Golf: Tiger Woods caddyed for his son Charlie and gave him advice that helped him make the lowest score of his career

It is not the first time that Tiger Woods has played with his son Charlie. Regular teammates at the PNC Championship, this weekend father Tiger was the caddy for his son Charlie as he completed his career-low round of 68. But they did demonstrate a greater connection, high five in each hole and with Charlie detailing some advice Tiger gave him. The PNC Championship is an unofficial tournament on the PGA circuit, in which twenty Grand Slam winners compete in pairs with a family member.

In December 2021, Tiger and his son Charlie had also participated together in the PNC Championship, the first tournament that the former number 1 played. since the serious traffic accident that caused serious leg injuries. On that occasion they finished second, two strokes behind the winning couple, made up of John Daly and his son John II, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando (Florida).

With the eyes of the golf world focused on the Presidents Cup last weekend, the game’s potential future lay elsewhere. Charlie Woods recorded this Sunday the lowest round of his career (of 68) in a qualifier for the Notah Begay III Junior National Golf Championship at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey, Florida. His father, Tiger Woods, carried his clubs, information released by the official PGA Tour website.

After a 1 over 37 in the first nine, Charlie entered with two birdies and an eagle on the par 5 14th hole to score a 68. His second shot on that 14th hole almost found the cup for an albatross, but it went off and left a bunt eagle.

While most aspiring 13-year-old golfers are lucky enough to have a devoted coach or parent cheering them on from the cart path, Charlie navigated his round with the help and guidance of an 82-time PGA TOUR winner in the bag. Charlie himself recounted the advice Tiger gave him: “Well, Dad told me to be patient. He told me: he just plays golf constantly. Be patient, play, focus on each shot, don’t look too far. Stay in the game.”

Charlie would finish T4 in the Boys 12-13 division of the tournament scoring 4-over-par through 36 holes. Notably, the weekend winner of the men’s medley was 15-year-old Misha Golod of Ukraine, scoring 144 in two days.

The president of the Italian Golf Federation (FIG), Franco Chimenti, and Gian Paolo Montali, general director of the project Ryder Cup, They expressed their desire to have the presence of Tiger Woods in the United States team that will face the European team in the next edition of the traditional duel. ”We dream of Tiger Woods in the 2023 Ryder Cup. We are trying to bring it to the Italian Open and we will try again”, guaranteed Chimenti and Montali from Trento on the occasion of the fifth edition of the Sports Festival, according to a cable from the ANSA Agency.

The 2023 edition of the Ryder Cup will be held at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, where Europe will seek to take “revenge” for the fall suffered last year against the United States. “I was the only one I didn’t want to play against, but I managed to beat Tiger,” said Costantino Rocca, also present at the Sports Festival and the first Italian to play in the Ryder Cup in the 1993 edition, four years before joining the European team. in which he surpassed the “Black Cat”.

The Ryder Cup 2023 will be held from September 29 to October 1 of next year and Europe will have England’s Luke Donald as captain, while Zach Johnson will guide the formation of the United States. “If we win the possibility of organizing the Ryder Cup, it is also thanks above all to the unparalleled fascination of Rome”, Chimenti added to one year of the next edition of the traditional duel, whose protagonists will also meet with Pope Francis before starting their activity.