Charlie Woods, son of Tiger Woods finishes top 10 at Junior PGA Championship

With Charlie Woods finishing in the top 10 at the Junior PGA Championship, punters could consider betting on his potential success in future tournaments, including an invitation to next year's Junior PGA Tournament and a possible pick for the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Charlie Woods entered the Junior PGA Championship and started slow, just cracking the top 50 on Tuesday at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette.

Woods would prove to doubters, if there were any, that he could hold his own on the big stage just over a week after being cut in the U.S. Amateur Championship in Dallas.

While the final result wasn't what Woods had desired on Friday, it still sends a message that golf's famous teenager could play the sport at an elite level.

Woods finished the Junior PGA Championship 9-under-par and tied for ninth after shooting a 74 on Friday afternoon.

His top nine finish gives him an automatic invite to next year's Junior PGA Tournament at Fields Range in Frisco, Texas.

Woods also has a chance to be a captain's pick for the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team which will be announced Tuesday.

While Woods wasn't made available for media post match on Friday, there were plenty of compliments shared in his direction about his game by 2025 Junior PGA Championship winner Lunden Esterline.

"I had fun playing with him and Pennson (Badgett)," Esterline said. "They were both good guys."

Three bogies and a double bogey on 15 ultimately hampered the 16-year-old from Jupiter, Florida.

His putting didn't carry the same sharpness on the greens at Ackerman-Allen Course where he'd birdied nine times the day before.

Woods faced an uphill battle entering Friday tied at -12 against Esterline who was -19.

Winning the Junior PGA Championship was feasible for Woods but he needed to replicate his performance from Thursday to catch Esterline.

Woods went bogey free his first eight holes but managed just one birdie before his struggles on 14 and 15.

Even with his late-round troubles, Woods proved he is a top-tier amateur golfer.

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