Charlie Woods fell quick in his try to qualify for the U.S. Open on Thursday.
Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, shot a 9-over 81 within the first degree of qualifying for the key championship at an area qualifying tournament on the Legacy Golfing & Tennis Membership in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Woods had 4 bogeys and 3 double bogeys in his spherical, and had only a unmarried birdie.
He had to end throughout the best 5 at the leaderboard to advance into the overall qualifier. The leaders after the early wave had been sitting at 3-under, neatly forward of Woods.
U.S. Open qualifying is amazingly difficult every 12 months, and it leads as much as “Golfing’s Longest Day” the place 36-hole, single-day tournaments around the nation resolve the overall qualifiers forward of the key championship. Thursday’s qualifier that Woods participated in used to be considered one of 109 tournaments held around the nation.
Ultimate 12 months, in line with , best 64 of the 878 golfers who made it to the overall qualifier in reality earned a place within the U.S. Open.
match previous this 12 months, although he posted a 16-over for the Cognizant Vintage and didn’t make it in. A gaggle of , too. Woods has performed along his father within the closing a number of PNC Championships — which is the once a year parent-child tournament held via the Excursion and the PGA Excursion Champions. He additionally helped in Florida closing 12 months.
previous this month, the place he completed at 16-over par for what used to be his worst 72-hole rating in his skilled occupation. He did make the , then again, which set the all time document. Tiger will now flip his consideration to the PGA Championship subsequent month at Valhalla Nation Membership.
Tiger, who has received the U.S. Open 3 times in his occupation, does no longer technically have an exemption into this 12 months’s match at Pinehurst Lodge and Nation Membership in North Carolina, although he’s positive to obtain a distinct exemption.