Charlie Woods hit his first hole-in-one, Tiger Woods went driver off the deck, and the daddy and son shot rounds of 59 and 57 to make their first PNC Championship playoff.
But it surely was not sufficient to finest 67-year-old Bernhard Langer and his son Jason, who gained Bernhard’s sixth and Jason’s fourth PNC title with the previous making an eagle putt on the second playoff gap Sunday.
Sure, the PNC Championship had the whole lot, the annual mum or dad/youngster (or grandchild) hit-and-giggle at Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership in Orlando delivering prefer it by no means has earlier than. Tiger has had that impact his complete profession, and so did Charlie on Sunday.
The 15-year-old Woods hit a 7-iron from 178 yards out on the par-3 4th to inside a number of ft, then watched it bounce into the cup. The ace put the Woods duo within the lead at 17-under-par in the course of the second and ultimate spherical.
Because the gallery erupted, Charlie seemed to his father with a shocked look, earlier than Tiger wrapped Charlie in his arms.
“You’re shopping for,” Tiger later advised Charlie, as they waited for the Langers to complete the outlet.
“I’m broke,” Charlie responded.
Charlie Woods simply made his first ever hole-in-one!!
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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 22, 2024
The duo, actually a trio with Tiger’s daughter Sam carrying his bag, had been of their fifth 12 months taking part in the PNC.
A scoring fest performed underneath scramble guidelines (and never an official PGA Tour occasion), there was little cause to not go for it at each alternative. That’s why Tiger, some 280 yards out on the par-5 14th, ripped driver and landed his ball on the inexperienced, establishing birdie to get to 25-under-par.
The Woods and Langhers, taking part in within the ultimate group, went to No. 18 tied at 27-under-par and, chatting with the weird format of this occasion, began the par 5 at three totally different units of tee containers (Tiger on the again tees, Charlie and Jason one up and Bernhard, who on the Champions Tour final month, on the ahead tees). They traded birdies to interrupt John Daly and John Daly II’s scoring file, set in 2021, and transfer onto a playoff.
Each teams had eagle putts on the second playoff gap, and Charlie’s scared the cup, inflicting him to fall to his knees when it didn’t. Tiger pushed his putt left, permitting the Langers to win it. Bernhard made his putt — the Langers have gained back-to-back years now, and first gained in 2014, when Charlie was 5.
It was seen as a constructive signal for Tiger’s 2025 prospects that he walked all three days — individuals have an choice to make use of a golf cart — after September again surgical procedure. Tiger dismissed the correlation in an interview with NBC after the spherical.
“I’m nowhere close to aggressive form. I’m an ideal scramble accomplice,” Tiger joked.
The PNC Championship sometimes options a number of the recreation’s present stars and much more of its legends from each the PGA Tour and LPGA. Nelly Korda, Vijay Singh, Lee Trevino, Annika Sorenstam and Gary Participant had been additionally a part of the 20-team area.
(Prime picture of Tiger, left, and Charlie Woods: Mike Ehrmann / Getty Pictures)
