Charlie Woods often accompanies his father, Tiger Woods, in his tournaments, but missed the 2023 Masters 3-par contest held on April 5.
The contest started in 1960 and is a fun-filled event organized ahead of The Masters, where the golfers play a single round of nine holes, par-27 course. The major center of attraction in the competition is the family members of the golfers.
The 2023 edition of the tournament concluded on Wednesday with Tom Hoge registering a one-stroke victory over Kurt Kitayama and Bubba Watson. However, it was not the winner who got into the limelight at the contests, but the families, especially the young toddlers of the golfers, who became the talk of the town.
2022 Masters winner Scottie Scheffler played alongside his son, Sammy, while Rory McIlroy’s daughter Poppy joined him on the course. But Tiger Woods’ kids were missing from the tournament.
Charlie Woods rarely missed an opportunity to play with his father, but he opted out of the 2023 Masters Par-3 event. Although Woods has not revealed the reason behind the same, he probably wants to keep his son away from the controversies.
Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman sued the 15-time major champion last month. However, Woods is much more focused on his tournament and is looking forward to winning the green jacket and matching the record set by Jack Nicklaus. He keeps his personal life under the radar.
Charlie Woods missed the Masters Par-3 contest for undisclosed reasons. However, fans believe he might be busy with school and junior-level tournaments and will join his father as the tournament starts.
“I don’t know how many more I have in me”- Tiger Woods doubts the 2024 Masters return
With five green jackets, Tiger Woods has inscribed his name in the history of golf as one of the most successful golfers in the world. He undoubtedly wants to match the record set by Jack Nicklaus, who won six Masters. However, his health makes it harder for him to even stand on the golf course for a long time.
The 47-year-old is strictly committed to major tournaments in 2023, following his degrading health. Although Woods played at The Masters last year, he finished in 47th position.
Tiger Woods‘ son may just have a future in professional golf.
Charlie, 14, participated at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship at Koasati Pines Golf Club in Kinder, Louisiana, this week, and was turning heads not just because of his name, but because he clearly has his dad’s genes.
The 15-time major winner’s son piped at least one drive so far beyond those he was paired with in the tournament.
Oh, and Charlie had his dad caddying for him. Not a bad brain to get advice from – Tiger’s 82 PGA Tour wins are tied with Sam Snead for the most all-time.
Charlie finished in 11th place (-1, 14 shots back) out of 33 golfers in the 12-14 age group. Cole Kim from La Crescenta, California, won the tournament by six strokes, shooting 15-under. Charlie shot a 72, 69, and 71 in the three-day tournament.
The father-son duo has participated in each of the last two PNC Championships, where professionals play with a family member.
Tiger and Charlie are “fairly certain” they will play in the tournament this December.
The PNC Championship this weekend will be a fun watch for golf fans. Not only do we get to see Tiger Woods tee it up for the second week in a row, we also get a rare look at the game of his son, Charlie.
Charlie’s talent on the course came into the public eye for the first time a couple of years ago, when it was revealed he was already dominating youth golf tournaments in Florida at the age of 11. His swing has only gotten better since then, with many drawing comparisons to the silky move of world No. 1 Rory McIlroy.
So how has Charlie been faring in competition? Here’s a look at his tournament placings and rankings as he continues his golf career.
Where does Charlie Woods play golf?
Charlie’s tournament appearances come mostly on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour and in Junior PGA South Florida events. According to the tours’ websites, he has entered a total of eight competitive tournaments in 2023. He also teed it up at the Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr. Golf National Championship last month.
This will also be the third time he has teed it up at the PNC Championship with his dad. In 2020, the father/son team finished seventh with a score of 20 under par. Last year, they made 11 straight birdies on Sunday to finish as runners-up (25 under) to John Daly and his son, John Daly II (27 under).
Charlie Woods ranking
Charlie is tied for 48th on the season-long Hurricane Junior Golf Tour points list in the Boys’ 11-14 age group. It’s important to note he has only entered four tour events this year. In those events, he has finished second, tied for first, 10th and first.
On the Junior PGA South Florida tour, he competes in the much more challenging Boys’ 13-18 age group. In the events he has played in this year, he has finished tied for 22nd, tied for 40th, tied for 23rd and tied for 28th.
In the Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr. Golf National Championship, he finished tied for 11th in the boys’ 12-13 age group.
