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2024 U.S. Open odds, golf picks: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy predictions by model that nailed the Masters, PGA

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U.S. Open 2024 picks for Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and more 2024 U.S. Open golfers

Justin Rose’s lone major victory came at the U.S. Open in 2013. He will enter the 2024 U.S. Open as a more seasoned professional, having now won 11 events on the PGA Tour. The 43-year-old secured his best finish of the 2024 season at the PGA Championship in May. However, Rose has struggled throughout the 2024 season, finishing T-44 or worse in six of his last eight starts. The Englishman will be among the top longshots at the 2024 U.S. Open, which gets underway from Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina on Thursday, June 13.

Should Rose be included in your 2024 U.S. Open prediction, or are you better off backing a player like Scottie Scheffler, who has secured four wins this season? According to the latest 2024 U.S. Open odds, Scheffler is the 4-1 favorite, while Rose is a 65-1 longshot. Before locking in your 2024 U.S. Open picks or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure’s model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure’s best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm’s second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 12 majors entering the weekend, including three straight Masters and the 2024 PGA Championship. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now that the 2024 U.S. Open is approaching, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2024 U.S. Open leaderboard.

2024 U.S. Open predictions for Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy

One shocker the model is calling for at the U.S. Open 2024: Brooks Koepka (12-1), a five-time major winner and the U.S. Open champion in 2017 and 2018, struggles and barely cracks the top 10. Koepka’s last major victory came at the 2023 PGA Championship, but he hasn’t come close to winning another major since then. He placed outside the top 25 at both of the first two majors this year, and he’s on a streak of four majors without even a top 10 finish, which ties the longest drought without a top 10 in his career.

Koepka has had lots of success in recent international tournaments but has struggled domestically. Over his last 10 starts in the United States, none have resulted in top 10 finishes, despite many of them having smaller fields where it would be easier to make a run up the leaderboard. Additionally, Koepka has played Pinehurst No. 2 once before, and he could only break par just once over his four rounds of play. See who else to fade here.

The model has also locked in its projection for Tiger Woods (125-1), a 15-time major winner. This will be Woods’ first U.S. Open start since 2020, when he shot 10-over-par and missed the cut. Since then, he’s made six starts at majors, making two cuts, missing two cuts and withdrawing twice. He missed the cut in his last start at the PGA Championship, but he also noted a physical improvement in how he felt, saying, “I need to clean up my rounds but also know physically, yes, I am better than I was a month ago.”

With another month having passed since that comment, Woods should, theoretically, be in an even better physical state for the U.S. Open. His past success at Pinehurst should also bring optimism with a pair of top-three finishes at the course when it hosted U.S. Opens in 1999 and 2005. It’s been 10 years since Pinehurst No. 2 hosted any PGA Tour event, so much of the U.S. Open 2024 field will be competing at it for the first time. Woods’ experience at the course can’t be overlooked, so he’ll look to lean on that rather than his recent results at majors. See where every golfer finishes here.

On the other hand, the model has examined Rory McIlroy’s (9-1) chances to win his second U.S. Open after being victorious in 2011. McIlroy has been red-hot in recent weeks, securing two wins in his last four starts. He also recorded a T-4 finish at the RBC Canadian Open at the beginning of the month.

McIlroy has been able to secure those positive results thanks to his effectiveness off the tee. The 35-year-old is ranked second in total driving (41), second in driving distance (318.1) and third in strokes gained off the tee (0.861). He has been streaky with his putter in 2024, ranking 40th in strokes gained putting (0.302) and 42nd in putts per round (28.49). See the full U.S. Open projections from the model here.

How to make 2024 U.S. Open picks

The model is targeting three golfers with 2024 U.S. Open odds of 20-1 or longer who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model’s 2024 U.S. Open picks here.

Who will win the 2024 U.S. Open, which longshots will stun the golfing world, and where will Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy finish? Check out the latest 2024 U.S. Open odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected U.S. Open 2024 leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed 12 golf majors, including this year’s Masters and PGA Championship.

