Woods: “Charlie Can Beat Me Over 9-Holes But He’s Yet To Win Over 18. That Day Is Coming”.

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It is a very special week for Tiger Woods and teeing-up for a just a sixth occasion in 2024 at this week’s PNC Championship in Orlando.

Special because Woods, who turns 49 on December 30th, will again have his son Charlie as playing partner and with the now 15-year-old getting closer, as Woods says, to beating the 15-time major winning Woods.

Woods revealed just how close young Charlie, and who has clearly grown in height in recent years, is to beating his father ahead of the tournament.

“It’s a real blast to be able to tee-up alongside my son and while Charlie beat me for nine holes, he has yet to beat me for 18 holes”, said Woods smiling.

“That day is coming. I’m just prolonging it as long as I possibly can.

“But we have so much fun out there.  Charlie, J.L. and I go way back to junior golf and amateur golf, college golf, and all the teams we’ve made together over the years. It’ll be a fun atmosphere tomorrow, and we’re just going to have a blast”.

And looking at a very grown-up son, the present World No. 1,111th ranked Woods spoke also of how his son is growing and also how, and like any father, he’s sought to advise Charlie in dealing with all the distractions as son of a player of Woods’ stature.

“His maturity. He’s grown so much since last year. He’s put on three and a half, four inches in height. It’s a moving target. He’s got stronger, faster, heavier. He’s a typical teenager”, said Woods.

“I was always reminding him, just be you. Charlie is Charlie. Yes, he’s my son. He’s going to have my last name and it’s going to be part of his core. But I just want him to be just himself and be his own person. That’s what we can only do. We always focus on, and I always encourage it, for him to carve his own name, carve his own path and have his own journey.

“I think he’s doing a great job. In this day and age where you have so many different — everyone is basically media, with all the phones. Being constantly filmed and constantly people watching, that’s just part of his generation, and that’s part of the world that he has to maneuver through.

“I try and do the best job I possibly can as a parent. I’m always here for him. But at the end of the day, I just want him to just be himself and live his own life”.



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