Bernhard Langer of Germany sank an eagle putt on the primary playoff gap Sunday to disclaim Tiger Woods and his son Charlie their first win on the PNC Championship on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership in Orlando, Fla.
As an alternative, Langer received the occasion for the sixth time — his fourth victory with son Jason Langer to go along with two titles along with his different son, Stefan Langer.
Crew Woods and Crew Langer each tied the scoring file on the 36-hole household group occasion, following rounds of 59 Saturday with matching 57s Sunday for matching scores of 28-under-par 116.
The day will maybe finest be remembered for Charlie Woods’ first-ever hole-in-one, which he hit on the 176-yard, par-3 fourth gap early in Sunday’s spherical.
“It was superior having Dad there. That was a lot enjoyable,” the youthful Woods stated. “It was only a excellent 7-iron, little minimize in there. After all, I by no means obtained to see it go in, in order that sucks. However that’s all proper.”
“We heard it up on the inexperienced on the proper and left, however we have been completely uncertain till the TV confirmed it. And we went nuts,” Tiger Woods stated. “I don’t know what we did, however we loved it. It was an unbelievable second.”
Charlie Woods, 15, stated the shot ranked as essentially the most enjoyable he’s ever had on a golf course: “It’s not even shut.”
The 15-time main champion and his son scrambled their technique to an 8-under 28 on the entrance 9 and a 7-under 29 on the again. But it surely was solely sufficient to pressure a playoff with the Langers.
Bernhard Langer — the winningest participant in PGA Tour Champions historical past — and his son made eight birdies on the again 9 to achieve 28 underneath for the occasion. The playoff gap was the par-5 18th, and after Crew Woods had taken three photographs, Langer calmly sank a right-to-left eagle putt for the win.
He let his putter drop to the bottom and took off his cap in celebration earlier than embracing Tiger Woods. They’d performed the ultimate spherical collectively earlier than heading to the playoff gap.
“I performed with him in all probability a dozen instances,” stated Bernhard Langer, 67. “I used to be one of many first to play with him when he turned professional. However that was a very long time in the past. He’s come a good distance and received lots of tournaments since. However they couldn’t have been nicer.”
He praised his son for dealing with the “out-of-body expertise” of enjoying a spherical with Woods.
“It was actually particular to have the ability to be on the market with Tiger, and yeah, the gang was greater than something I’ve ever performed in entrance of, for positive,” Jason Langer stated. “I’m not that aggressive nowadays. I play a few novice occasions a 12 months. However undoubtedly, at this time was not one thing that I’m used to.”
This event was Tiger Woods’ first public spherical of golf since he missed the minimize at The Open Championship in July. He’s three months faraway from again surgical procedure and has not revealed his enjoying plans for 2025.
Requested if his promising weekend in Orlando was encouraging, he demurred.
“That is all about household,” he stated. “That is about bonding, and it’s about having a good time, and we did that. It is a thrill of a lifetime for us to have the ability to expertise this all collectively.”