2024 U.S. Open odds, field

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Scottie Scheffler 4-1
Rory McIlroy 9-1
Xander Schauffele 10-1
Brooks Koepka 12-1
Jon Rahm 12-1
Ludvig Aberg 14-1
Viktor Hovland 18-1
Collin Morikawa 18-1
Bryson DeChambeau 20-1
Patrick Cantlay 22-1
Wyndham Clark 22-1
Joaquin Niemann 25-1
Cameron Smith 25-1
Max Homa 30-1
Justin Thomas 33-1
Cameron Young 35-1
Dustin Johnson 35-1
Jordan Spieth 35-1
Hideki Matsuyama 35-1
Shane Lowry 40-1
Sahith Theegala 40-1
Tom Kim 40-1
Tony Finau 40-1
Sungjae Im 40-1
Matt Fitzpatrick 40-1
Jason Day 45-1
Tommy Fleetwood 50-1
Min Woo Lee 50-1
Tyrrell Hatton 50-1
Brian Harman 55-1
Corey Conners 60-1
Sam Burns 60-1
Patrick Reed 60-1
Si Woo Kim 65-1
Justin Rose 65-1
Sepp Straka 70-1
Louis Oosthuizen 75-1
Abraham Ancer 75-1
Rickie Fowler 75-1
Adam Scott 75-1
Talor Gooch 75-1
Russell Henley 90-1
Daniel Berger 100-1
Keegan Bradley 100-1
Keith Mitchell 125-1
Ryan Fox 125-1
J.T. Poston 125-1
Billy Horschel 125-1
Tiger Woods 125-1
Sergio Garcia 125-1
Thomas Pieters 150-1
Kurt Kitayama 150-1
Phil Mickelson 150-1
Mito Pereira 150-1
Denny McCarthy 150-1
Harris English 150-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 150-1
Adam Schenk 175-1
Emiliano Grillo 175-1
Austin Eckroat 175-1
Robert MacIntyre 175-1
Marc Leishman 175-1
Adam Hadwin 175-1
Lucas Glover 200-1
Nick Taylor 200-1
Davis Riley 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes 200-1
Jason Kokrak 200-1
Harold Varner III 225-1
Seamus Power 225-1
Taylor Moore 250-1
Ben Kohles 250-1
Gary Woodland 250-1
Aaron Wise 250-1
Francisco Molinari 350-1
Joel Dahmen 350-1
Martin Kaymer 500-1
Bernhard Langer 750-1

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U.S. Open 2024: Tiger Woods is playing at Pinehurst on a special exemption. Here’s what it is and why he’ll get more if he wants

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There is a romanticism to the U.S. Open, a beauty that is found in its name. Open. The sport beats its chest about meritocracy, but this tournament is meritocracy incarnate. The U.S. Open doesn’t care who you are or what you’ve done, where you play or where you’re from. Its invitations are not given; they are earned.

You see, there, in the fine print of the U.S. Open entry form, Category F-23 among the exemptions from Local and Final Qualifying, the USGA notes that it reserves the right to select a player for a special exemption into the national championship. It’s a rarely used provision that dates back 58 years, one that will be given for just the 35th time next week at Pinehurst No. 2 so that one of the most decorated golfers in USGA history has a chance to compete once more.

Of course, you could argue Tiger Woods has earned the special exemption by virtue of his 15 career major titles, including three U.S. Open victories. Woods has lifetime exemptions into the Masters and PGA Championship as a past champion and can play in the Open Championship until 2036, when he is 60 and last exempt thanks to his three claret jug victories. But winning the U.S. Open only comes with a 10-year exemption. With his last triumph at this tournament coming in 2008, and his five-year exemption from winning the 2019 Masters having run out, 2024 marked the first time in Woods’ professional career that he was not fully exempt into the U.S. Open.

“The U.S. Open, our national championship, is a truly special event for our game and one that has helped define my career,” said Woods, who will also receive the Bob Jones Award, the USGA’s highest honor, next week at Pinehurst. “I’m honored to receive this exemption and could not be more excited for the opportunity to compete in this year’s U.S. Open, especially at Pinehurst, a venue that means so much to the game.”

The special exemption practice began in 1966, when four-time U.S. Open winner Ben Hogan received an invite to play at that year’s championship at The Olympic Club—site of his playoff defeat to Jack Fleck in 1955. The then 53-year-old Hogan showed the invite was more than ceremonial, shooting a four-day total of 291 to finish in 12th. The special exemption wasn’t used for another 11 years until 1977, when three players (Sam Snead, Tommy Bolt and Julius Boros) were granted it.

