Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of {golfing} nice Tiger Woods, earned his first American Junior Golf Affiliation (AJGA) win on Wednesday with a three-shot victory on the Workforce TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Inexperienced, Florida.
Woods, enjoying in his fifth AJGA occasion, started the ultimate spherical one shot behind in a single day chief Luke Colton and combined two bogeys with eight birdies for a six-under-par 66 on the Black Course at Streamsong Resort that introduced him to fifteen underneath on the week.
Willie Gordon (65), Phillip Dunham (68) and Colton (70) completed in a share of second place.
After a birdie-bogey begin, Woods grabbed the solo lead late on the outward 9 with 4 birdies over a scorching five-hole stretch.
He then constructed a three-shot cushion with birdies on the eleventh and twelfth holes, dropped a shot on the thirteenth however responded instantly with a birdie on the 298-yard, par-four 14th, the place he drove the inexperienced. He closed out his spherical with 4 consecutive pars.
Earlier than this week, Woods’s finest outcome on the AJGA circuit was a share of twenty fifth place on the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March.
Woods has competed along with his father within the final 5 editions of the PNC Championship — a 36-hole occasion that includes two-player groups made up of a significant champion and a member of the family — and final December, they completed runners-up for a second time.
The elder Woods has been sidelined since present process surgical procedure in March to restore a ruptured Achilles tendon and is predicted to overlook the remainder of the PGA Tour season.