Unfortunately, Tiger Woods’ Achilles injury means that golf fans will probably not get to see him play at all this year.
However, Tiger’s son, Charlie, continues to make waves in the game; he’s playing in the Junior PGA Championship this week.
Charlie will always face the expectations of living up to his last name, but the 16-year-old is doing well so far.
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His latest round at the Junior PGA Championship received plenty of attention on social media for all the right reasons.
Charlie Woods’ opening round of 70 (-1) at the Junior PGA Championship left him with work to do to make the cut at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
Well, he accepted the challenge and produced an excellent six-under-par 66 to climb into contention with one round to play.
If it were not for 36-hole leader Lunden Esterline’s ridiculous second-round 62, he would only be two shots back.
Instead, Charlie finds himself seven shots behind Esterline, but whatever happens, he has already won over a lot of golf fans.
“Dude is gonna be fun to watch if he decides to take the leap,” one tweeted. “Chip off the old block. He knows what moving day means,” posted another.
A fan said, “Good for him! Can’t be easy carrying around that last name and DNA. I hope he grows into his own game.”
“He’s going to be a monster,” someone else commented, as another predicted him to win a major in the foreseeable future: “This guy is gonna win a major before he’s 22 guaranteed.”
“Kid can play some damn golf!!! -7 on any course is some good f—— golf,” added an excited X user.
Meanwhile, one oddly pointed out that he’s “already better at golf than Bronny [James] is at basketball.”
Tiger and Charlie Woods unlikely to play PNC Championship
Between the Tour Championship in August and the new PGA Tour season in January, there is often not much for golf fans to look forward to.
One of the highlights is the PNC Championship in December, a 36-hole scramble competition where fathers and sons compete together.
Tiger and Charlie Woods made their PNC Championship debut in 2020 and have returned every year since.
The pair finished second to John Daly and John Daly II in 2021 and were runners-up again last season after losing a playoff to Bernhard and Jason Langer.
But, with Tiger still rehabilitating from his Achilles injury, it seems highly unlikely they will play the event for a sixth time this winter.