Charlie Woods 2023 golf scores on Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, other events
Here’s a look at Charlie Woods’ scores in each of the tournaments he has entered this year:
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour
Event
Date
Score (to par)
Place
Disney Junior Open
Feb. 5-6
75-72 = 147 (+3)
2nd
South Florida Junior Open
Feb. 23-24
74-78 = 152 (+8)
T-1st
PGA National Junior Open
April 24-25
82-80 = 162 (+18)
10th
Major Championship
June 5-6
72-73 = 145 (+1)
1st
Junior PGA South Florida
Event
Date
Score (to par)
Place
Medalist Tour – Plantation Preserve
June 1-2
77-77 = 154 (+10)
T-22nd
Nicklaus Junior Championship
June 18-19
83-75 = 158 (+15)
T-40th
SFPGA Labor Day Classic
Sep. 3-5
76-78-78 = 232 (+16)
T-23rd
Medalist Tour – PGA National Estates
Sep. 10-11
78-77 = 155 (+11)
T-28th
Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr. Golf National Championship
With the name ‘Woods’ the great Tiger’s son Charlie was always going to be tipped for success, and the 14-year-old has more than lived up to the billing after breaking onto the scene at the PNC Championship
Being the child of arguably the greatest golfer to ever play the game was always going to come with plenty of pressure, but 14-year-old son of Tiger Woods, Charlie, has more than lived up to the billing.
There is not a more recognisable name than Tiger’s in the game of golf. With 82 PGA Tpour titles, 15 major championships and a whole host of records, Woods has taken the game to new heights over the past 25 years.
Inevitably though, when the golfing great welcomed his first son Charlie into the world the question on everybody’s lips was ‘is this the next Tiger Woods?’ Quite rightly, Woods has kept the progress of his son private for the majority of life, keeping any pressures that predictably landed off the 14-year-old’s shoulders.
It has only been in the last two years that the 82-time PGA Tour winner has shown the golfing world what his son can do, and what a treat it has been. Speaking in 2020 Woods revealed he and his son had began to start playing consistently with each other out on the course during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Discussing his son’s progress, but keeping his cards close to his chest, the 15-time major winner told Golf TV: “He’s starting to get into it, he’s starting to understand how to play. He’s asking me the right questions. I’ve kept it competitive with his par, so it’s been just an absolute blast to go out there and just, you know, be with him. It reminds me so much of me and my dad growing up.”
Charlie burst onto the scene in 2020 when featuring in the PNC Championship at the father-son competition alongside dad Tiger. The then 11-year-old left golf fans in awe, as he effortlessly mirrored his dad in all areas including their outfits, mannerisms and golf game. In 2020 the Woods duo finished in seventh in the PNC standings, an admirable finish with an 11-year-old on the card.
A year later, Charlie and dad Tiger came back bigger and stronger and once again stole the show at the father-son event. There were fears that Team Woods were going to miss the event due to injuries sustained by Tiger in a car crash earlier that year.
However, the PNC Championship proved to be the American star’s return, and what better way to do it than alongside his prodigy son. The Woods pairing agonisingly missed out on the title by just two shots, finishing in second behind John Daly and his son John Jr.
The Florida-based event returns this weekend, and there is no doubt Tiger and Charlie will be out to go one better this time around. And this may be their best chance yet, with the youngster’s golf game going from strength to strength. Charlie recently shot his best ever round, carding a four-under-par 64 to secure a place in the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship with dad Tiger on the bag.
But arguably the biggest achievement in the 14-year-old’s incredible rise has been finally outdriving his legendary dad off the tee. Throughout his career, Woods has been known to strike a large ball, with his biggest hit on Tour measuring at a whopping 498 yards back in 2002.
Whilst the 2019 Masters champion is not finding the distance he once did as a younger and fitter player, his length off the tee is still impressive, but 14-year-old Charlie seems to be already battling to match it. Speaking at ‘The Match’ between himself and Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, he admitted the youngster finally out-did him off the tee.
Woods commented: “I hate to say it, but I’m going to admit it. He [Charlie] finally did it [outdrove me] a few weeks ago. I spun one, he tomahawked one and got me.”
Tiger’s admission will have only excited fans even more ahead of this week’s event, and this distance has been recognised by tournament organisers, who have moved the youngster two tees further back from where he hit from last year, according to the Golf Channel.
