Tiger Woods and his ex-wife were present to watch their soon deliver his own clutch moment in a school tournament
Charlie Woods is making waves in junior golf and can now talk to US colleges about furthering is career path in golf(Image: Photo by Ryan Lochhead/PGA of America via Getty Images)
Charlie Woods has demonstrated that he is a chip off the old block after draining a birdie on his final hole to clinch a school championship. And Dad Tiger was there to witness it alongside ex-wife Elin Nordegren.
The 16-year-old prodigy tied for the low final round of the day, as he helped Benjamin School win its second FHSAA Class 1A team title in three years. A birdie on the last saw him card a four under par 68 at Florida’s Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, handing his private Palm Beach school victory ahead of The First Academy.
Woods’ final round equalled the effort of First Academy senior Mingbo Jiang, who clinched the individual title by three shots, ahead of Woods’ Benjamin School teammate Andrew Tsar. Woods finished the tournament tied for fourth at two under par.
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The teenager’s father, 15-time Major winner and all-time golfing great Tiger Woods, followed his son around the course across the tournament.
The 49-year-old former World No. 1 has high hopes for son Charlie, who is following a path well-travelled by his world-famous father. The youngster has rapidly ascended the junior golf rankings this year, winning May’s AJGA Team TaylorMade Invitational before tying ninth at the Junior PGA Championship.
He was also recently named a first-team AJGA Rolex Junior All-American, ranking ninth in the AJGA rankings. He is AJGA’s highest-ranked 2027 recruit yet to commit to a college despite being cleared to speak to college coaches since June 15 this year.
Tiger Woods is hoping that son Charlie (left) will make it as professional golfer, just like himself(Image: Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
According to the US-based Golf Channel, several leading schools are keen to take Woods under their wing, including Florida State. He will have to go some way the emulate the achievements of his father, however.
Tiger Woods, who attended Stanford University, has won a staggering 82 PGA Tour titles in addition to his 15 Major Championship triumphs and was World No. 1 for 683 weeks, cementing his place as a global sporting icon.
Speaking after winning the TaylorMade Invitational in May, Charlie Woods 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. 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.”
Junior ace Woods will have been further buoyed by having both of his parents in attendance for his latest triumph on Sunday (November 16). Tiger Woods and Nordegren tied the knot in 2004 before divorcing six years later amid a high-profile relationship breakdown.
After driving his car into a tree outside his home, it emerged that Woods had been unfaithful to his wife in November 2009 before a string of women came forward with stories off alleged affairs. The divorced couple have two children together, Charlie, and his 17-year-old sister Sam.
In March 2025, Woods announced that he was dating Vanessa Trump, the former daughter-in-law of US President Donald Trump. Vanessa Trump was married to Donald Trump Jnr for 13 years before divorcing in 2018.
