Tiger Woods' son Charlie fails to qualify for US Open in fresh setback
Tiger Woods ' teenage son Charlie fell at the first hurdle in his bid to qualify for next month's US Open.
The 16-year-old was one of 10,202 golfers who entered the 125th US Open and Woods Jr. this week began the long road to Oakmont in Pennsylvania.
He took part in one of the regional qualifying events, teeing it up at Wellington Golf Club in Florida. But Woods' score of three-over-par was not good enough to progress.
Only a handful of players from each event make it through to final qualifying and Woods finished seven shots off the four-under-par cutoff.
It nevertheless marked a huge improvement on last year, when Woods finished nine-over-par in his bid to reach the 2024 tournament.
Charlie did qualify for his first US Junior Amateur Championship last year but failed to reach the match play knockout stages.
Back in March, meanwhile, he joined Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai in the field at the Sage Valley Junior Invitational. Woods finished 20 shots off the eventual winner.
Charlie is the eldest son of Tiger Woods, a three-time US Open champion who is recovering from surgery on a ruptured Achilles.
Tiger and Charlie have teamed up for several events in recent years but neither will be in the field at Oakmont next month.
Charlie was not the only big name who entered one of the 100-plus qualifying events around the country.
Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo, ex-tennis star Mardy Fish and New York Rangers player J.T. Miller are also among those hoping to reach Oakmont.
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