While only 35 players have been let in via special exemption, many have been gifted it multiple times. Jack Nicklaus, a four-time U.S. Open winner and two-time U.S. Amateur champ, was awarded a special exemption in eight instances, beginning in 1991 and ending in 2000. Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson both received five special invitations, with Seve Ballesteros, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Hale Irwin also getting multiple special grants.

Irwin’s 1990 special exemption, is, well, especially special. Irwin had not won on the PGA Tour in five years, and it had been 11 years since Irwin captured his second U.S. Open title. But at age 45 Irwin shot a eight-under 280 to tie Mike Donald and proceeded to beat Donald the next day in an 18-hole playoff for his third national championship crown.

It’s not just former winners who get the special exemption. Both Aaron Baddeley and Michael Campbell received special exemptions thanks to international performances (Baddeley winning the 1999 Australian Open as an amateur; Campbell grabbing five global victories). Phil Mickelson has famously never won the U.S. Open, finishing runner-up six times. He once said that he would not accept a special exemption if it was given, but Mickelson softened that stance for the 2021 U.S. Open in his hometown of San Diego (although it’s worth noting Mickelson ultimately qualified thanks to winning the 2021 PGA Championship just weeks before).

So what does this mean for Woods? No need to regurgitate all of his career accolades, but it’s worth remembering he’s played an indelible part in the USGA’s championship history, winning three U.S. Opens, three U.S. Amateurs and three U.S. Juniors to tie Bobby Jones for the most USGA titles overall. There’s also the business aspect of Woods: He continues to be the biggest draw in the sport, and U.S. Opens with Woods in the field have a higher likelihood of attracting more attention—both on the course and on television/streaming.

So it is that Woods is likely to receive more special exemptions, if needed, in the future. He most certainly will get an invite next year at Oakmont to coincide with the U.S. Open’s 125th playing. Pebble Beach, site of Woods’ historic 2000 U.S. Open win, will host again in 2027, and it’s a good bet Woods will get the nod when the U.S. Open comes to his hometown of Los Angeles in 2031. Given the USGA’s track record with Nicklaus and Palmer, the odds are high that Woods will get invites in the interstitial years should he want them.

In short, don’t be surprised if Woods’ special exemption becomes something of a trend for the foreseeable future. Or at least until Woods decides he’s no longer “earned” them.

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2024 U.S. Open odds, golf picks: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy predictions from model that nailed the Masters, PGA

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U.S. Open 2024 picks for Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and more 2024 U.S. Open golfers

The 2024 U.S. Open begins on Thursday, June 13 from Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. The third major of the year offers 22 criteria to qualify, and Tiger Woods met none of them due to his inactivity and results over the last few years. However, the 15-time major winner received a special exemption to the 2024 U.S. Open field, which he readily accepted. While it has been five years since Woods notched a top-25 in any major, he finisedh second and third in his two previous U.S. Open starts at Pinehurst No. 2.

Still, Woods is a 125-1 longshot in the 2024 U.S. Open odds, just ahead of longtime rival Phil Mickelson (150-1). Scottie Scheffler is the 4-1 favorite, with Rory McIlroy (9-1) the only other golfer with single-digit U.S. Open 2024 odds. Xander Schauffele is 10-1 coming off his first major victory, while two-time U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka is 12-1 to deploy in 2024 U.S. Open predictions. Before locking in your 2024 U.S. Open picks or entering any PGA DFS tournaments on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure’s model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure’s best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm’s second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 12 majors entering the weekend, including three straight Masters and the 2024 PGA Championship. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now that the 2024 U.S. Open is approaching, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2024 U.S. Open leaderboard.

2024 U.S. Open predictions for Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy

One shocker the model is calling for at the U.S. Open 2024: Brooks Koepka (12-1), a five-time major winner and the U.S. Open champion in 2017 and 2018, struggles and barely cracks the top 10. Koepka’s last major victory came at the 2023 PGA Championship, but he hasn’t come close to winning another major since then. He placed outside the top 25 at both of the first two majors this year, and he’s on a streak of four majors without even a top 10 finish, which ties the longest drought without a top 10 in his career.

