shots. He has garnered major attention from the golf community for his four back-to-back appearances at the PNC Championship in the last few years.
Charlie’s 2023 junior season has gone well. He was part of the winning team, The Benjamin School at the FHSAA Class A state championship, and had four top-10 finishes in the year. He won the team event and was placed 26th in the individual standings.
Charlie Woods started 2023 with a T19 finish at the Medalist Tour-Martin Downs after playing two rounds of 78-78. The 14-year-old then participated in the Crane Watch championship, which took place on April 29 and April 30, at Crane Watch, Evergreen. He finished in a tie for eighth place with a round of 75. His best finish of 2023 came in the Wellington National and SFPGA Tour Championships, where he finished in T5 both times.
Here are the results of all the tournaments Charlie Woods played in 2023 (as per sflpgajr.bluegolf.com):
Medalist Tour – Martin Downs
Date: Mar 18 – Mar 19
Venue: Martin Downs Golf Club
Score: 78-78–156
Result: T19
Medalist Tour – Crane Watch
Venue: Crane Watch At Evergreen
Date: Apr 29 – Apr 30
Score: 75
Result: T8
Medalist Tour – Wellington
Venue: National Wellington National Golf
Date: May 6 – May 7
Score: -75–158
Result: 15
South Florida Jr. PGA Championship
Venue: Stonebridge CC
Date: Jun 19 – Jun 20
Score: 75-81–156
Result: T33
39th Nicklaus Junior Championship
Venue: Jonathan’s Landing- Medal
Date: Jun 22 – Jun 23
Score: 79-75–154
Result: T20
The SFPGA Jr Cup
Venue: Old Palm GC
Date: Aug 2 – Aug 4
Score: 68-75-76–219
Result: 10
SFPGA Labor Day Classic
Venue: PGA National – Champion
Date: Sep 2 – Sep 4
Score: 80-70-82–232
Result: T35
SFPGA Tour Championship
Venue: The Park West Palm
Date: Dec 2 – Dec 3
Score: 69-73–142
Result: T5
Charlie Woods’ performance at the 2023 PNC Championship
In addition to the junior tournaments, Charlie Woods also played at the 2023 PNC Championship with his father, Tiger Woods. It was the youngster’s fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament. He tied for fifth place.
Charlie and Tiger shot the first round of 64 after making four birdies on the front nine and four on the back nine to settle for an 8-under 64 score. The father-son duo shot nine birdies and an eagle in the second round to score 11-under 61.
Tiger Woods, left; daughter Sam, center; and son Charlie, right; during the final round of the PNC Championship (Image via AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski)
Team Langer won the 2023 PNC Championship. They registered a two-stroke victory over Team Duval.
Tiger Woods (right) and Charlie Woods (left) and Sam Woods (center) pose on the first hole during the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.
Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, got another opportunity at the PNC Championship this weekend, an event the two have frequented over the years. Any event with arguably the greatest golfer of all-time is going to draw tons of attention, but this time around, it was Charlie’s play that stole the show.
The 14-year-old prodigy delivered a chip-in birdie during Sunday’s round and nobody had a bigger smile than Tiger.
Are Tiger and Charlie Woods winning the PNC Championship?
No.
Team Woods is currently tied for fifth at -19 through two rounds. The pair did play incredibly today though, posting a score of -11 on Sunday, moving them up six spots in the standings.
The top spot currently belongs to Team Langer from Germany, who shot 12-under par in Round 1 and are 13-under par through 16 holes in Round 2.
What else has Charlie Woods done today?
A better question would be, “What hasn’t he done?”
The younger Woods is reminding every golfer in their mid-20s that they will never actually be good. At 14 years old, he’s hitting shots like this.
And THIS!
AND THIS!!!
That’s 321 yards to the green, and Woods knocked it over the green. Insanity!
Team Woods may not have won, but at least they need to know where they can improve for next time.
It’s always the greens that get you. You can place a 6-iron shot three feet from the hole from 200 yards out, but missing that follow-up putt is what separates the winners from the teams that go viral on Twitter.
