Tiger Woods' son Charlie misses out on US Open qualifying again
WELLINGTON, Fla. — Charlie Woods failed to get out of local qualifying for the U.S. Open, the second straight year the son of Tiger Woods missed out.
The 16-year-old Woods was among a record 10,202 entries for the U.S. Open. He improved from last year's score in 18-hole local qualifying, posting a 3-over 75 at Wellington Golf Club on Thursday. That left him seven shots short of being among those who advanced to the 36-hole final stage. A year ago, he shot 81 in the local U.S. Open qualifier.
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The Red Sox have some pretty strong pitching evaluators in their front office and on their coaching staff in former big leaguers Craig Breslow and Andrew Bailey, and they obviously see something they like. They must also like what they see in Hicks, whose record is poor at 1-5, 6.47, but who absolutely throws the heck out of the baseball. He's locked up through through 2027 on a four-year, $44 million deal. Tibbs is a well regarded prospect, lacking star ceiling but possessing a high floor. Bello is a live-armed 20-year-old who hasn't even pitched in a full season league yet. He's a lottery ticket. The key to evaluating this deal is projecting Devers' future. And the first thing that must be done to that end is to assess his present, as he's unlikely to ascend from here, as he's moving the wrong way on the defensive spectrum and his body has begun to soften up at age 28. Batted ball authority has always been Devers' calling card, and on most batted ball types, he has reached career bests in 2025. His overall average exit speed of 94.0 mph, his fly ball average exit speed of 95.3 mph and his ground ball average exit speed of 92.8 mph are all career highs. The overall and grounder marks are over two standard deviations above league average, the fly ball mark is over one above. He's not Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani authority-wise, but he's in the next tier. His K/BB profile is also an asset, and that's a relatively new development. While his K rate has always been fairly well managed for a power hitter (22.8% this season, in the league average range), his BB rate has mushroomed to 16.8% this season, over two standard deviations above league average. He was leading the AL in walks with 56 at the time of the trade. His batted ball profile also has no measurable weaknesses. His 37.4% fly ball rate is his highest ever, and his 3.0% pop up rate is his lowest since 2020. Both are in the league average range. His 18.2% liner rate is nearly a career low, but I wouldn't sweat it - liner rates are notoriously volatile. On top of everything else, Devers sprays the ball to all fields on the ground - he is not an extreme grounder-puller. Thus far in 2025, Devers has been a bit lucky in the air (225 Unadjusted vs. 180 Adjusted Fly Ball Contact Score) and on a line (149 vs. 114), but has been very unlucky on the ground (94 vs. 143). All told, he 'should be' hitting a bit less than his current actual numbers, more like a .253-.380-.480 hitter, for a 150 wRC+. I'm not really sweating the low present batting average projection given the low liner rate. I see him as basically the same hitter he was in 2024, but with a higher walk rate. Where is he going? Let's compare him to Miguel Cabrera, an even better hitter whose body was in a better place at age 28. He remained at least a 5.0 WAR player (a level Devers hasn't exceeded since 2019) through age 33, and then fell off of a cliff. Devers' contract runs through his age 33 season. He's going to be falling from a lower peak, at perhaps a higher rate of descent than Cabrera, but if he can remain 80-90% of his present offensive self through age 31-32, could the Giants really complain? The other interesting angle here is that Devers is going from one team with a Gold Glove 3B to another, as Matt Chapman is locked in for the long term in San Francisco. Expect the Buster Posey-led Giants to more concisely and professionally lay out their expectations for their new star, who will move forward as a DH/1B. Another overlooked piece of this deal is that while there is risk in Devers' contract, there is also risk in Hicks'. Sure the Red Sox could figure him out and make him more productive, but the chances of him being an impact starter or a high-end closer would appear remote at this point. Useful piece? Sure, with some luck. This partially mitigates the financial cost absorbed by the Giants, and cut loose by the Sox. From the Bosox' perspective, it's all about Harrison. There's a high-end starter in there somewhere, and it's up to them to unlock it. They need to be patient with him, and if all goes well, he could be a nice counterpart to Garrett Crochet atop their rotation. So I get that Devers' contract might be technically underwater, but 28-year-old star bats generally aren't available, and the Giants are out from under Hicks' money now too. And I get that the Red Sox didn't get a now dude as part of this transaction, but they removed a massive financial liability that enables them to go star-hunting, and Harrison could turn out to be really something. When proponents of both sides of a deal are going crazy in polar opposite directions for entirely different reasons, the truth tends to be somewhere in the middle. It's now up to the players, player development systems and coaching staffs to get to work to determine who wins and loses it.
