Charlie Woods wins first AJGA event at Crew TaylorMade Invitational

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The Woods family has added extra {hardware} to the trophy case.

Charlie Woods took residence the Crew TaylorMade Invitational title Wednesday on the Streamsong Resort Black Course in Bowling Inexperienced, Florida, for his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) victory.

Woods started the day tied at 9-under and completed with a final-round 66 to come back out on prime of a 71-player subject that included 4 of the highest 5 gamers within the AJGA.

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Charlie Woods tees off on No. 11 in the course of the remaining spherical of the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Membership. (Katie Goodale/Augusta Chronicle/USA Right now Community)

Woods' remaining spherical featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with 4 straight pars. He gained the occasion by three strokes forward of fifth-ranked Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham.

Woods opened the event with a first-round 70 however adopted with a 65 Tuesday. He was competing in simply his fifth AJGA occasion, and his earlier finest end was a tie for twenty fifth on the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March.

Woods already has a number of wins on his resume, together with his first coming within the 14-15-year-old class on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Main Championship in June 2023. Later that yr, he gained the Final Probability Regional golf event.

Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie Woods, on the second gap throughout a observe spherical earlier than the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort June 11, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C. (Andrew Redington/Getty Photos)

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Final summer time, he certified to compete on the U.S. Junior Newbie but failed to make the cut . He recorded his first-ever hole-in-one on the PNC Championship, the place he teamed up together with his father.

His dad has 82 skilled wins, tied with Sam Snead for probably the most ever. Fifteen of these victories have are available in majors, and his final main win was the unforgettable 2019 Masters.

Tiger, who has not gained a event because the 2019 Zozo, is recovering from a ruptured Achilles he sustained simply weeks earlier than this yr's Masters. In 18 official occasions since ending tied for ninth on the 2020 Farmers Insurance coverage Open, his finest end was a tie for thirty seventh on the 2020 PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods, left, and his son, Charlie Woods, fist-bump after making their putt on the thirteenth inexperienced in the course of the remaining spherical of the PNC Championship Dec. 22, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photograph/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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Final yr, Tiger competed in simply 5 occasions, together with the Genesis Invitational and the opposite 4 majors. He withdrew from the Genesis, completed useless final within the Masters and missed the lower within the remaining three majors.