Charlie Woods wowed the crowd at the PNC Championship with a powerful 323-yard drive on the 13th hole. The hole officially measures 321 yards, but Charlie’s exceptional swing and precision allowed him to go beyond, landing just past the green.

On the subsequent hole, Charlie Woods faced a different challenge, as he lost the ball to the right. But even in that moment, his talent shone through. The ball found the right side of the fairway, traveling 232 yards.

Charlie’s average drive, albeit based on this small sample size of two drives, positions him above the curve for his age. His skill, precision and power on the golf course are undeniably impressive.

What did father Tiger say about Charlie Woods’s game?

After his son hit the powerful 323-yard drive on the 13th hole, Tiger Woods praised him during an interview.

“His speed has gone dramatically up this year. He’s hitting it past me now,” Tiger said.

“I’m just happy for him [Charlie Woods], that whenever he hits a shot that he wants to hit, that he’s able to pull that off and I’ve seen him do it in practice and it’s always fun and enjoyable to see him pull it off in a competitive environment, and I just see him just learning and growing.”

Tiger concluded:

“I think that people have probably seen how much he’s grown physically from last year and that’s the challenging part of it, is that trying to figure out swing path and clubs and fit and gram weights and everything’s a moving target right so that’s the the hard part.”

In the opening round at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Team Woods shot an 8-under 64. Despite their prowess on the par 5s and consistent birdies, the duo found themselves trailing Team Kuchar by seven strokes going into Sunday.

On the final day the duo improved their performance, carding an impressive 11-under 61 in challenging windy conditions. While they didn’t clinch the victory, their combined score of 19 under helped them secure a tie for fifth place.

The Woods duo have registered consistent top-10 finishes in the PNC Championship. The 2023 tournament capped another memorable chapter in the father-son’s golf journey.

Charlie Woods wowed the crowd at the PNC Championship with a powerful 323-yard drive on the 13th hole. Despite the hole officially measuring 321 yards, Charlie’s exceptional swing and precision allowed him to go beyond, landing just past the green.

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On the subsequent hole, Charlie Woods faced a different challenge, losing the ball to the right. However, even in this moment, his talent shone through. The ball found the right side of the fairway, traveling 232 yards, approximately 40 shorter than his impressive drive just a hole earlier.

Charlie’s average drive, albeit based on this small sample size of two drives, positions him above the curve for his age. His skill, precision, and power on the golf course are undeniably impressive.

What did father Tiger say about Charlie Woods’s game?

After hitting the powerful 323-yard drive on the 13th hole, Tiger Woods praised his son during an interview.

“His speed has gone dramatically up this year. He’s hitting it past me now,” Tiger said.

“I’m just happy for him [Charlie Woods], that whenever he hits a shot that he wants to hit, that he’s able to pull that off and I’ve seen him do it in practice and it’s always fun and enjoyable to see him pull it off in a competitive environment, and I just see him just learning and growing.”

Tiger concluded:

After a third appearance as a father-son duo at the PNC Championship in south Florida, 14-year-old Charlie Woods accidentally let slip a key insight into his father’s putting.

Tiger Woods and Charlie managed to finish tied for fifth at the tournament – shooting 19-under thanks in part to some short-game struggles on the first day.

When asked by Golf.com about how good of a caddie his dad is, Charlie mentioned that Tiger’s reads are not traditional.

‘For Dad as a caddie, his reads are hook-bias, and I don’t hook as much as he does,’ he said.

‘So all of my putts, I miss right. So I have to account for that.’

Analysis of putt lab data (via Golf Digest) found that Tiger actually addresses the ball to the right of his intended line. But thanks to a strong right hand in his putting stroke, he hooks the club face back to being slightly closed.

While not technically ‘perfect’, it is consistent – and Tiger has practiced it enough that it’s become natural and it works well for him.

On Saturday, the pairing only finished eight-under and blamed their work on the greens for a performance that wasn’t up to their standards.

‘I mean, I drove the ball really good today – I didn’t miss a fairway – and we still managed to shoot eight-under,’ Charlie remarked, adding, ‘We just suck at putting.’

Tiger agreed, following up his son’s comments by saying that he ‘summed it up right there’.

Sunday, they got their act together – shooting eleven-under on the day to finish 19-under for the whole tournament.

Bernhard Langer and his son Jason won the tournament by two shots.