Charlie Woods shot a 3-over 74 within the closing spherical of the Junior PGA Championship on Friday, fading out of competition to safe one of many two qualifying spots for the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup group.
Woods, the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, entered the day tied for second with a three-day whole of 12-under par at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complicated’s Ackerman-Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana. However he by no means caught hearth within the closing spherical, going out in even par after which stumbling with a bogey on the 14th and a double bogey on the fifteenth.
He completed tied for ninth at 9 beneath.
Lunden Esterline, a 2027 Auburn commit from Kansas, gained the occasion going away at 19 beneath. Together with the title, he secured one of many two automated qualifying spots for the Junior Ryder Cup group. Giuseppe Puebla, who completed at 13 beneath, was awarded the opposite.
The U.S. will tackle Group Europe from Sept. 23-25 at Nassau Nation Membership and Bethpage Black in New York. Woods is eligible to be chosen because the lone captain’s decide subsequent week, however because the Twentieth-ranked participant within the newest American Junior Golf Affiliation rankings, that might be unlikely.
Woods has by no means competed within the occasion.
A rising junior on the Benjamin College in Palm Seashore, Florida, Woods gained the AJGA’s Group TaylorMade Invitational in Could. He missed the lower on the latest U.S. Junior Novice.
Additionally Friday, Asterisk Talley gained the ladies’ Junior PGA title by one shot over Zoe Cusack.