Koepka has had lots of success in recent international tournaments but has struggled domestically. Over his last 10 starts in the United States, none have resulted in top 10 finishes, despite many of them having smaller fields where it would be easier to make a run up the leaderboard. Additionally, Koepka has played Pinehurst No. 2 once before, and he could only break par just once over his four rounds of play. See who else to fade here.

The model has also locked in its projection for Tiger Woods (125-1), a 15-time major winner. This will be Woods’ first U.S. Open start since 2020, when he shot 10-over-par and missed the cut. Since then, he’s made six starts at majors, making two cuts, missing two cuts and withdrawing twice. He missed the cut in his last start at the PGA Championship, but he also noted a physical improvement in how he felt, saying, “I need to clean up my rounds but also know physically, yes, I am better than I was a month ago.”

With another month having passed since that comment, Woods should, theoretically, be in an even better physical state for the U.S. Open. His past success at Pinehurst should also bring optimism with a pair of top-three finishes at the course when it hosted U.S. Opens in 1999 and 2005. It’s been 10 years since Pinehurst No. 2 hosted any PGA Tour event, so much of the U.S. Open 2024 field will be competing at it for the first time. Woods’ experience at the course can’t be overlooked, so he’ll look to lean on that rather than his recent results at majors. See where every golfer finishes here.

On the other hand, the model has examined Rory McIlroy’s (9-1) chances to win his second U.S. Open after being victorious in 2011. The Irishman was runner-up at this tournament last year, which extended his streak of top 10s at the U.S. Open to five years. He played Pinehurst at the 2014 U.S. Open and was in the top 10 entering the weekend before shooting seven-over-par over the last two rounds to finish 23rd.

McIlroy has two wins on tour this year, claiming the team event Zurich Classic and a signature tournament in the Wells Fargo Championship. However, he’s been a bit of boom-or-bust as he has just two other top 10s this season to give him a total of four. With the season more than halfway over, McIlroy seemingly won’t come close to the 13 top 10s he had last year. His win at the Wells Fargo is his only top 10 at a major or signature event this season, so McIlroy will look to elevate his level of play to be in contention at Pinehurst. See the full U.S. Open projections from the model here.

How to make 2024 U.S. Open picks

The model is targeting three golfers with 2024 U.S. Open odds of 20-1 or longer who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model’s 2024 U.S. Open picks here.

Who will win the 2024 U.S. Open, which longshots will stun the golfing world, and where will Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy finish? Check out the latest 2024 U.S. Open odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected U.S. Open 2024 leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed 12 golf majors, including this year’s Masters and PGA Championship.

2024 U.S. Open odds, field

See the full U.S. Open 2024 picks, best bets, and predictions here.

Scottie Scheffler 4-1
Rory McIlroy 9-1
Xander Schauffele 10-1
Brooks Koepka 12-1
Jon Rahm 12-1
Ludvig Aberg 14-1
Viktor Hovland 18-1
Collin Morikawa 18-1
Bryson DeChambeau 20-1
Patrick Cantlay 22-1
Wyndham Clark 22-1
Joaquin Niemann 25-1
Cameron Smith 25-1
Max Homa 30-1
Justin Thomas 33-1
Cameron Young 35-1
Dustin Johnson 35-1
Jordan Spieth 35-1
Hideki Matsuyama 35-1
Shane Lowry 40-1
Sahith Theegala 40-1
Tom Kim 40-1
Tony Finau 40-1
Sungjae Im 40-1
Matt Fitzpatrick 40-1
Jason Day 45-1
Tommy Fleetwood 50-1
Min Woo Lee 50-1
Tyrrell Hatton 50-1
Brian Harman 55-1
Corey Conners 60-1
Sam Burns 60-1
Patrick Reed 60-1
Si Woo Kim 65-1
Justin Rose 65-1
Sepp Straka 70-1
Louis Oosthuizen 75-1
Abraham Ancer 75-1
Rickie Fowler 75-1
Adam Scott 75-1
Talor Gooch 75-1
Russell Henley 90-1
Daniel Berger 100-1
Keegan Bradley 100-1
Keith Mitchell 125-1
Ryan Fox 125-1
J.T. Poston 125-1
Billy Horschel 125-1
Tiger Woods 125-1
Sergio Garcia 125-1
Thomas Pieters 150-1
Kurt Kitayama 150-1
Phil Mickelson 150-1
Mito Pereira 150-1
Denny McCarthy 150-1
Harris English 150-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 150-1
Adam Schenk 175-1
Emiliano Grillo 175-1
Austin Eckroat 175-1
Robert MacIntyre 175-1
Marc Leishman 175-1
Adam Hadwin 175-1
Lucas Glover 200-1
Nick Taylor 200-1
Davis Riley 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes 200-1
Jason Kokrak 200-1
Harold Varner III 225-1
Seamus Power 225-1
Taylor Moore 250-1
Ben Kohles 250-1
Gary Woodland 250-1
Aaron Wise 250-1
Francisco Molinari 350-1
Joel Dahmen 350-1
Martin Kaymer 500-1
Bernhard Langer 750-1

