Tiger Woods was again stateside on Monday to observe his 15-year-old son Charlie participate in his first U.S. Junior Beginner at Oakland Hills Nation Membership in Michigan.
The elder Woods was a part of the big crowd that adopted the youthful Woods round on the primary day, with roughly 100 individuals ready on the first tee to see Charlie play, the Related Press reported.
Woods walked the course, protecting a eager eye on his son’s play, however was prohibited by U.S. Golf Affiliation guidelines from serving as Charlie’s caddie for the match.
Underneath the USGA tips, a participant can’t use a mother or father, step-parent or guardian as a caddie throughout the occasion, which incorporates the qualifying.
Charlie turned to teammate Luke Sensible to deal with bag duties.
It was a tricky day for the son of the 15-time main winner as Charlie shot 12-over-82 and appeared visibly annoyed on the 18th gap when he coated his face along with his hat after closing out the day shaking his taking part in associate’s hand.
Charlie might want to have a a lot better day on Tuesday to be among the many lowest 64 scorers to proceed on within the match, which has a subject of 264 gamers.
Whereas the day wasn’t how Charlie had envisioned it going, for a few of the different golfers within the match the big crowds and having a golf legend available made it a singular day.
“It’s so particular,” Baylor sophomore Davis Ovard informed The Detroit Information about having Woods there. “[Sunday] was a lot enjoyable. Right this moment he was somewhat extra off to the facet, so I didn’t see him as a lot, however yesterday he was strolling down the center of the golf green with us and was on the greens with us and we have been speaking concerning the course. It was like, is that this actual? It was loopy. Enjoying with Charlie is tremendous enjoyable. The group and all the things is quite a lot of enjoyable.”
Woods is coming off a tough efficiency of his personal a the British Open final week when he matched his highest 36-hole rating as a professional and missed the minimize in his third straight main.