Charlie Woods is not your average teenager. He couldn’t be, even if he wanted to. Unless he plans to move into some Mediterranean country house or settle down in some Icelandic village, the teenager will face media attention and public scrutiny in every aspect of his life, personal and professional. It’s truly a matter of wonder that the teenager still manages to prioritize his midterm after rubbing shoulders with the likes of Justin Thomas, Annika Sorenstam, and John Daly alongside his father.

However, one downside—farcical as it may sound—of having a Tiger Woods, a Jack Nicklaus, or a Gary Player as a father is that GOAT-level expectations are placed on your shoulders when those are not broad enough to carry their legacy. Unfortunately, everything Charlie Woods will ever achieve will be measured against his father’s achievement.

The father-son duo is currently gearing up for their routine annual outing at the PNC Championship this week. Charlie Woods has performed really well so far this year. However, his future success will hinge on how well he can get to grips with the ludicrous pressure that comes with being Tiger Woods’s son.

Woods’s legacy can prove to be a burden

In Tiger Woods’s success story, Earl Woods is the keystone—the fons et origo of the maverick who changed the game of golf. Woods has taken some of the parenting skills from his father and inculcated the value of grinding in his son. Nevertheless, it’s not the same as the relationship between Tiger Woods and Earl Woods. The veteran golfer appears to be more candid with his teenage son. “Charlie is Charlie… Yes, he is my son. But then again, he is his own person.“

Woods has courted and rejected the limelight since a young age. The media has thrown the spotlight on his personal life countless times but could never penetrate beyond the drawing room. That much you can expect from a person who names his yacht ‘Privacy.

For Charlie Woods, the case is a little different. The 15-time Major champion was always Tiger Woods, a first from the Woods family. However, for the teenager, first and foremost, he is Tiger Woods’s son, at least until he reaches close to or surpasses his father’s records, which seems well-nigh impossible at this moment. That’s a compliment on the father’s ridiculous achievements rather than a diss on the son’s skills.

Carving out an identity for himself will be hard for the teenager. Even when Woods was a young sensation quickly rising through the ranks, donning green jackets, and drinking from the Claret Jug, he was not subject to such minute scrutiny as Charlie Woods will be on his PGA Tour debut and every shot in his rookie season.

We have examples of wunderkinds buckling under pressure and eventually getting lost in the whirlwind of stardom and fame. But so far, Charlie Woods has weathered it pretty well, and he seems to be reveling in the spotlight.

How has Charlie Woods performed so far?

Charlie Woods officially debuted in front of the world at the 2020 PNC Championship. The 12-year-old kid finished in seventh place with 62 under. The following year, the father-son came all guns blazing as they recorded a second-place finish, just two shots behind Team Daly. The father-son duo fluttered 11 consecutive birdies in the final round to post 57 after shooting 62 in the final round.

Tiger Woods’s son is at the start of what could be a promising career, but how have his results been so far?

With a dad who can make a serious case for being the greatest player of all time, it’s not surprising that Charlie Woods has been making headlines since beginning to follow in Tiger’s footsteps with a burgeoning golf career of his own.

But how do his results stack up, and is the hype the 14-year-old is generating merited?

Charlie’s ability first caught the attention of the public when he was aged just 11 at a local junior event in Florida. In it, he shot a three under 33 over nine holes to win by five shots. Not bad considering that, just two years earlier, his dad had explained that he and his sister Sam were more interested in soccer.

Since bursting onto the scene at that young age, Charlie has had considerably more success on the course. Later in 2020, he appeared alongside Tiger at the PNC Championship for the first time, and they performed admirably, finishing seventh after shooting a pair of 62s.

The year after, it got even better as, despite Tiger’s long layoff after injuring his right leg in a car accident, the pair finished second at the tournament, two shots behind John Daly and John Daly II, including a final round 57 that included 11 straight birdies. The pair followed that up in 2022 with a T8 at the event at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.

Between 2021 and 2023, Charlie had already begun making a name for himself in tournaments without his famous dad alongside him, too.

In 2021, he competed on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in the Boys 11-13 category. From his six starts, he achieved finishes of T8, 3rd, 10th, 7th, 8th and 12th.

In 2022, Charlie again played mainly on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as well as the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, playing eight tournaments overall. In the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, Charlie competed in the Boys 11-13 category again. In his four appearances, he finished 2nd, T1, 10th and 1st, with that win coming in the Major Championship at Village Golf Course.

On the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, he played in the decidedly more challenging Boys 13-18 group, with finishes of 22nd, T40, T23 and T28.

He also finished T4 in the Last Chance Regional for the Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship. In the tournament, he finished a highly creditable 11th in the Boys 12-13 category among the field of 32.

On the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in 2023, Charlie moved up to the Boys 14-15 category, and finished T1, 2nd, T9 and 1st from his four tournaments. The latter result was particularly impressive as he cruised to victory by eight shots in the Major Championship at Village Golf Course, his second win at the tournament in a row, albeit in a different age category.

In 2023, on the Junior PGA South Florida Tour, Charlie’s eight tournaments finished T19, T8, 15th, T33, T20, 10th, T35, T5.

He also shot a 66 in the Last Chance Regional to close out victory and qualify for the 2023 Notah Begay III Boys’ Jr Golf National Championship in the Boys 14-15 category, where he finished T17 with Tiger caddying for him every day.

While it’s still early days for Charlie, and talk of him making it in the professional game, or even one day securing a Major win, is premature, as things stand, his results show that he undoubtedly has the potential to go further in the game.

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We keep waiting to find out when Tiger Woods will play next, but meanwhile his son, Charlie Woods, is finding his own way to make headlines.

Charlie Woods’ high school boys golf team won the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 1A State Championship on Wednesday, as he helped The Benjamin School to a two-day total of 602 at Mission Resort and Club, in Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla.

It was the fourth state title for Benjamin, which clipped First Academy by one and Episcopal by two.

Charlie, a freshman, shot 78-76, which tied him for 26th overall. He recorded his team’s fourth score on Day 1 and tied for his team’s second-best score on Day 2.

A video circulated on social media on Tuesday of Charlie chipping in on one hole. Some pictures of his famous father watching the tournament also made the rounds.

When Tiger was at Western High School in Anaheim, Calif., there were no state championships for golf; instead golf at that level was split into northern and southern regionals. Tiger won the southern regional once.

Tiger did win some big-time titles while he was an amateur, though — including three straight U.S Junior Amateurs and three straight U.S. Amateurs.

We’ll hear from Tiger soon enough, as his Hero World Challenge kicks off Nov. 30 at Albany in the Bahamas. There’s still one spot left in the field if Woods wants it (which largely relies on his health). Also coming up is the PNC Championship on Dec. 16-17. Tiger and Charlie have teamed up for this the past three years, but they have yet to officially commit for this year.

Charlie Woods is a state champion.

The 14-year-old Woods, a freshman at Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida, tied for 26th individually to help Benjamin to the Florida High School Athletic Assocation’s Class 1A state team championship on Thursday at Mission Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.

Woods fired rounds of 76-78-67 in rainy conditions and ranked fourth on his team behind Jake Valentine (T-8), Brooks Colton (T-12) and Pavel Tsar (T-18). Woods also chipped in during his second round.

Benjamin edged The First Academy by a shot. Pine Crest junior Alexander Weinberg won the individual title.

Woods has yet to commit the next month’s PNC Championship, which he has played in each of the past three years with his dad, Tiger.