 

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This video of Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods walking has everybody talking

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Asnippet of him standing on the range at Liberty National. A clip of him hitting a wedge shot at Pebble Beach. A peek at him trotting down steps at El Cardonal Diamante ahead of his course hosting this week’s PGA Tour event.

With each successive glimpse of Tiger Woods in a golf setting comes hope among his legion of fans. It’s hope that Woods’ recovery from ankle surgery in April that sidelined him for the rest of 2023 after just two starts is progressing well enough that someday in the near future the 15-time major winner will returning again to competition.

And with that, came one more video of Woods from the weekend that had people talking on social media.

There’s Tiger, carrying the bag for his son Charlie during the opening round of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship in Louisiana. No golf cart. Just Woods walking seemingly without any issue as he caddies for his son in the first round of the three-day event.

And then there he was again on Sunday, joining Charlie once again.

Suffice it to say, social-media followers quickly became internet doctors, giving Tiger a clean bill of health as they noted that he looked more comfortable than he did when posting a T-45 at the Genesis Invitational in February and far better than when made the cut but had to withdraw from the Masters.

The video, like the other clips before, doesn’t offer any certifiable evidence that Tiger’s return is imminent. But with a few tournaments on the schedule in the coming weeks that Woods has participated in previously—his own Hero World Challenge coming the first week in December, followed by the PNC Championship, in which he’s teamed with Charlie the last two years—there are milestones that feel like opportunities for Tiger to become a competitor again if his body will let him.

Just as promising as the video was what Woods reportedly told Stewart Cink earlier this week in Mexico when they crossed paths ahead of the World Wide Technology Championship.

“He said that he’s started practicing, which I think is a great sign,” Cink told Golf Channel. “I don’t know what he’s practicing for, but he said he started practicing, so that means he’s in ‘go mode’ for something.

“I don’t even like to ever ask because he’s always afraid you’re going to go tell everybody, so I just said I’m glad you’re practicing.”

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TIGER AND CHARLIE TO PLAY IN ‘SPECIAL’ EVENT

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Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship, the 36-hole event that has become one of his favourites because of his partner – his son, Charlie.

Woods and 14-year-old Charlie will play the event for the fourth straight year. It’s the one tournament he has not missed during the last injury-plagued four years.

“It is an amazing gift to be able to share my love of golf with Charlie and we genuinely do look forward to playing in the PNC Championship all years,” Woods said on Wednesday.

“Competing together, against a field of so many golfing greats and their families, is so special.”

The event takes place on December 16-17 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando at Grande Lakes.

Woods and Charlie were runners-up in 2021, just 10 months after Woods badly damaged his right leg and ankle in a car crash in Los Angeles. They finished seventh in their 2020 debut and tied for eighth last year.

Charlie Woods

Woods is to play next week at his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas for the first time since surgery to fuse his right ankle in April after the Masters.

Because the PNC Championship is run by the PGA Tour Champions, Woods is allowed to ride in a cart.

The tournament is for major champions or winners of The Players Championship. It began as a father-son outing and now, tour players can play with sons and daughters, grandchildren, even parents as their partners.