Charlie Woods and Tiger Woods are two of the most popular and celebrated father-son duos in golfing history. Even so, Woods Jr. is on his way to becoming the younger version of his dad. After all, the apple does not fall that far from a tree. His recent performance, wherein he just crushed the field, was perfectly reminiscent of his father’s elite days.
However, that incredible victory is now followed by anguish as the golfer looks ahead to a mountain of a challenge. And this recent hurdle is perhaps one that he may be unable to overcome.
Charlie Woods’ win is followed by a hardship
The young Woods has been playing on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour for about two years now. He started in 2021 and put up a stellar performance on the course. The 15-time major champion’s son has had 13 Top 10 finishes in the span of two years.
Woods recently emerged victorious in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Major Championship at Village Golf Course this weekend. He won the 2-day event with a 36-hole major tournament by 8 strokes. His big win was just an echo of what his father used to do during his early days on the PGA Tour. His winning score was shared by a Twitter fan account, Pardon My Take, to congratulate the young golfer. However, not all was going well!
Despite putting on a stunning show this past weekend at Village Golf Course, the rocky road has not ended for the young star. According to HJGT’s official website, Charlie Woods is ranked in the 16th position for the Player of the Year Award. On top of the rankings sits Armaan Osterman with 6250 points, whereas the 14-year-old has 2983 points. The second runner-up in Florida this weekend, Luke Friend, sits at number 2 in the rankings with 5375 points.
The HJGT has lined up many exciting events for the boys aged 14–15, such as the BallyOwen Junior Open, the Major Championship at Birdsfoot, and so on. With so many upcoming events, will Charlie Woods be able to gain more points and top the chart to become player of the year?
Tiger Woods doesn’t want his son to copy his skills
Every son wishes to be like his father, and so does Charlie. He likes to walk on the course just like his father walks. The 14-year-old not only tries to copy his walking style but also imitates his golfing manners. On the course, from his famous club twirl to his fist pump, Woods Jr. seems just like a smaller version of his father. He even tries to copy his dad’s golf swing, and that’s where Tiger draws the line!
During the NBC broadcast of the 2022 World Hero Challenge, Woods advised his son not to copy his swing because he knew it had changed a lot from his prime days and was now just a shadow of its former self. Instead, the golf legend told Charlie to try and swing more like Rory McIlroy, after all, he was still in prime form! But whether the young golfer takes up his advice is yet to be seen.
What are your thoughts about the challenge Charlie Woods faces? Do you think he will win the Player of the Year award? Tell us in the comments below.
Hello friends and happy Friday from the U.S. Open!
A few small notes right off the bat: this event has the best media center food I’ve ever had, the baristas are putting a fun touch on my vanilla lattes AND I recapped the Taylor Swift concert with Michael Greller and Bones Mackay.
Also, Los Angeles Country Club is a tough walk. I’m putting in about 17,000 steps a day and I still haven’t seen parts of the course yet.
I want to give a special shout-out to Salma Ibrahim, the junior reporter who helped cover the tournament on Wednesday. Salma hung out with Kira Dixon, met players and grilled Max Homa in his presser. I got to show her what a day in my life looks like on-site at a major championship, but I’m not sure she needed much of my help — she’s already a star.
I need to really take advantage of my gig now, because Salma is 100 percent coming for my job in a few years.
Charlie Woods at LACC
Tiger Woods hasn’t played in a U.S. Open since 2020, but another Woods was on property at Los Angeles Country Club on Thursday: Charlie. He’s gotta be the only 14-year-old with an inside-the-ropes pass this week. Trust me, those things are not easy to come by.
This is the only photo I’ve seen of Woods at LACC, which is pretty impressive because the golf world is obsessed with the kid. I can’t help but wonder who is in charge of the recent eighth-grade graduate out here. Is someone making sure he’s staying hydrated? Putting on sunblock? This is the supervision my little brother needs on a regular basis.
It looks like Charlie is having an all-time Los Angeles golf week. He teed it up at Riviera the day before making it out to LACC.
That swing looks pretty good, too. Not a bad way to kick off summer vacation! I spent my summer after 8th grade babysitting my siblings for free, but to each their own.
Phil’s kicks
It took me a while to get used to Tiger in FootJoys. Once Dustin Johnson started rocking them too, I pretty much thought I had seen it all golf footwear-wise. But nothing prepared me to see Phil Mickelson rocking Jordans on the golf course.
Would you take a look at those bad boys?
