Editor’s note: Here’s how Charlie Woods performed at the first round of the Junior PGA Championship.
This week’s 2025 Junior PGA Championships at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex will bring future professional golf stars to central Indiana.
It may also bring one of the established greats of the game to West Lafayette as a spectator.
Charlie Woods’ name appeared on the entry list Sunday for the four-day tournament, which begins Tuesday. He is the son of 15-time PGA major winner Tiger Woods. Tournament organizers typically have held off confirming Woods will appear at events until closer to the start.
Charlie Woods is one of 312 golfers — 156 apiece in the boys and girls tournaments — who will compete on the Kampen-Cosler and Ackerman-Allen courses. Past winners include recognizable pro tour names from Inbee Park to Trevor Immelman.
Top-ranked competitors for this event include Luke Colton and Giuseppe Puebla on the boys side and Asterisk Talley, Yujie Liu and Anna Fang on the girls.
The 16-year-old Woods won the American Junior Golf Association’s Team TaylorMade Invitational in May. His father, who won the U.S. Junior Amateur three times, was seen following his son at the same event last week. Tiger Woods has also occasionally served at his son’s caddie at tournaments.
Tiger Woods also competed in the Junior PGA Championships during his stellar amateur career. He finished runner-up to Chris Couch in 1990.
The family shared a viral moment last year when the son, playing with his father, achieved his first hole-in-one at the PNC Championship. In March, Tiger Woods announced he suffered a ruptured Achilles while training at home for his return to the PGA Tour.
Admission is free for the tournament, as is parking at nearby Ross-Ade Stadium. Fans can take golf cart shuttles to the event.
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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Charlie Woods, Tiger’s son, competing in Junior PGA Championships at Purdue
Reporting by Nathan Baird, Indianapolis Star / Indianapolis Star
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