The swing and follow-through happened around 8 a.m. ET Thursday morning at a pre-qualifying event in Florida. The PGA Tour quickly captured it.
It was a nice swing, one we have seen before. How could we miss it?
It was Charlie Woods’ first attempt at qualifying for a tour event. Users on social media sensed the moment, too, but they weren’t nearly as nostalgic.
“You know you guys have an actual event starting today,” came the first comment on X, formerly Twitter.
“Leave the kid alone,” said pro tennis star and golf aficionado Mardy Fish.
Some wondered why Woods wasn’t in school. Others wanted to know where they could watch him on television. Some even used profanity, stated or implied, in an effort to tamp down the expectations, or even to take a cheap shot at Woods.
Back the efff off
Garbage ass swing and score …
Kid is trash!!
Would anyone say that about your child if he or she had won the high school golf state championship?
Tiger Woods’ son is 15. He wound up shooting a 16-over-86, finishing 64th in the field. He won’t advance to Monday’s open qualifier and, mercifully for now, his first event on the PGA Tour will have to wait.
If you are a parent, and you have attached expectations to your kid’s sporting achievements, you can exhale. Your son or daughter, perhaps no one’s son or daughter, is facing the pressure to succeed — or to fail — the way Charlie Woods is.
CHARLIE WOODS!!
A chip-in birdie for Team Woods @PNCChampionship 💪 pic.twitter.com/0nh0KdP0JV
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 17, 2023
He has shown us he is a strong player, winning that state championship in Florida and putting up highlight-reel shots playing alongside his father in the PNC Championship.
And yet, it may not ever be good enough for us.
Forget unrealistic expectations. These expectations are impossible.
They can serve as a reminder for all sports parents of how lucky we are. We have the opportunity to see our kids play every week, sometimes every day, without the world watching his or her every move.
If Charlie Woods was your kid, and you knew the pressure he was facing, would you be critical of him? Would you tell him the things he might do differently in all those games you watch? Or would you cherish every moment you had to watch him proudly following in your enormous shadow?
The best example we can set for our kids isn’t necessarily in doing what we’re best at. It’s how we act and behave and carry ourselves on a daily basis….
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