Seeing a 53-year-old man in those kicks reeks of Steve Buscemi in the “how do you do, fellow kids?” meme, but Phil has always transcended his age, so I have no choice but to respect his fashion choice here.
After his round on Thursday, I learned that Mickelson had his shoes custom-made by someone called the “Shoe Surgeon.”
I checked out the Surgeon’s website, and he has a pair of kicks listed at $5,000 and another at $10,000. If you’re not sure how to spend your tax return next year, there’s an idea for you.
USGA’s jokes
The U.S. Open may be the toughest event to qualify for, but once you get here, the USGA is pretty relaxed. Over the years, the governing body has had its fair share of fun with players, from Max Homa’s giant credential to Webb Simpson’s locker nameplate. This year, they’re having a lot of fun with the players at LACC.
It started off over the weekend, when the USGA presented Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler with a tandem bike instead of their Lexus courtesy car.
And then Joel Dahmen had a note waiting for him by the player parking lot.
Then the USGA had some fun with Adam Hadwin after getting tackled by a security guard on Sunday at the Canadian Open.
When Max Homa mentioned that the smoothie cups in player dining were small, the USGA provided a massive glass bowl for him to drink instead. The USGA is off to a very hot start here, and it’s only Friday! Some people might suggest that they adjust their focus to making the course play more difficult, but not me. There’s nothing I love more than a good bit.
Matt Kuchar stood on the first tee before the final round of the 2021 PNC Championship and beamed with joy as his 15-year-old son Cameron tried to keep from jumping out of his skin at being paired with Tiger Woods and son Charlie.
“My son may be the last of his generation, of his age, to play alongside Tiger Woods,” Kuchar said. “I don’t know many kids younger than 15 that will get to play with Tiger in a competition. It’s pretty cool.”
One year later, Kuchar still marvels at the experience and the broader implications of quality family time.
“Watching Charlie get into the game makes Tiger just look that much more human,” he said. “Seeing the dad side, the pride of watching his son play and play well. Everyone watching at home can relate.”
When Tiger was running roughshod over the competition, capturing 15 majors and 82 PGA Tours titles and owning the No. 1 ranking seemingly in perpetuity, he never really let us in. He was loved and respected for his otherworldly abilities but never beloved in the way that Arnold Palmer was forever approachable. Tiger always kept everyone at arms-length. That changed as he mounted his comeback from back trouble and got more involved in the team room in international team competitions and forged relationships with the likes of Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy. No doubt, Tiger has been humbled, but nothing has humanized Tiger more than simply seeing him be a dad at the PNC Championship.
“It’s the third straight year he’s played (the PNC). Can you name any other tournament that that’s the case? I don’t know if there is one that he’s played in the last three straight years?” Stewart Cink said. “I mean that says a lot about what this tournament means to all of us playing; that Tiger Woods would play here three consecutive years considering what he’s gone through.”
All eyes again return to Tiger and Charlie this week at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club for the two-day 36-hole team event that uses a two-person Scramble format.
“The last couple years have been magical. And to be able to do it again, we’re looking forward to it,” Tiger said.
The pent-up demand to see Tiger is evident in a tournament sell out. Grown men dressed in their red golf shirts and black pants and some even showed up in Tiger onesies. As much as there is intrigue over Tiger’s game, this week he takes a backseat to Charlie. He’s the main attraction. Padraig Harrington said it best when asked whether he would be watching Tiger or Charlie: “Charlie. Charlie. Actually, to be honest, definitely Charlie, Charlie, Charlie…I’m more interested in Charlie.”
So is just about everyone else.
“Nothing wrong with that,” Tiger said. “As long as the people are excited about coming out here and supporting us and supporting all the legends and the people who are in this event, it’s always special.”
This is where Charlie made his first eagle while having his coming out party at age 11. He hit a growth spurt, and the change in his body from a year ago is startling. He shot a career-low 68 at a qualifier for the Notah Begay III Junior National Golf Championship in late September and Tiger recently confirmed that Charlie outdrove him but has yet to beat him. Earlier this week, there was some debate over which tee (and distance) he should play – he’ll be two tees up from his dad at 6,405 yards.
“Is Charlie carrying it 260 or 290?” Shawn Spieth wondered. “Everybody wants to know which one it is.”
Harrington praised his swing.
“Most kids who are good at 11, 12, 13, 14 years of age, their swing hasn’t even come close to developing,” Harrington said. “I bet you if you went back and looked at Rory at 12 years of age, he was hitting a big loopy, drop kick [draw] because that’s what kids do. But Charlie has always managed to pressure the golf ball, which is exceptional at that age. It really is.”