New to the field this year is a formidable pair of Steve Stricker, who won three of the four majors he played on the PGA Tour Champions this year, and daughter Izzi, a state high school champion in Wisconsin.

Padraig Harrington is playing for the sixth year, this time with youngest son Ciaran instead of Paddy.

“It was actually Ciaran watching Paddy and I play together out there these last couple of years that really ignited his passion for the game, which shows what a very special event this is,” Harrington said.

“He must have watched me play in hundreds of events over the years and it has taken the unique atmosphere and experience of the PNC Championship to inspire him!”

Also back is Lee Trevino, who at 84 is the only player to have competed in the PNC Championship every year since it began in 1995.

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How Much Prize Money Did Tiger Woods and Charlie Win at the 2023 PNC Championship?

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The PNC Championship has come to an end with Bernhard Langer and son Jason Langer having the last laugh. The action-packed extravaganza that went on for two days was nothing but entertaining. Despite all the action and the Langer’s glorious three-peat with his son Jason, the duo whose presence echoed through the Ritz-Carlton corridors has been Tiger Woods and his son Charlie. With the event done and dusted, there’s one question that remains, though.

The 2023 PNC Championship can be called the unofficial PGA Tour showstopper of the year. This exhilarating experience ignites a frenzy among fans and players alike, ticking all the entertainment boxes. The event was also the second time Tiger Woods was in action after his Hero World Challenge comeback. And although the PNC Championship is more inclined towards embracing the family aspect, it also doesn’t ignore the money perspective. So, how much did Team Woods earn after they paired up yet again for the event?

Team Woods finished in T5 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club with a massive comeback on the final day, which included Jr. Woods’ incredible chip-in. With a priceless reaction from Tiger Woods, Charlie’s remarkable shot-making won the father-son duo a five-figure payout of $47,000. Considering Team Woods was tied with three other teams in T5 (all of whom finished 19 strokes below par), all the pairs will receive the $47K prize money, marking this moment as something unique in the history of the PNC Championship.

Charlie Woods

Apart from the popular duo, the champs, Bernhard and Jason Langer, will get a total prize money of $200,000. Whereas popular partners like Nelly Korda-Petr Korda and Justin Thomas-Mike Thomas will be receiving $42,750 each. Annika Sorenstam and Will McGee, whose tears stole the hearts of fans, will have to settle for $43,750. That being said, the PNC Championship is far bigger than its decent prize pool. The priceless moments players share with their families would likely be their biggest takeaways from this wondrous event. Well, at least that’s the case with one of the two members of Team Woods.

While Tiger ‘bonded’ with his son, Charlie focused on a crucial improvement area

Coming into the PNC Championship, Tiger Woods expressed his admiration for how much his son’s game had grown over the past year. For him, the event was an opportunity to play alongside Charlie, watching him take the golf community by storm. And that’s precisely what Jr Woods did. His chip-in was one of many astonishing shots the 14-year-old made, another one of which was his 321-yard drive. But what followed that drive – both he and Tiger missed their putts for an eagle attempt – is what left him disappointed, among other things. And he revealed the duo’s aspect that needs improving.

After the event, Charlie said, “I drove the ball really good today. Didn’t miss a fairway and still managed to shoot eight-under. We just suck at putting.” While he focused on the competitive side of the event, his father couldn’t help but reflect on the fun outing he had with Charlie, staying true to the point of the PNC Championship. Tiger said, “I just have a lot more fun doing it with him. We have so much fun at home practicing and playing games. It’s a special bonding that happens that not a lot of parents get a chance to have.” 

 

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Tiger Woods and son Charlie finish tied-fifth as Team Langer claim two-shot win

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Bernhard Langer and his son claimed a two-shot victory at the PNC Championship, with Tiger Woods and his 14-year-old son Charlie six strokes back in tied-fifth after an impressive day in Florida; Watch the PGA Tour in 2024 live on Sky Sports Golf

Tiger Woods partnered his son Charlie to a tied-fifth finish at the PNC Championship, as Bernhard Langer claimed a record-equalling fifth victory in the event.

Team Woods were making their fourth appearance in the 20-team field, where past winners of majors or Players Championships play alongside a family member in a 36-hole scramble contest in Florida.

