Charlie Woods books place in FIRST USGA championship, as 15-year-old son of golf legend Tiger notches top score among qualifiers
Charlie Woods earned his way to his first USGA championship on Wednesday when the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods posted the leading score among qualifiers for the U.S. Junior Amateur in Oakland Hills next month.
The teenager recovered from a bogey-double bogey start at Eagle Trace Golf Club to finish with a 1-under 71 to become a medalist from his qualifier, one of four players to qualify from the venue.
‘I didn’t play great the first two holes, but I played the last sixteen holes very well. “I told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles and I took advantage of some nice birdie looks when I had them,” he says. said.
Tiger Woods was 14 when he qualified for his first US Junior and reached the semi-finals.
A year later he won his first US Junior Amateur at Bay Hill in 19 holes. Woods is the only player to win the US Junior three times in a row.
Tiger Woods practices with his son Charlie ahead of the 2024 US Open in Pinehurst
At the age of 15, Charlie developed into an impressive golfer
Players must be under 19 before the championship ends.
The US Junior Amateur takes place from July 22 to 28 in Oakland Hills in suburban Detroit. Charlie will be one of 264 players who will go through 36 holes of stroke play on the North and South courses of Oakland Hills to determine which 64 players will advance to match play.
Tiger Woods is a nine-time USGA champion: three consecutive US Junior Amateurs, three consecutive US Amateurs and three US Open titles.
“The USGA means a lot to me,” said Charlie Woods.
“I want to win USGA championships and hopefully one day the US Open.”
Tiger was 14 when he qualified for his first US Junior and reached the semi-finals
On Tuesday, the legendary Woods was granted a lifetime exemption from the PGA Tour for his signature events.
Starting in 2025, Woods will be guaranteed a spot in the Tour’s eight $20 million events as a player who has reached an exceptional lifetime performance threshold of 80. [plus] career wins,” a memo to the players read.
Woods has hardly played this season and missed the cut at the US Open last weekend.