Tiger Woods’ son knocked on the door of the PGA at just 15 years old

Charlie Woodsson of the former world number 1 Tiger Woodsrecord holder for PGA titles with Sam Snead (82), 15 of them from grand slamknocking on the door of the American circuit at the age of just 15 because he had the goal of qualifying for the PGA Cognizant Classic which will be held from February 29 to March 3 at Palm Beach Gardens (Florida, United States).

To achieve that goal, Charlie Woods has two pre-qualifying tournaments ahead of him: the first will be played this Thursday in 18 holes at Lake Golf Club is gone in Hobe Sound (Florida)where the first 25 and tie will advance to the final qualifier on Monday, where there are four places at stake to enter the aforementioned Cognizant Classic, where, among others, stars like Rory McIlroyShane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose and Gary Woodland.

The sieve is hard for Charlie, but Tiger’s son will try. This Thursday he will share the game with Ruaidhri McGee and Olin Browne Jr., son of Olin Browne, winner of three PGA Tour titles.

Charlie Woods is already in the spotlight in the world of golf, especially when he competed with his father in the last four editions of PNC Championshipa 36-hole tournament in which teams of two players consisting of a professional golfer and a member of his family participate: 2nd place in 2021 was Woods’ best result.

Little Woods also competed last year in the Notah Begay National Junior Golf Championship, with his father as a caddy during the three-day competition. Charlie finished 17th in the 14 and 15 year old category with a final round of 68 strokes.

Tiger Woods, who said months ago that he had a goal of playing about one tournament a month, withdrew last week on the second day of the Genesis Invitational when he came down with the flu, which abruptly ended his first official PGA tournament since taking part in the August Mastersin April 2023.