Imagine the pressure to follow in giant footsteps. As if we needed a reminder that he’s still a kid, Charlie wore a Snoopy-logoed hat on Friday. Let’s just enjoy that Charlie loves the game. He has got three top-25 finishes this year on the South Florida Junior Tour and shows promise, but please, no comparisons to Tiger, who already was re-writing the record book in junior golf at this age.
On Friday, Charlie looked uncomfortable as if he was fighting his swing. He dropped his club in dramatic fashion repeatedly and tried to mimic different positions for his swing. But at the end of the round, he hugged his father and smiled knowingly that it is the next two days that count. Paired on Saturday with Justin and Mike Thomas, who Tiger referred to as “extended family,” neither Tiger nor Charlie have forgotten that the Thomases showed up to Christmas dinner wearing their champion’s belts in 2020.
“We didn’t like it,” Tiger said.
When asked what it would mean to win a title with his son, Tiger gave a classic non-answer: “Well, we’ve come close. We’ve gotten better each year. So we’re trending.”
In truth he’d already given the most honest reply when answering a different question on whether he feared setting back his recovery by playing this week.
“You know, I don’t really care about that,” Tiger said. “I think being there with and alongside my son is far more important, and get to have a chance to have this experience with him is far better than my foot being a little creaky.”
Spoken like a father who refused to let his son down.
Charlie Woods has taken his opportunities in front of the media at the PNC Championship to get some jabs in at his dad Tiger Woods.
After their round on Sunday, where the Woods duo shot a 65 to put them at -20 for the two-round event, Charlie took the opportunity to make fun of his legendary father.
“Yesterday, that’s the best he’s ever played in a while. And that kind of shocked me,” Charlie said.
On Saturday the duo shot 59 and held a share of second with Team Singh, chasing down Team Thomas. Charlie clearly wasn’t expecting that kind of performance. Tiger followed up his son’s remark by saying “I used to be good.”
Apparently Tiger and Charlie’s rounds are full of jabs being thrown back and forth. After their round on Saturday, Charlie said the fun remarks help to keep the nerves down.
“It makes it a lot less nerve-wracking in the final stretches because we always throw shots at each other,” the younger Woods said. “And it’s just very fun.”
Tiger agreed with his son’s sentiment.
“It’s literally nonstop. It starts pre-round. Before we even got here, the texts were flying. And then warmup, the jabs were coming out. And then throughout the round, there were jabs, there were a couple notes left here and there, a couple things said that we love.”
Their 65 on day two dropped them back to a tie for eight overall in the event, but even without winning events the Woods family is providing plenty of enjoyment for viewers on and off the fairways.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Rest easy, golf universe. There are no plans to “Charlie-proof“ the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in preparation for the arrival of Tiger Woods’ long-hitting son at this week’s PNC Championship, which begins on Saturday.
Charlie Woods, 14, will be moving back one set of tees, but that’s just a matter of age. Charlie turned 13 since last year’s event, in which he and his father finished second behind the Dalys, John and John II.
Unless Charlie and his father choose for Charlie to play a longer course – indications are that they will not – Charlie will be teeing it up from roughly 6,500 yards in the parent-child competition. At last year’s PNC, the tees Charlie played from were closer to 6,000 yards.
A variety of tees are in use at the PNC Championship because of the wide disparity in ages and skill levels.
Several reports circulated Wednesday stating that Charlie would be moved back to the second-longest set of tees this week, which play approximately 6,750 yards. That’s just one tee box up from the set used by PGA TOUR professionals age 54 and younger, a group that includes his dad, Tiger. Those players will compete from approximately 7,100 yards.
Charlie was briefly listed in the group of players who would compete from the second-longest set of tees, but with an asterisk next to his name that signified that he had been moved at the discretion of the Tournament Committee.
As always, the Tournament Committee reserves the right to make adjustments as deemed necessary, but Joe Terry, this week’s advance official and Chief Referee for the PGA TOUR, said he wasn’t going to “penalize” young Charlie just because he hits a golf ball a long way. (Tiger admitted at The Match last week that Charlie has outdriven him at home.)
