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Associated Press
28-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Tiger's son, Charlie Woods, is in contention at Junior golf's Team TaylorMade Invitational
BOWLING GREEN, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods' son, Charlie, was in contention to win the American Junior Golf Association's Team TaylorMade Invitational on Wednesday. Competing in the event's third and final round, the 16-year-old Woods leads a 71-player field featuring several of the AJGA's top ranked players, including four of the top five. He began the day tied for second at 9-under 135 after an opening round score of 2-under 70 followed by a second-round score of 65 at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. Though he's yet to win an AJGA event, Woods already counts several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, Woods qualified to compete at the U.S. Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. His best finish in four career AJGA events was a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. ___ AP golf:
CBC
22-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Aphrodite Deng learns from Nelly Korda at junior golf event
Aphrodite Deng got to live out the dream of every competitive golfer, playing two rounds with the best in the world and excelling on the course, and she's just 15 years old. Deng played alongside Nelly Korda of the United States at the Mizuho Americas Open, winning the junior tournament on May 11 while the American tied for fifth in the LPGA Tour's event of the same name. "It was a really fun experience," said Deng, who also won the American Junior Golf Association's Junior Invitational in March by six strokes. "I was trying not to think too much about who's watching stuff, but it was fun." Deng was born in Calgary and her family lived in Montreal before moving to New Jersey for her dad's work. She mostly lives in Orlando now but remains a Canadian citizen and plays for Golf Canada's junior program. She said that she learned a lot from observing Korda, who won five consecutive tournaments and seven total last season to return to world No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings and earn the 2024 LPGA Tour's Player of the Year award. "It was really cool to see how (Korda) carries herself on the course and in her game," said Deng on Wednesday. "I think she takes more time and puts in a lot of thought for each shot. "I think I need some of that in my life." Jeff MacDonald, head coach of Golf Canada's NextGen team, said that Deng has grown stronger over the course of the season and it's helped her improve her game. "She's hitting the ball quite a bit further," said MacDonald. "She's always been a really consistent player, drives it great, but just in the last few months she's been getting a little bit of extra distance. "That's helping her out a ton. She's just super steady." Both Deng and MacDonald were at Weston Golf and Country Club in Toronto for Team Canada's media day, where media and other stakeholders could train like Golf Canada players for a day. Deng, who has taught golf to younger children, said she was looking forward to instructing adults. Golf Canada announced at the media day at Weston that it was adding 11 Canadians to the field at the RBC Canadian Open. Korn Ferry Tour players Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Matthew Anderson, both from Mississauga, Ont., headlined the group. Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont., earned his exemption as the top Canadian amateur player on the world rankings and Calgary's Hunter Thomson earned his exemption by finishing first on the individual leaderboard at the inaugural Canadian Collegiate Invitational last September at Öviinbyrd Golf Club in MacTier, Ont.
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Paige Spiranac's childhood friendship with US Open winner revealed ahead of this week's PGA Championship
Social-medias influencer and golfer Paige Spiranac has revealed her childhood friendship with Wyndham Clark ahead of this week's PGA Championship. Spiranac is also a longtime golfer, who spoke about her upbringing on the latest season of Netflix 's 'Full Swing'. She interviewed Clark during the series and spoke on their time growing up, chasing their golf dreams, with both now famous faces on the links. 'So I remember Wyndham when he was this tall,' Spiranac said, referencing a child's height. 'Full of braces. Most people don't know this, we're both from Colorado. We grew up playing junior golf together, and now we're here.' 'He was always going to be one of the best. Now he has to deal with all the pressure of people looking at him and having to compete week in, week out and being one of the top guys.' Spiranac has rarely spoken about her lifelong friendship with Clark. She did give a small glimpse into that world once before, after the 31-year-old pro won the 2023 US Open at the Los Angeles Country Club. 'Wyndham Clark and I grew up playing junior golf together in Colorado,' Spiranac wrote on social media at the time. 'Everyone would always say he had something special and we all knew he'd make it. Now he's a major winner! Very cool moment.' Clark's victory held off the chase for another major victory for Rory McIlroy, eight years into that quest, and two years before last month's Masters triumph. Clark will be in the field at Quail Hollow, having won only a single PGA Tour event since his major victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last February. Spiranac's friend only has one top-five finish on the PGA Tour this season, with the Houston Open in March. Clark's best finish at a major tournament, outside of his victory, is a tie for 46th at this year's Masters.
