Tiger Woods’ son Charlie is making quite the splash in his burgeoning golf career and emulated one of his famous father’s achievements this week
11:14, 06 Nov 2025Updated 11:14, 06 Nov 2025
Charlie Woods has matched one of Tiger’s achievement(Image: Getty Images)
Charlie Woods has earned recognition as one of the premier junior golfers from the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). The son of Tiger Woods is one of 12 boys to be named to the All-America First Team this year, emulating his famous father.
Woods Sr. made that same team in all four of his years at high school before graduating in 1994. He was also named Player of the Year twice, in 1991 and 1992, a feat Miles Russell has now matched with this year’s win.
There are still two years for Woods Jr to follow in his father’s footsteps. The 16-year-old is not due to graduate until 2017.
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However, making the First Team this year is an achievement in itself. As the AJGA states, “these young men and women distinguished themselves through exceptional play”.
Woods Jr’s inclusion is especially remarkable after being ranked 604th as recently as May. Winning his first AJGA event at the Team TaylorMade Invitational moved him into the top 20, where he now ranks ninth.
That was Woods Jr’s third event of the year. He had previously tied for 52nd at the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship in February before a joint-25th finish during the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.
Charlie was with Tiger Woods at the US Open in 2024(Image: Getty Images)
This summer, he came in tied 196th at the US Junior Amateur Championship, before rallying a week later to come in joint ninth at the Boys’ Junior PGA Championship. Last time out at the Junior PLAYERS Championship, he came tied for 31st.
The rankings are by average points, with not all boys participating in the same number of events. Of the players graduating in 2027, Woods Jr ranks fourth, behind Giuseppe Puebla, Jessy Huebner and Russell.
Evan Liu, Luden Esterline and Ronin Banerjee come just behind him, with the former coming 13th to miss out on First Team. Woods Jr’s 225 points earned by winning the Team TaylorMade Invitational helped keep his average high enough to make the cut.
Charlie Woods hit a hole-in-one at last year’s PNC Championship(Image: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
After that win, the teenager said: “It means so much because I haven’t really performed at the highest level yet. And to finally do it after all the work I have put in, and not playing well in big events in the past.
“Even though I know I am so much better than that, and for it all to finally come together is such a great feeling.” Woods added, “Just being able to say to myself that I have won an absolutely amazing event and say that I have performed under high-pressure situations is huge going forward.
“I haven’t been able to say that I have done that, and now that I can, it is a big thing for my mental game going forward.” Woods Jr will hope that making the All-America team is the first of his father’s many achievements that he goes on to match.
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