Charlie Woods is just 14 years old, but he has been in the national spotlight for virtually his entire life. That spotlight will only get brighter as long as Woods follows in his father’s footsteps and pursues a golf career.
The younger Woods has been playing golf since he was an infant, much like his father, and he’s old enough now that he is getting the opportunity to play alongside his father in notable events. Charlie and Tiger Woods first played at the PNC Championship in 2020, finishing as runners-up a year later, and they are teaming up again for the event this year.
For Tiger, the PNC Championship marks another step in his return to golf. He underwent ankle surgery after withdrawing from the Masters in April and didn’t play a competitive round again until an appearance at the Hero World Challenge two weeks ago. There’s no doubt the opportunity to play with his son helped motivate him during his rehab.
Here’s what you need to know about Charlie Woods’ golf prowess and where he ranks among his age group.
How good is Charlie Woods at golf?
Woods may not be the phenom his father was at such a young age, but he has a pretty impressive track record for a 14-year-old golfer.
On the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, Woods has finished in the top 20 in six of eight events this year. He is averaging a score of 76.67 as part of the Boys 13-18 Medalist Tour this year, which ranks 71st. Considering Woods is firmly on the younger end of the age group, that’s a fine mark at this point.
Here’s a closer look at Woods’ results in 2023, including two finishes right at the top of Hurricane Junior Golf Tour events.
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour
Event
Finish
South Florida Junior Open
T1
Jensen Beach Spring Junior Open
2
PGA National Junior Open
T9
Major Championship at Village Open
1
Junior South Florida PGA Tour
Event
Finish
Medalist Tour – Martin Downs
T19
Medalist Tour – Crane Watch
T8
Medalist Tour – Wellington National
T5
South Florida Jr. PGA Championship
T33
Nicklaus Junior Championship
T20
The SFPGA Junior Championship
10
SFPGA Labor Day Classic
T35
SFPGA Tour Championship
T5
Charlie Woods ranking
Woods ranks 38th in the Boys 13-18 Medalist Tour in 2023 with 481.87 points. Well over 200 players have competed on the tour this year, so he has impressed to this point. Woods ranks ninth among golfers from the high school class of 2027 on the tour.
It will take some time before Woods gets to the point that he can be ranked among all golfers worldwide, but he certainly has the genes to make his way there.
Where does Charlie Woods play golf?
Woods has played on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour for the last handful of years, though he moved up to a new 14-15 age group this year. Woods also plays on the Junior South Florida PGA Tour.
In November, Woods won a high school state championship at the Benjamin School. He shot rounds of 78 and 76 as a freshman member of the team.
Charlie Woods lowest score
Woods recorded his lowest score in September when he shot a 66 at the Last Chance Regional as part of the 14-15 age division.
Tiger Woods’ lowest score is a 59, which he claims he shot at Isleworth Country Club just before the 1997 Masters. Charlie can set that magic number his goal, but 66 is a score to be proud of at such a young age.
Tiger Woods and Charlie at the PNC Championship (Image via Getty)
Tiger Woods is set to tee off at the PNC Championship 2023 on Saturday. The ace golfer returns to the competition with his son Charlie for the fourth straight year. Ahead of the event, the 15-time major championships winner recalled the experience of playing with his son in the past.
Team Woods is currently at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club. Speaking on the Bridgestone Golf Podcast, Tiger recalled that he played the PNC Championship with his son for the first time during the COVID pandemic. The 47-year-old noted that there was “no one out there,” which led to him and his junior having ‘fun beyond their little world.’
Furthermore, Tiger recalled that Charlie got his introduction with tour players, past and present, for the first time at the event. He noted that his junior had the chance to listen to Lee Trevino speak about golf during the outing.
Speaking about his past experiences with Charlie at the PNC Championship on the Bridgestone Golf Podcast, Tiger Woods said:
“We first played during Covid. There was no one out there. So, we were having fun beyond our own little world. And he (Charlie) got to introduced to Tour players, past and present. I get a kick out of listening to Lee Trevino talk golf ball, call golf ball shots, swings everything. I just sit there and just listen. But Charlie got a chance to listen to him, he got a chance to ask a few questions and see the difference in generations.”
