Charlie Woods bounces back from US Junior Amateur nightmare to win first ‘major’ title
Charlie Woods endured a difficult week at the US Junior Amateur but bounced in style just a few days later, clinching a victory on Charlie Woods got his hands on his first ‘major’ victory earlier this week, after the son of the great won the South Florida Junior Cup.
Woods Jr shot rounds of 73, 68, 73 to ensure he was the only player under-par throughout the tournament at BallenIsles Country Club’s East Course. This proved enough to crown him as the tournament winner, with the title one of the eight major events on the South Florida Junior Tour schedule.
South Florida Junior Tourwanted it so bad,” the youngster in the aftermath. “I felt focused, and I knew what I had to do to get it done. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do better.”
“I feel like it was a compilation of a lot of hard work this summer. I wanted to redeem myself, and I feel great about how I played.” His victory came just a week after he endured a tough time at the US Junior Amateur, as he missed the cut with his dad watching on.Tiger himself had been in action a week prior, making just his fifth start of the season at He too fell to the same fate as his son, for the third time in four events, after battling in tough conditions at Royal TroonWoods is playing a part-time schedule on the PGA Tour, as he continues to battle a number of fitness issues on the back of injuries sustained in a car accident back in February 2021. Outside of the four majors, Woods has played just one regular Tour event this year; the Genesis Invitational in February.
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This too ended prematurely though, as Woods was forced to withdraw from the event due to illness partway through the second round. And his missed cut at The Open in July brought a curtain down on his competitive season, after he announced from ac
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