Charlie Woods score today: Full Round 1 results for Tiger\’s son at 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship
As questions surround the future of Tiger Woods, who struggled at the Open Championship and fell well short of the cut line, his son, Charlie Woods, looked to take a step in his young career Monday.
Woods took the course at the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship in Michigan, participating in the event for the first time. He is one of 264 players taking part in the six-day tournament, which begins with stroke play and then allows only 64 players to participate.
Recent U.S. Junior Amateur history has seen a number of notable winners, including Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris. As his career begins to take shape, Woods is hoping to prove he’s one of the best young golfers in the world.
Here are Woods’ scores at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship: Woods struggled on his first day on the course, collapsing after a perfect first three holes. He made double bogeys on the fourth, ninth, 11th, 14th and 17th holes to finish 12-over-par and put himself far behind heading into the second and final day of stroke play. It wasn’t an easy day for anyone at Oakland Hills Country Club, as only 19 players were under par in the U.S. Junior as of midday, but his struggles had him much closer to the bottom of his group than the top 64. Only 64 will advance to the portion of the tournament that begins Tuesday.
At the end of his round, Woods was tied for 189th out of 201 players who had already started playing. Woods made two birdies on holes 5 and 12 to avoid an even worse fate, but there was no doubt he was disappointed with his performance at one of the biggest events of his young career.
The U.S. Junior Amateur team is made up of the best golfers under the age of 19, so Woods is still in the younger part of the group. He will be eligible to continue competing until 2027, when he turns 18. This year’s team features even younger players, including two 13-year-olds. Given his father’s experience, it’s not surprising Woods was playing golf at an early age: The younger Woods played in the PNC Championship with his father when he was just 11 years old and helped his high school team win the state championship that November. Though Woods missed out on qualifying for the U.S. Open in the spring, he earned a PGA Tour qualifying spot earlier this year and is well on his way to some notable tournaments. Considering he won’t turn 16 until next year, Woods has plenty of time to hone his game.
