It appears that Charlie Woods was exposed to the unpredictability of the game of golf at a young age. His excitement over earning a spot in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills next month has been tempered by an extraordinary blow brought on by the unreliable weather. His ambition to “win USGA Championships and hopefully one day the U.S. Open” appears to have been hampered by this.
The curse of the weather gods appears to have spread to junior golf, specifically to the Press Thornton Future Masters Golf Tournament in Dothan, Alabama, where Tiger Woods’s 15-year-old son was teeing it up, shortly after the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour. Due to bad weather, the competition for age groups 15 to 18 was shortened from 36 holes to 36, placing Woods Jr. in a tie for 103rd place. The winner of the event was Ben Shedd, with Brantley Moore coming in second. The young cub shot a first round of 73 and a second, and unfortunately, last round of 76, to finish with a final score of 149 in the two rounds that nature permitted these gifted kids to play.
Charlie Woods shot 1-under par on a 71-par course at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida, but unfortunately, he was unable to duplicate the qualification magic that got him into his first USGA event. “I played poorly on my first two holes, but I played really well over the final sixteen.” Charlie reflected on his performance, saying, “I just told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles and I took advantage of some nice birdie looks when I had them.”
If Junior Woods is to overcome the long-standing weather curse and move over the heartbreak he recently experienced in Alabama, it appears he will need to change up his approach before making his USGA debut. However, what about his father’s good fortune as a junior at the USGA? Can the younger Woods surpass the record set by his father, Tiger Woods? When Tiger Woods arrived at the USGA as a junior, did his son Charlie receive a nicer welcome?
At the age of 14, Father Woods embarked on his career as his first U.S. Junior. The PGA Tour Hall of Famer won his first championship at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bay Hill when he was fifteen years old. He soon made history by being the only player to win the U.S. Junior three times in a row. Charlie, on the other hand, has a long legacy to live up to and a slightly delayed start. He can do better in Michigan next month by taking note of what went wrong with his Future Masters error in Alabama.
Father Woods started his career as a U.S. Junior at the age of 14. At the age of fifteen, the PGA Tour Hall of Famer won his first championship at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bay Hill. Not too long after, he became the first player in history to win the U.S. Junior three times in a row. Charlie, on the other hand, started a little later and has a long legacy to live up to. He can learn from his Future Masters blunder in Alabama and improve when he plays in Michigan next month.
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