Charlie Woods, in one of the lighter moments of Saturday’s first round of the PNC Championship, saw his dad hit his tee shot on the par-3 4th into a right greenside bunker, then shrugged his shoulders and sighed. He’d have to carry, ahem, Tiger Woods again.
And he would do so with 39 extra yards.
Charlie Woods and Karl Stenson, the other player under the age of 13 in the parent-child scramble event, are not playing from the tips at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. Instead, they’ll watch their famous fathers hit, then walk ahead 1,070 yards over the course of the round.
Notably, there are four sets of tees. The pros are playing from the 7,106-yard “red” tees; the 6,576-yard “white” tees are being used by pros and family members ages 55–73, Nelly Korda and family members ages 14 and 15; the 6,036-yard reds are for Charlie Woods and Karl Stenson; and the 5,499-yard “blue” tees are for Lee Trevino and Gary Player, the pros who are over 73.
Notably, too, according to dad, are that Charlie’s reds have been moved up from a year ago, when the now-12-year-old made his PNC debut.
“We don’t have quite the same advantages that we had last year,” Tiger Woods said.
Below is a look at Charlie’s tees and Tiger’s tees:
Red (Charlie Woods) tees — 6,036 yards
330-yard, par-4 1st
335-yard, par-4 2nd
465-yard, par-5 3rd
139-yard, par-3 4th
509-yard, par-5 5th
367-yard, par-4 6th
320-yard, par-4 7th
167-yard, par-3 8th
371-yard, par-4 9th
336-yard, par-4 10th
350-yard, par-4 11th
145-yard, par-3 12th
317-yard, par-4 13th
470-yard, par-5 14th
423-yard par-4 15th
345-yard, par-4 16th
172-yard, par-3 17th
475-yard, par-4 18th
Yellow (Tiger Woods) tees — 7,106 yards
387-yard, par-4 1st
410-yard, par-4 2nd
529-yard, par-5 3rd
178-yard, par-3 4th
558-yard, par-5 5th
422-yard, par-4 6th
363-yard, par-4 7th
214-yard, par-3 8th
453-yard, par-4 9th
387-yard, par-4 10th
410-yard, par-4 11th
193-yard, par-3 12th
352-yard, par-4 13th
585-yard, par-5 14th
467-yard, par-4 15th
425-yard, par-4 16th
216-yard, par-3 17th
557-yard, par-5 18th
