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“If I can get inside his head that means someone else can”: Tiger Woods opens up on preparing son Charlie like his father used to

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Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods (Image via Getty).

 

Tiger Woods will be reteaming with his son Charlie at the 2023 PNC Championship. Woods has made no secret of how much he is supporting Charlie on his path to a career in golf. The work includes the technical stuff, but also the mental preparation.

In an interview with Golf Digest, Tiger Woods described how his father, Earl, worked with him when he was starting out in golf. Among the things Earls Woods insisted on most was that his son be prepared to face any kind of mental challenge. Tiger hopes to pass these teachings on to Charlie.

“It’s non-stop, non-stop. It’s trying to get him — if I can get into his head, that means someone else can get into his head,” Woods said. “It’s going to get to a point where I can’t get into his head, and then no one else can get in there either. That’s what my dad believed. You’ve got to be willing to take it.”

Tiger Woods claimed that when he started out in golf, players did all kinds of things to get in each other’s heads. He hopes Charlie will be prepared to face the challenges that come his way.

Tiger Woods and his son Charlie at the PNC Championship

The 2023 edition will be the second time Tiger Woods will team up with his son Charlie at the PNC Championship. The first time was in 2022 when Team Woods finished T8.

Tiger and Charlie had an outstanding first round, finishing T2 with a score of 13-under 72. They finished just one stroke behind the transitional leaders, Justin Thomas and his father.

Team Woods’ first-day performance included one eagle, 11 birdies and zero bogeys. They had a nearly flawless front nine, with six birdies and an eagle.

But they were unable to repeat their performance on the second day. The duo finished the round with a score of -7, with one eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys. Their overall score was 20-under 124 and tied with Team O’Meara and Team Spieth.

Tiger Woods will arrive at the PNC Championship after returning to the courses at the Hero World Challenge. Charlie, on the other hand, arrives after winning the Florida State High School Team Championship.

The 2023 PNC Championship will be played at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida from December 14-17. Twenty duos will participate, each consisting of a Major champion and a member of his or her family.

The field will be made up of players from all eras, including current PGA Tour stars such as Woods and Justin Thomas, LPGA Tour players such as Nelly Korda, PGA Tour Champions players such as John Daly and Bernhard Langer, and others who are less active in competitive golf such as Annika Sorenstam.

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Golf: Veteran Tiger Woods set to feature in 5-6 tournaments in 2024 – Reports

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Ahead of Tiger Woods’ return to action in the Hero World Challenge, reports have emerged which states that the veteran golfer is set to feature in multiple tournaments next year. For most of 2023, Woods has been away from action due to injury concerns. In April, he suffered an ankle injury and underwent surgery and is now set to mark his return in the forthcoming Hero World Challenge Albany, Bahamas.

Thus, Woods is now looking to make up for the lost time and is targetting to play 5-6 tournaments in 2024. As per a post from NUCLR Golf on X, formerly Twitter, Taylor Zarzour confirmed that the legendary American golfer could play in “five to six regular tournaments” in 2024. One of the biggest reasons for Woods sounding so optimistic is that he cited the lack of pain while walking and, hence, is confident of more participation.

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WOODS TO RETURN TO LIMELIGHT IN HERO WORLD CHALLENGE

Talking about Woods’ return to spotlight at his own Hero World Challenge event, in Bahamas, his opening round will take place on Thursday, with the veteran set to tee off at 11:52 a.m. ET. He’ll play the first round alongside his close friend Justin Thomas. It will be interesting to see how Woods fights all odds and makes a mark in his first-ever tournament since competitive return post a long injury layoff.

Irrespective of how he fares in the Hero World Challenge, Woods is looking set to once again try and become the competitor that he was going ahead with more tournament appearances from now on.

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Tiger Woods and son Charlie to play in PNC Championship again

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Maybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really matters: The father-son appearance in the PNC Championship

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Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship, the 36-hole event that has become one of his favorites because of his partner: His son.

Woods and 14-year-old Charlie are playing the PNC Championship for the fourth straight year, the one tournament he has not missed during the last injury-plagued four years.

“It is an amazing gift to be able to share my love of golf with Charlie and we genuinely do look forward to playing in the PNC Championship all years,” Woods said Wednesday. “Competing together, against a field of so many golfing greats and their families, is so special.”

The PNC Championship is Dec. 16-17 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando at Grande Lakes.

Woods and son were runner-up in 2021, just 10 months after Woods badly damaged his right leg and ankle in a car crash in Los Angeles. They finished seventh in their 2020 debut and tied for eighth last year.

Woods is to play next week at his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas for the first time since surgery to fuse his right ankle in April after the Masters. Because the PNC Championship is run by the PGA Tour Champions, Woods is allowed to ride in a cart.

The tournament is for major champions or winners of The Players Championship. It began as a father-son outing and now has gone modern, with tour players having sons and daughters, grandchildren, even parents as their partners.

New to the field this year is a formidable pair of Steve Stricker, who won three of the four majors he played on the PGA Tour Champions this year, and daughter Izzi, a state high school champion in Wisconsin.

Padraig Harrington is playing for the sixth year, this time with youngest son Ciaran instead of Paddy.

“It was actually Ciaran watching Paddy and I play together out there these last couple of years that really ignited his passion for the game, which shows what a very special event this is,” Harrington said. “He must have watched me play in hundreds of events over the years and it has taken the unique atmosphere and experience of the PNC Championship to inspire him!”

Also back is Lee Trevino, who at 84 is the only player to have competed in the PNC Championship every year since it began in 1995.

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Tiger Woods to return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge

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Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf when he is expected to participate in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas beginning Nov. 30, the golfer announced Saturday.

It will be Woods’ first start since he withdrew before the resumption of the third round of the Masters in April. Woods had surgery on his right ankle two weeks after the Masters to address lingering arthritis that was caused by injuries suffered in a February 2021 car wreck.

Woods, 47, will join 19 other golfers competing at the Albany Golf Club Nov. 3 to Dec. 3. The event is hosted by Woods and benefits his charitable foundation, the TGR Foundation.

Woods has been more visible in recent weeks, with numerous photos and videos surfacing on social media. He was seen caddying for his son, Charlie, at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Championship.

Afterward, he told the Associated Press that his ankle was fine but there were other were other issues.

“My ankle is fine,’’ he said. “Where they fused my ankle, I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever. That pain is completely gone. It’s the other areas that have been compensated for.”

Woods, who is tied with Sam Snead for most PGA tour wins with 82, has not played in the event since he finished fourth in 2019. While the event is not on the official PGA Tour schedule, it does gives official World Golf Ranking points.

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