Charlie Woods qualified for his second straight U.S. Junior Amateur Championship with a clutch playoff win.
With his famous father, 15-time major winner Tiger Woods in attendance, the 16-year-old Woods held off two other golfers to claim the final qualifying spot Thursday at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla.
Woods shot a 1-under 71 but bogeyed the final hole to fall into a fifth-place tie with Oscar Crowe and Matthew Marigliano, forcing the playoff.
Woods will join the top four finishers — Arth Sinha (67), Lucas Gimenez (68), Sohan Patel (69) and Wylie Inman (69) — at the U.S. Junior Amateur from July 21-26 at Trinity Forest in Dallas. Crowe and Marigliano will be alternates.
Tiger Woods, 49, was a three-time U.S. Junior Amateur champion before going on to win 82 PGA Tour titles.
Charlie Woods, who missed the cut in last year’s Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills in Michigan, won his first junior tournament title last month at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green, Fla.
–Field Level Media