Tiger went on to laud the parent-child format of the PNC Championship. The PGA Tour legend stated that he is having “an absolute blast” playing with Charlie.
He added:
“But I think that, over all the years, from the year that I first watched the father-son to where it is now, the parent-child, the mannerisms are so cool to watch. Not just the way they walk, the swings, the swing rehearsals, the waggles, the leg crossing. It’s just so neat to be part of. And Charlie and I have had just an absolute blast doing it.”
Tiger and Charlie Woods’ past PNC Championship outings
Team Woods will go up once again at the PNC Championship this weekend. Despite playing three times, the father-son duo is yet to win in the competition. Tiger and Charlie made their competitive debut as a team in 2020. They finished solo seventh on the leaderboard.
Notably, Tiger and Charlie’s best outing was recorded in 2021. They made 11 consecutive birdies, before falling short in the final round. The Woods lost to John Daly and his son John Daly II by just one stroke.
The duo had a forgettable outing last year. Tiger and Charlie finished T8 alongside the pairing of Jordan Spieth and his father, Shawn. Vijay Singh and his son Qass lifted the trophy last year.
It is pertinent to note Tiger and Charlie are currently the favorites to claim the title this weekend. The duo comes into the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club event at 11/4 odds, according to UniBet. It’ll be interesting to see how they fair against the competition.
Tiger Woods’s son is at the start of what could be a promising career, but how have his results been so far?
Charlie Woods is embarking on a promising career
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With a dad who can make a serious case for being the greatest player of all time, it’s not surprising that Charlie Woods has been making headlines since beginning to follow in Tiger’s footsteps with a burgeoning golf career of his own.
But how do his results stack up, and is the hype the 14-year-old is generating merited?
Charlie’s ability first caught the attention of the public when he was aged just 11 at a local junior event in Florida. In it, he shot a three under 33 over nine holes to win by five shots. Not bad considering that, just two years earlier, his dad had explained that he and his sister Sam were more interested in soccer.
Since bursting onto the scene at that young age, Charlie has had considerably more success on the course. Later in 2020, he appeared alongside Tiger at the PNC Championship for the first time, and they performed admirably, finishing seventh after shooting a pair of 62s.
The year after, it got even better as, despite Tiger’s long layoff after injuring his right leg in a car accident, the pair finished second at the tournament, two shots behind John Daly and John Daly II, including a final round 57 that included 11 straight birdies. The pair followed that up in 2022 with a T8 at the event at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.
Charlie has appeared with dad Tiger at several editions of the PNC Championship at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club
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Between 2021 and 2023, Charlie had already begun making a name for himself in tournaments without his famous dad alongside him, too.
In 2021, he competed on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in the Boys 11-13 category. From his six starts, he achieved finishes of T8, 3rd, 10th, 7th, 8th and 12th.
In 2022, Charlie again played mainly on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as well as the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, playing eight tournaments overall. In the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, Charlie competed in the Boys 11-13 category again. In his four appearances, he finished 2nd, T1, 10th and 1st, with that win coming in the Major Championship at Village Golf Course.
On the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, he played in the decidedly more challenging Boys 13-18 group, with finishes of 22nd, T40, T23 and T28.
He also finished T4 in the Last Chance Regional for the Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship. In the tournament, he finished a highly creditable 11th in the Boys 12-13 category among the field of 32.
Charlie Woods’s career development has been impressive
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On the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in 2023, Charlie moved up to the Boys 14-15 category, and finished T1, 2nd, T9 and 1st from his four tournaments. The latter result was particularly impressive as he cruised to victory by eight shots in the Major Championship at Village Golf Course, his second win at the tournament in a row, albeit in a different age category.
In 2023, on the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, Charlie’s eight tournaments finished T19, T8, 15th, T33, T20, 10th, T35, T5.
He also shot a 66 in the Last Chance Regional to close out victory and qualify for the 2023 Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship in the Boys 14-15 category, where he finished T17 with Tiger caddying for him every day.
While it’s still early days for Charlie, and talk of him making it in the professional game, or even one day securing a Major win, is premature, as things stand, his results show that he undoubtedly has the potential to go further in the game.
