Charlie Woods remained in robust place Thursday to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup workforce.
The 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods is tied for second place on the Junior PGA Championship after taking pictures a 5-under 66 in a rain-delayed third spherical on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complicated’s Ackerman-Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He stands at 12-under 202 for the week.
The gamers are vying for 2 computerized spots on the Junior Ryder Cup workforce, which can tackle Crew Europe from Sept. 23-25 at Nassau Nation Membership and Bethpage Black in New York. There’s additionally one captain’s decide, though Woods, who’s ranked twentieth within the newest American Junior Golf Affiliation rankings, is unlikely to be chosen for it.
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Woods has by no means competed within the occasion.
He mentioned after his spherical that he’s hoping to regulate his personal future with a powerful end Friday.
“It was a lot enjoyable,” Woods mentioned of his third spherical, in accordance with the Lafayette Journal & Courier. “I had a reasonably enjoyable chip on 16, however I simply loved being on the market, having enjoyable, and hopefully I’ve a very good probability of successful tomorrow.”
Woods endured a combined spherical Thursday. He had three runs of back-to-back birdies and made 9 birdies altogether, however he combined in 4 bogeys.
“My spherical was fairly up and down, and it gave me a coronary heart assault on the market,” Woods mentioned, in accordance with the Journal & Courier. “However 9 birdies is fairly good. A few three-putts, I made a couple of errors right now, however total fairly stable spherical. Fairly good place going into tomorrow.”
A rising junior on the Benjamin College in Palm Seashore, Florida, Woods gained the AJGA’s Crew TaylorMade Invitational in Might. He missed the minimize on the current U.S. Junior Beginner. He has not made a school dedication.
Lunden Esterline leads the Junior PGA at 19 underneath after carding a third-round 66. Esterline, from Andover, Kansas, is a 2027 Auburn commit.
Pennson Badgett is tied with Woods in second after taking pictures a 67 on Thursday. Badgett, from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, is a 2026 Tennessee commit.
Data from Subject Degree Media was used on this report.
