Charlie Woods adds to family legacy with first major junior golf win
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The Woods family has added more hardware to the trophy case.
Charlie Woods took home the Team TaylorMade Invitational title Wednesday at the Streamsong Resort Black Course in Bowling Green, Florida, for his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) victory.
Woods began the day tied at 9-under and finished with a final-round 66 to come out on top of a 71-player field that included four of the top five players in the AJGA.
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Charlie Woods tees off on No. 11 during the final round of the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club. (Katie Goodale/Augusta Chronicle/USA Today Network)
Woods' final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of fifth-ranked Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham.
Woods opened the tournament with a first-round 70 but followed with a 65 Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, and his previous best finish was a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March.
Woods already has 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.
Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie Woods, at the second hole during a practice round before the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort June 11, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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Last summer, he qualified to compete at the U.S. Junior