Charlie Woods failed to recover from a 12-over opening round at the US Junior Amateur as he missed the cut at the prestigious Oakland Hills event.
The son of 15-time Major champion Tiger had it all to do after an opening round that included three bogeys, five double bogeys and just two birdies on the North Course of the six-time US Open venue.
That left him needing a big turnaround in form to have a chance of reaching the knockout stages as he began the day outside the top 250, 10 shots adrifts of where he needed to be to make the top 64 and progress as he took on the South Course.
Starting on the 10th, he began promisingly enough, with pars in his opening two holes of the day, but a bogey on the par 5 12th will have dampened the expectations of the sizeable crowd following his as well his onlooking dad.
Crowds following Charlie Woodsâ group and Miles Russellâs group.Can you guess which is which? pic.twitter.com/Y1DHBB6ab4July 23, 2024
The youngster’s third par of the day came on the 13th before another setback on the 14th with an all-too-familiar double bogey leaving his task looking forlorn.
His ordeal continued with another bogey on the 15th before his second double bogey of the day on the 17th was followed by a triple bogey to make the turn 21-over for the tournament.
By now playing for pride, Charlie recovered plenty of it over the remaining holes. He arrested the slide on the par 4 first, his 10th hole of the day, with a par, and he made that two in a row on the next hole before finally recording his first birdie of the day on the par 3 third. Three more successive pars followed as his confidence appeared to come flooding back, before he finished bogey-par-bogey to leave him 22-over for the tournament at T240.
Charlie Woods has further chances to win the event in the upcoming years
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It was a different story for another emerging 15-year-old, Miles Russell. The American, who made his PGA Tour debut in the Rocket Mortgage Classic, progressed comfortably after the player, who occupies the No.1 spot in the American Junior Golf Association rankings, followed a two-under opening round with a one-over 72 on the second day to sit T12 on the leaderboard.
Elsewhere, 16-year-old Blades Brown, who made the cut on his PGA Tour debut in the Myrtle Beach…
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