Tiger Woods’ son Charlie Woods has qualified for a USGA championship for the first time.
Woods posted the highest score with a 1-under 71 at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida, on Wednesday to qualify for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in July. He was one of four qualifiers from a field of 85 who advanced.
Woods outlasted the rest despite a rocky start that included a bogey and a double bogey on his first two holes. From there, he made five birdies and one bogey to finish at 1 under par.
“I didn’t play very well on my first two holes, but I played very well on the last 16,” Woods said, according to The Associated Press. “I just told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles, and I took advantage of some nice bird looks when I got them.”
Tiger won the US Junior Amateur Championship three times between 1991 and 1993. He was 15, the same age as Charlie, when he won for the first time as the youngest winner in the tournament’s history.
Charlie, a high school freshman, has played with Tiger on multiple occasions at the PNC Championship and is frequently at his father’s side when Tiger competes. He He joined Tiger at the US Open last week at Pinehurstwhere he worked with his dad through your practice rounds.
Tiger has won nine USGA championships in his career. He has won three US Open and three US Amateur titles, in addition to his three US Junior Amateur championships.
“The USGA means a lot to me,” Charlie said Wednesday. “I want to win USGA championships and hopefully one day the US Open.”