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Charlie Woods Results: 2021-2023
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour
Date
Tournament
Position
24 April 2021
PGA National Junior Open
T8
6 June 2021
South Florida Summer Kickoff
3
23 June 2021
The Champion Course Junior Open At PGA National
10
11 September 2021
PGA National Fall Junior Open
7
2 October 2021
South Florida Fall Junior Open
8
27 December 2021
PGA National Holiday Open
12
5 February 2022
Disney Junior Open
2
26 February 2022
South Florida Junior Open
T1
23 April 2022
PGA National Junior Open
10
5 June 2022
Major Championship at Village Golf Course
1
25 February 2023
South Florida Junior Open
T1
4 March 2023
Jensen Beach Spring Junior Open
2
22 April 2023
PGA National Junior Open
T9
3 June 2023
Major Championship at Village Open
1
Junior PGA South Florida Tour2
Date
Tournament
Position
1 June 2022
Medalist Tour – Plantation Preserve
T22
18 June 2022
Nicklaus Junior Championship
T40
3 September 2022
SFPGA Labor Day Classic
T23
10 September 2022
Medalist Tour – PGA National Estates
T28
18 March 2023
Medalist Tour – Martin Downs
T19
29 April 2023
Medalist Tour – Crane Watch
T8
6 May 2023
Medalist Tour – Wellington National
15
19 June 2023
South Florida Jr. PGA Championship
T33
22 June 2023
Nicklaus Junior Championship
T20
2 August 2023
The SFPGA Jr. Cup
10
2 September 2023
SFPGA Labor Day Classic
T35
2 December 2023
SFPGA Tour Championship
T5
Notah Begay III Jr Golf National Championship
Date
Position
Position
24 September 2022
Last Chance Regional
T4
7 November 2022
Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship
11
24 September 2023
Last Chance Regional
1
4 November 2023
Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship
The 15-time Major winner admitted Charlie outdrove him for the first time in 2022
Tiger Woods admitted son Charlie outdrove him
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Tiger Woods is clearly proud of son Charlie’s efforts as he helps his development in the game, but he probably wasn’t ready for the day the youngster outdrove him.
That’s precisely what Tiger admitted a year ago had already happened, though. Days before the 2022 PNC Championship, where he teamed up with his son for the family-oriented event, Woods took part in The Match at Pelican Golf Club, and there, he recounted the astonishing moment Charlie cracked a drive beyond his.
He said: “I hate to say it, but I’m going to admit it. He finally did it a few weeks ago. I spun one, he tomahawked one and got me.”
As Woods admitted, Charlie outdrove him partly because the 15-time Major winner “spun one,” but that shouldn’t take anything away from a remarkable achievement.
After all, at the time Charlie would have been just 13, and months later, Tiger was still reminding everyone of his formidable ability off the tee at February’s Genesis Invitational, where he regularly outdrove playing partner Justin Thomas, and hit a monster 364-yard drive at one point.
Meanwhile, even though Woods is no longer in his prime, his stock yardages tell us that he still hits his driver 295 yards.
Charlie’s development has continued in the period since he outdrove his dad, included cruising to an eight-shot win at a junior tournament. While navigating a par 5 doesn’t necessarily require the ability to drive the ball long, his performance was notable for how well he performed on the longer holes, finishing five-under on the eight par-5s.
During the 2023 season on the Boys 13-18 Medalist Tour, Charlie has found most success on the longer holes, too, with a par-5 average of 4.8, perhaps suggesting that, where his driving ability, is concerned, he might just be getting started.
Tiger Woods is overseeing the development of Charlie Woods’ game
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Woods Sr also admitted last year that he has advised Charlie to copy Rory McIlroy’s swing, rather than his own. McIlroy is one of the longest drivers in the game, and averaged a staggering 326.3 yards on the PGA Tour in the 2022/23 season. Considering Charlie’s achievement and continuing development, it appears he followed Tiger’s instructions to the letter.
Fans eager to get a closer look at Charlie’s progress can do so when he once again tees it up alongside Tiger at the PNC Championship on 16 and 17 December.
