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Tiger Woods is such a legend in golf that any player who is rising up the ranks is compared to him. Recently, Swedish golfer Ludvig Aberg was compared to Woods for his success on the PGA Tour.

In 2021, American pro golfer Collin Morikawa was likened to Woods after two victories. Now, the newest talent on the horizon from China is up for the challenge. Not only that, he is here to give serious competition to the prodigy and Woods’ son, Charlie Woods as well.

Chinese golfer up against Tiger and Charlie Woods

In 2021, Collin Morikawa won the British Open and a year before, he had championed the PGA Championship. A feat he attained before turning 25, a record only Tiger Woods held. However, Morikawa’s career graph could not replicate what Woods achieved in his career.

Now, after a few years, Woods has found new competition from the land of China. Yanhan Zhou just won his seventh victory as an amateur. At the age of 14, Zhou won the Chongqing Open in 2022. He has won it again in 2023, defending his title. His victory was celebrated by a tweet shared on X.

Zhou has played eight professional events so far, out of which he has successfully been triumphant twice, as the tweet informs. Accordingly, he has acquired a 25 percent winning rate, something which, the X user claims is

missing from Tiger Woods’ career! Since 2020, Woods has not won a single event. And then, his break to recover from surgery stopped him from participating in any tour.

The tweet compared the current win rate of Tiger Woods, which is zero. Moreover, Zhou is not only defeating Woods with his achievement, he is also a competitor to Charlie Woods. Jr. Woods has still not achieved the 25 percent win rate.

 

Charlie couldn’t win the Notah Begay National Junior Championship. It is definitely a feat for Zhou to be a competitor to both father and son. The duo will go up against many champions in the coming weeks.

Tiger Woods to return to the PNC Championship

Tiger and Charlie Woods have confirmed playing at the PNC Championship 2023. This will be their third appearance and this time the duo will be contesting to win the trophy. After the Hero World Championship, Woods will accompany his son to play against the likes of John Daly and his son John Daly II, Vijay Singh and Qass Singh, Justin Thomas and Mike Thomas, and more on the list.

This will be the second tournament Tiger Woods will be playing after his withdrawal from the 2023 Masters and a subsequent ankle surgery. The golf world awaits to see if Sr. Woods will start the train to his victorious era once again at the age of 47.

After an incredible 2023 season on the Champions Tour, Steve Stricker now has his eyes set on the PNC Championship in Florida.

And luckily for him, he will have his daughter Izzi playing alongside him.

Izzi, a terrific player in her own right, won the Wisconsin State Championship last October for the second straight year. She will play golf for the University of Wisconsin next year.

The Stricker father-daughter duo will likely enter as one of the favorites at the PNC Championship, which features dozens of top players playing alongside their family members.

Last year, Tiger Woods and his son Charlie combined to shoot 20-under par during the 36-hole competition. But they still finished six shots between Team Singh, which featured Vijay and his son Qass.

In all, 16 major champions will tee it up, while Annika Sorenstam and Nelly Korda—two of the biggest LPGA stars in the game—have 11 majors between them.

The first round of the PNC Championship begins on Saturday, Dec. 16, and will air on NBC from 2:30 to 6 p.m. ET.

The second and final round is slated for Sunday, Dec. 17, and NBC will air live coverage from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.