I wanted to win: Charlie Woods cries after being disqualified from the US Junior Amateur after getting into a violent fight with……
I wanted to win: Charlie Woods cries after being disqualified from the US Junior Amateur after getting into a violent fight with……
Golf runs in the family for Tiger Woods, and now, apparently, there’s something else: the USGA Championship. On Wednesday evening, Charlie Woods, a 15 -year major son of 15 times the champion, became the second member of the Woods family, claiming to participate in the United States amateur championship. Young Woods won 71 and won the medalist award at the Eagle Trace Race Club Qualifying Club in Coral Springs, Florida, and won one of 264 seats in the most prestigious junior championship field. Woods overcame a bogey-double start in qualifying with five birdies over his final 16 holes to take first place in the qualifying standings by one shot, according to the USGA.
“I didn’t play my first two holes very well, but I played the last 16 holes very well,” the younger Woods said Wednesday. “I told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles and when I saw a birdie I took advantage of it. Putting was my biggest strength today.” I gave a lot of hits when I needed it. “”
Tiger’s son has reached the glory of the cult among golf fans for several years since his debut with the PNC Remars Championship. This glory grew only when her young career in golf continued to take off in southern Florida, but she also crossed. After Charlie’s brilliant (and strangely tigerish) debut brought attention to his golf game, the younger Woods stepped into the spotlight, spending the final months as his father’s swing coach.
“I trust him with my swing and my game,” Tiger said at the US Open last week. “He has seen it more than anyone else in the world. He saw me hitting more golf balls than anyone. I especially take my input and tell him what to look for. Today he gave me some little pointers, which was great because I get so used to hitting certain shots on certain pins that I tend to forget some of the things I’m working on.
Above all, the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship will be a reminder that the young Woods’ sports career continues. Charlie has had limited opportunities in recent months, including failing to qualify for Monday’s PGA Tour event in his hometown, the Cowlant Classic. Late last year, his high school coach, Toby Harbeck, spoke about his development as a player. “There is a specific pin that you don’t want to follow, he attacks everything. If I could break him a little, he would be a much better player,” said Harbeck. , … “He can bomb more than 300 people immediately. “It has a different mode: sometimes it’s a nice little turn, and sometimes it goes into ultra mode and can just fly.”
The focus will now shift to Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan, where the younger Woods will play for the U.S. Junior Amateur, the same tournament his father won three times as a junior golfer. Woods’ performance will be closely scrutinized at his first major event – and he says he loves it.