“Age is age, and it’s always constant,” said Terry, who is in his 25th year at the PNC, a 20-team event of pros and amateurs that utilizes four different sets of tees, all according to age. For instance, there are only three players in the field who will compete from the most-forward Grand Masters tees, set up at 5,643 yards: Gary Player and Lee Trevino (both in their 80s) and 11-year-old Will McGee, son of Annika Sorenstam, who is playing for the first time. McGee is the youngest player in this week’s field.
“We have always done everything by age,” Terry said. “If we changed it to get Charlie to play from further back, we would do so only at the request or the wishes of Charlie or Tiger. (Terry added that historically, Tiger always has been committed to following age guidelines.) Every other 14-year-old has played from the 14+-year-old tees, so if we win, when we win, the record can stand as a 14-year-old.”
Charlie Woods will be playing from the same tees as the pros ages 65-72 (Bernhard Langer, Mark O’Meara, Nick Price, Nick Faldo), club professional Mike Thomas (Justin’s dad), Petr Korda (Nelly’s dad), amateur Carson Kuchar (son of Matt). Annika Sorenstam, one of two LPGA players in the field, also will play from those tees. Should Charlie and Tiger return in 2023, Charlie again would move back one set of tees.
Terry said he listened to suggestions that Charlie needs to play a longer course because he hits it far, but he said, “I’m not going to arbitrate that. Age is age. If I moved him (back) because he’s good, then why don’t I move some others because they’re not good? Age is age, and it’s always constant, and if we stick by our tournament regulations, we’ll be fine.”
Tiger and Charlie Woods will play in Saturday’s final grouping, heading off at 12:02 p.m. alongside Justin and Mike Thomas, the 2020 PNC champions.
Speaking from the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club after their first round at the PNC Championship, Tiger and Charlie recapped some of their highlights of the day and spilled some hilarious—and heart-warming—details about their close bond.
The pair shot a 13-under 59 for the day at the PGA Tour’s annual two-day family scramble despite both Tiger and Charlie battling some injuries.
Charlie was seen walking with a visible limp after he rolled his ankle prior to the tournament, and Tiger is dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. But pushing through pain runs in the Woods family, and the team put together an impressive round nonetheless. They sit two strokes back of Justin Thomas and Mike Thomas, who lead at 15-under.
“This is not the game plan we had originally planned out,” Tiger said. “His ankle is not exactly feeling the best, so I’ve had to hit a couple more drives than I normally would.”
“Yeah, you,” Tiger continued, smirking down at his 14-year-old son.
Although the timing of the pair’s injuries are certainly unfortunate, the 15-time major champion was able to joke about their setback.
“It’s perfect yin and yang,” said Tiger. “He’s got the left, I got the right. We’re perfectly balanced.”
Tiger and Charlie then ran through some of the best moments of their round, watching their shots replayed on a monitor. A highlight of Tiger hitting an excellent wedge shot from the pine straw on the 13th hole revealed an interesting detail that fans were unaware of: The pair had a squabble back on the tee box.
Charlie and Tiger couldn’t agree on a strategy for the hole, but the five-time Masters champion had the final word.
“We had a little argument there,” Tiger said. “He wanted to play his shot, but also he wanted me to hit a little 5-wood off the tee. I kind of overruled. Fathers can overrule. And then I hit a saucy little 60 [degree wedge] in there.”
Charlie may not have gotten his way this time, but the 14-year-old did give some insight as to how much he can challenge his father.
“I push him as much as I possibly can,” said Charlie. “Once he pushes back I know that I can push a little bit more and then I’m done. And then I know it’s going to get heated.”
“I don’t mind the ‘umph,’ but there’s a line to it,” Tiger responded. “He knows.”
When asked about what it’s like to play with his father, Charlie delivered some special words about how much Tiger has persevered throughout the past year.
“It’s cool seeing how much he’s worked to get to where he is now,” Charlie said. “I wouldn’t say how bad it was—but how much he pushed through. It was just really cool to see.”
Tiger’s outward strength has had an effect on Charlie, but he explained that his son and his daughter, Sam, have had an even greater impact on him.
“Just to be able to see their faces and see their smiles and hear their words of encouragement,” Tiger said. “I’ve had some tough days, as he’s known, but just to have their support and their love—I’m not going to get teary eyed here but, it has meant so much to me to be able to get to this point in life. Forget the stage that we’re playing on, but just to be able to get to this point in life.”
Tiger and Charlie will play in the last pairing during the final round of the PNC Championship tomorrow, which will be broadcast from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
