Tiger Woods shares son Charlie’s cheeky goal however golf icon shuts it down
Tiger Woods has revealed that his teenage son holds an ambition to beat his legendary father at golf by the tender age of 14. But provided that Charlie Woods has already reached the birthday milestone again in February, the teen solely has 10 months left to grasp his aim.
The 15-times Major winner was picked up on digital camera speaking about his son whereas practising with fellow PGA Tour skilled Collin Morikawa. In the video, that was shot for golf model TaylorMade, Woods may be heard explaining to a shocked Morikama how 14-year-old Charlie has already outdriven him as soon as.
With world quantity two Scottie Scheffler watching on within the distance, Morikawa asks Woods: “Has Charlie beat you yet?” to which Woods replies: “Not yet. He outdrove me the other day though.”
A disbelieving Morikawa says: “Shut up. Rob was saying he was carrying 260 [yards], but even if he’s carrying 260 that still shouldn’t outdrive you?”
Woods mentioned: “I hit a little spinner into the wind and just did a tomahawk.”
When requested if his son performs from the identical tees as him, Woods mentioned: “Yep. He doesn’t play the Tiger tees but he’ll play the blacks. I was like ‘damn’! First time [he’s been outdriven], so it’s coming. He wants to beat me by the time he turns 14. Good luck!”
Golf-mad Charlie is Woods’ second little one from his marriage to ex-wife Elin Nordegren. The teenager has been making a reputation for himself within the sport, enjoying alongside his world-famous dad at a number of main tournaments.
Woods, 47, defined to reporters what it was wish to have son Charlie alongside him after the pair’s first event collectively in 2020. Appearing in a PGA Tour video, he mentioned: “I don’t think words can describe it. Just the fact that we were able to have this experience together, Charlie and I. It’s memories for a lifetime.”
Woods coaches his personal son, very similar to his personal father, Earl Woods, did when he was making his method within the sport. But the previous world primary has admitted that his personal teaching type is slightly lighter than the strategy that was taken by Charlie’s grandfather.
Woods has been ruled out of next week’s US PGA Championship with an ankle injury. He has struggled for kind since his automotive crash in February 2021 left him with extreme leg accidents and virtually utterly ended his profession.
He has appeared in simply three aggressive occasions this yr and was forced to withdraw from The Masters in April after aggravating a heel drawback. Woods has since had profitable ankle fusion surgical procedure however won’t be match sufficient to make the line-up for the second Major of the yr.