Charlie Woods at the 49th Junior PGA Championships: Tee time, pairing for final round
Woods, a rising junior at the Benjamin School and son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, will tee off at 10:06 a.m. ET on Aug. 1 at Purdue University's Ackerman Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He is paired with tournament leader Lunden Esterline, who leads the tournament by seven strokes, and Pennson Badgett, with whom Woods is tied at 12-under.
On Thursday, Woods shot 66 for the second consecutive round to rise into a tie for second place. He carded 18 total birdies across the tournament's second and third rounds.
The tournament cut down to the top 30 plus ties after the third round on Thursday.
Woods will enter Friday's final round in contention for one of two Junior Ryder Cup team qualifying spots available at this week's Junior PGA Championships.
The winner and runner-up from the boys and girls tournaments will each be guaranteed a place on the team.
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The Junior PGA Championships were first hosted in 1976 and have a long history in Palm Beach County.
From 1980-2000, the event was hosted PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens in all but two years. In 1990, Tiger Woods finished runner-up to Fort Lauderdale's Chris Couch at PGA National.
Previous tournament winners include major champions Trevor Immelman and David Toms.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
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