Tiger Woods' son Charlie shoots 66 to win his first American Junior Golf tournament
Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, won a prestigious junior golf tournament Wednesday, shooting 15-under over three rounds to capture the American Junior Golf Association's Team Taylormade Invitational Title at Streamsong Black in Florida. With scores of 70-65-66, Woods' victory at the top-level junior event marks his best accomplishment in amateur golf thus far.
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Woods, ranked No. 606 on the AJGA's Rolex Junior Golf rankings, was the second-lowest ranked player in the field of 72. He beat the No. 1 junior in the country, 16-year-old Miles Russell, by six shots. The tournament also included top college recruits from across the country, including a majority of players coming from the 2025 and 2026 graduating classes.
Starting on June 15, Woods, a high school sophomore, can begin communicating with college coaches per the NCAA Division I recruiting guidelines for golf.
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The AJGA is the top tour for junior golfers in the U.S., and Woods' previous best result was a T25 finish at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. Woods also attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open this spring, shooting 75 in his local-stage qualifier, missing by seven shots. It was a significant improvement, however, from his attempt last season, in which he shot a 9-over-par 81. In 2024, Woods qualified for but missed the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur, an event that his father won three years in a row, making history.
Since 2020, the father-son Woods duo has competed together in the PGA Tour's parent-child event, the PNC Championship. As a pair, they have placed runner-up twice, in 2021 and 2024. Woods made his first hole-in-one at last year's event, with his sister, Sam, on the bag.
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