Charlie Woods Wins Qualifier To Reach US Junior Amateur Championship

The 15-year-old finished one under at the Eagle Trace Golf Club qualifier to emulate dad Tiger by reaching the prestigious event

Charlie Woods takes a shot at the pre-qualifying for The Cognizant Classic
Charlie Woods has qualified for the US Junior Amateur Championship
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Mike Hall
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Charlie Woods will follow in dad Tiger’s footsteps by playing in the US Junior Amateur Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club after winning a qualifier.

The 15-year-old achieved a one-under 71 at the event at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Florida to reach the tournament, which Tiger won three times between 1991 and 1993.

The result means Woods will line up in a 264-strong field for the tournament, which will be held between 20 to 27 July at the famous Michigan venue, which has previously hosted the US Open six times and is confirmed to do so again twice more in future.

The first two days of action will consist of strokeplay before reverting to match play in the final four days, where Woods will be hoping to compete in the 36-hole championship match on the final day.

Charlie and Tiger Woods before the US Open

Charlie gave Tiger putting advice at the US Open

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Charlie’s achievement is the latest sign that his fledgling career is firmly on the right track following encouraging signs in recent years.

In 2022, he won the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Major Championship at Village Golf Course in the Boys 11-13 category, something he repeated year after in the Boys 14-15 category.

Also in 2023, He shot a 66 in the Last Chance Regional to close out victory and qualify for the 2023 Notah Begay III Boys' Jr Golf National Championship in the Boys 14-15 category, where he finished T17 with Tiger caddying for him every day.

Then, in November 2023, he helped his team to the Florida High School Athletic Association Class A State Championship.

If history is a guide, Tiger will likely accompany his son, either in a purely supportive role or as his caddie again, though the tournament begins the day after the end of The Open at Royal Troon in Scotland, where the 15-time Major winner is expected to compete. Therefore, if Woods makes the cut, he will have a quick turnaround to make it back to the US to be there when Charlie begins.

The pair were seen together in public most recently before the US Open, where Woods Sr revealed his son had been giving him putting advice before teeing it up at the Pinehurst No.2 Major.

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
News Writer

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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