The Woods pair combined to card an eagle and nine birdies in a 11-under 61 on the final day at the Ritz-Carlton Club to finish as one of five teams on 19 under, six strokes behind Langer and his son Jason.

Team Woods took advantage of the par-five third and Tiger added an eagle at the par-five fifth, then watched on with pride as his son drove the green at the 355-yard seventh and then chipped in from off the ninth green to add to their birdie tally.

Charlie Woods

The duo – who also had Woods’ 16-year-old daughter Sam as a caddie – started the back nine with a birdie and added four more in a row from the 13th, before signing off another memorable week by picking up a shot at the par-five last.

“To have both my kids out there the last two days has been so special,” Woods said. “Just grateful for us to be able to have these types of experiences. I haven’t seen a lot of these guys because a lot of them are on the Champions Tour and quite frankly I haven’t played a lot.”

Two-time Masters champion Langer and his son Jason registered 13 birdies in a final-round 59 to finish two clear of Team Duval, with Team Singh – the defending champions – a further stroke back in third after five birdies in their last six holes.

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Imagine if Tiger and Charlie Woods win — Justin Thomas already has

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Tiger and Charlie

Tiger Woods, the father, isn’t that different from you or me. The 15-time major champ and father of two doesn’t like when son, Charlie, stares at his phone all the time.

“Put your phone away and just look around. That’s one of the things that I think all parents struggle with is most kids don’t look up anymore. Everyone is looking down,” he said when asked to name a pet peeve or something Charlie does that gets under his skin. “Look around you, the world is so beautiful around you, just look up. But everyone is staring into a screen, and that’s how people view life. It drives me nuts at times because he’s always looking down and there’s so many things around you that are so beautiful at the same time.”

Charlie Woods

Watching Tiger in dad mode has made Tiger more relatable than ever. Golf fans have watched Charlie, 14, grow up in front of our eyes at the PNC Championship, a 36-hole two-person scramble that begins on Saturday at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. And grow he has the last four years.

“You can see how much he’s grown from last year. It’s amazing how much he has grown, has changed, and it’s a moving target with him, right? He’s grown somewhere near four inches this year, so his swing has changed, it’s evolved, clubs have evolved,” Tiger said. “And we kept trying to adjust things, and it’s been a lot of fun. But it’s also challenging for him because each and every couple weeks, things change. He just has – he’s growing so fast.”

“He’s leading the tournament in inches grown,” Justin Thomas said. “I can’t quite give him as much grief anymore because he’s close to beating me up.”

Tiger noted that Charlie is hitting it past him now, and just to keep things fair in this 36-hole competition, he’s playing one set back this year at a length of 6,576 yards.

Imagine trying to grow up as the son of one of, if not, the best ever to play a sport. And yet Charlie has fallen hard for golf and seems to be able to handle all of the inevitable comparisons. Imagine being able to learn the game from Tiger. Well, Charlie still has some mixed feelings about that. When Will McGee, the 12-year-old son of Annika Sorenstam, asked him if he listens to his dad’s tips, Charlie said, “It doesn’t happen very often. I mean, when I get desperate, yeah.

“Sometimes he doesn’t see it the way I saw it, which is fun, but I think it’s the understanding of how to hit the proper shot at the proper time. And that’s what all kids have to learn is when do I hit a certain shot at the right time, or how do I take stuff off a shot, how do I hit it a little bit harder, what do I need to do.

“You can do that at home all you want, but under tournament conditions, it’s just so different. And being able to share that with him, share my experiences with him in game-time mode, I think that it was great for both of us because I think we both are able to learn from it and grow from it. I think I learned to be a better teacher with it, and I think that he became a better player because of it.”

Imagine there being a blessing in disguise from Tiger’s accident. His injuries have prevented him from practicing as much as he’d like with Charlie but on the bright side he said he has been home more and able to watch Charlie’s high school matches and caddie for him at junior tournaments, which he might not otherwise have been able to do. This week is special for Team Woods to test their games together under tournament conditions.

“We push each other, which is great,” Tiger said. “And the needle is always out. If you’re going to be able to mouth off and give the jabs, then you have to be able to take it. That’s been a lot of fun for both of us.”

