Charlie Woods, apparently a chip off the old block, as they say, wrested the spotlight from father Tiger early in the second and final round of the PNC Championship with his first hole in one
It’s nothing like Tiger Woods getting his 83rd PGA Tour win to become the sport’s all-time victory leader, but to capture a first title with his son Charlie in any golf arena would easily be among his lifetime highlights, and the Woodses have a chance to make that happen on Sunday.
Maybe the surest sign that Tiger Woods is making strides towards being ready to compete in 2025 was the strides he made Friday at the PNC Championship.
Keeping himself in shape all these years has its purpose beyond breaking his age continually on the golf course or outdriving his best friend Jack Nicklaus at the Masters every year as honourary starters.
Bernhard Langer won a record-tying fifth PNC Championship Sunday at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and quickly wanted everyone to know that he was going on a holiday.
Tiger Woods left the PNC Championship Sunday more hopeful about his playing schedule than he did last year, which bodes well for the prospects of seeing him on the course more in 2024.
According to a report from Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, Charlie, who will turn 15 in February, will be moving back one set of tees for the 2023 edition of the PNC Championship.
Making matters even better, a rules official making final preparations for the tournament witnessed the whole thing and corroborated the hole-in-one for the sceptical online masses.
The 15-time major champion will team up with 14-year-old Charlie Woods at the PNC Championship next month. It will be the fourth consecutive year the pair has teed it up in the event.
The two-time Masters champ is making his return to competitive golf at this week’s Saudi International after a right knee injury that kept him off the course for eight months. It will also mark his first event since leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf.
The exchange lasted only about two minutes – Player was due on the tee soon – but it was jam-packed with the kind of information that had the assembled crowd leaning in curiously.
Australian Golf Digest
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