Debutant Charlie Woods produced an encouraging fightback during round two of the 2026 Junior Orange Bowl International golf championships but finds himself well back of the leader at the halfway stage in Florida.
However, a sterling second nine in round two gave the 16-year-old an outside chance of a top-10 result come Tuesday.
Weeks after leading The Benjamin High School golf team to yet another State Championship, Woods returned to solo action in Florida and set about trying to land his latest title in front of dad Tiger Woods and mom Elin Nordegren.
And he began in optimistic fashion as the 16-year-old made a birdie at the first and second holes of round one on Friday. However, a bogey at the third preceded a run of pars before a couple of bogeys at the seventh and eighth took Woods above par as he made the turn.
🚨📸🐅 #PHOTOS — Tiger Woods was in the Miami area yesterday to watch son Charlie compete at the Junior Orange Bowl Championship. (Via: Chet Peterman / Palm Beach Post) pic.twitter.com/cjJqb7vLx3January 4, 2026
Reportedly the moment of the day for those who followed on course was Woods’ recovery at the par-4 11th. After driving the ball behind a tree off the fairway, the teenager’s second shot hit a root and almost struck the talented amateur, causing Woods to drop his club and cover his face.
Having quickly recalibrated, Woods proceeded to send his third stroke onto the green before – perhaps unsurprisingly – holing a long-range putt for par.
Per Golfweek, Tiger joked to Charlie that it was a “hell of a shot” as the pair talked between holes.
Despite the save, Woods slipped up at the par-3 14th and made par all the way to the clubhouse to sign for a 73.
A one-over start left the first-team All-American T21st in the international field, which features 48 male golfers and 36 female golfers, and 11 strokes behind early runaway leader Giovanni Daniele Binaghi who posted an incredible nine-under 62 on Saturday.
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While those who had opened up with scores of between 67 and 70 attempted…
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