Junior Players: Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach has share of the lead
The 19th Junior Players Championship started on Aug. 29 with much of the day played under threatening skies and intermittent rain.
Charlie Woods is more than a few strokes behind the pace after his first round at the 2025 Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedre Beach.
Woods, a junior at the Benjamin School and the son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, shot 4-over 76 in the first round of the Junior Players Championship on Aug. 29.
Teeing off in the middle of the morning, Woods went 4 over on the front nine, shooting a 40 that came with a bogey-bogey start and only one birdie and three pars. He fared better after the turn, making only two bogeys and shooting a 36 on the back nine that included dropping a shot on the 18th.
Woods’ only birdie on the front, No. 4, was on a 10-foot putt. After his first two holes, a heavy squall was passing over the beaches area.
His two birdies on the back: an 8-foot putt at No. 11 and a 10-foot putt at No. 15.
Though Tiger Woods was not spotted at the course, Charlie’s mother, Elin Nordegren, was present along with a few other family and friends. His sister, Sam, followed the practice round on Thursday.
Woods is seven shots off the lead, held in the clubhouse by Jacksonville Beach native Miles Russell, who shot a 4-under 68 in his first round. He is tied with Nicholas Logis, who also shot a 68, atop the leaderboard.
Since 2007, the best male amateurs ages 19 and under have played at the home of the Players Championship on the PGA Tour. Russell won the event back in 2023 when he was 14, the youngest winner ever.
Here’s a hole-by-hole look at Charlie Woods’ first round scoreboard at the Junior Players Champioship:
Charlie Woods hole-by-hole scorecard
TPC Sawgrass
Aug. 29, 2025
Hole — Score (Strokes)
No. 1 — Bogey (5)No. 2 — Bogey (6)No. 3 — Par (3)No. 4 — Birdie (3)No. 5 — Bogey (5)No. 6 — Par (4)No. 7 — Bogey (5)No. 8 — Bogey (4)No. 9 — Par (4)No. 10 — Par (4)No. 11 — Birdie (4)No. 12 — Par (4)No. 13 — Par (3)No. 14 — Bogey (5)No. 15 — Birdie (3)No. 16 — Par (5)No. 17 — Par (3)No. 18 — Bogey (5)
Final: Out 40, In 36, Total 76
One-day total: 40-36—76 (T43)
Florida Times-Union staff reports contributed to this report.