Imagine being able to get a wedge lesson from the legend Lee Trevino. After the pro-am, Charlie hit the range and when Tiger joined him, they made sure to visit with Trevino, who was digging it out of the dirt at age 84 at the far end of the range. They hugged, laughed, and traded stories and tips.

Imagine if Tiger and Charlie were to win the PNC Championship this week. JT has and he took a guess where it would rank for Tiger. “It would be No. 1 for special,” he said.

“Winning majors is unbelievable, and how he’s won his majors, but seeing how much he cares about Charlie and having Sam out here and him doing that together with Charlie and as he’s watched him grow up, it would be a very, very different kind of win that doesn’t maybe come with the record books and history and whatnot,” Thomas added. “I know it would suck for us because they would really rub that in our face.”

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Tiger Woods Reveals His Relatable ‘Pet Peeve’ About Son Charlie

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Charlie Woods

Even a world-famous golfer has a relatable problem when dealing with kids: Their cell phone usage.

Tiger Woods, 48, was asked Friday if there’s a pet peeve he has as it relates to his son, Charlie, 14, who is playing with him this weekend at the PNC Championship.

“Is there anything fun or humorous that gets under your skin about him?’’ Woods was asked.

“I just don’t like the fact that he stares at his phone all the time,’’ Woods said. “Put your phone away and just look around. That’s one of the things that I think all parents struggle with is most kids don’t look up anymore. Everyone is looking down.

“Look around you, the world is so beautiful around you, just look up. But everyone is staring into a screen, and that’s how people view life. It drives me nuts at times because he’s always looking down and there’s so many things around you that are so beautiful at the same time.”

Team Woods is set to tee off at 8:22 a.m. on Saturday alongside Justin and Mike Thomas, hopefully with no phones in sight.

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Rickie Fowler Not a Fan of the Tiger Woods-Charlie Woods Family Affair? PGA Tour Pro Fires Brutal 8-Word Jab in Latest Confession

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Rickie Fowler has been playing golf since the age of three, and he now claims that parents caddying for their children might not be the perfect scenario. The 7x PGA Tour was accompanied by his mother to the golf course for practice but was never guided by her on every step. As Bleacher Report reported, he is a self-taught golfer.

The recent statement on Fowler on parents becoming caddies for the children sheds light on a famous golf parent-child duo, Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods. Fowler further expressed how it may hinder the natural growth needed to become a better golfer.

Rickie Fowler makes a bold confession about parents caddying for their children

Recently, Rickie Fowler made the headlines when his 11-year-old partnership with Farmers Insurance came to an end. Subsequently, the 31-year-old opted out from the Farmers Insurance Open. Meanwhile, he made his latest appearance on a podcast.

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Talking on the I Can Fly podcast’s recent episode, Fowler relayed the current scenario at the Junior level. The Cal golfer started by narrating his story of playing with her mother, who used to carry him to the courses. However, the parents were never allowed on the greens and were never paired with their children or in the same group.

On the contrary, nowadays, parents are more involved in the careers of their children. While Fowler agreed that parents are there to support them, there was never any push to pursue golf. However, as he has observed at the junior level, parents are starting to caddie for their children. He said, “Parents caddying in and I just feel like I don’t know if it’s the right way,“ Fowler felt that being alone without a parent helps in learning and growing up on one’s own.

Furthermore, he explained, “I feel like there’s so much that I learned and you learn growing up from, you know, you kind of figure out instead of someone telling you what to do or how to do it.” The 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic winner recently came to with another bold confession about doing the unconventional this year.

Rickie Fowler doesn’t want to be a “billboard” golfer

Recently, Rickie Fowler parted ways with Farmers Insurance, and his other sponsor, Rocket Mortgage, has not renewed the contract yet, though it was said to be renewed soon. Now, during the process, Fowler gave an interview with Golfweek talking about what he wanted for his future.

Fowler expressed the importance of time and surrounding himself with right-minded people. He said, “I don’t want to be a billboard or NASCAR driver type of thing, but I do want to have a good, core group of partners.” The 35-year-old wants to bring something new to his game.

What’s the new thing and who are the new set of partners for Fowler remains to be disclosed. Till then, the player would be practicing for his next adventure at PGA National Resort for the new Cognizant Classic.

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