By:
Josh Berhow
December 19, 2022
Charlie Woods hits a tee shot throughout the 2022 PNC Championship.
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Tiger Woods has all the time been below the highlight, however heading into 12 months 3 of the PNC Championship, he was totally conscious he won’t even be the primary draw anymore.
Right here’s the primary query Woods fielded from reporters on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership in Orlando, Fla., final week: Do you get the sense that you simply’re the second-most-watched individual out right here?
“Yeah, nothing flawed with that,” he stated. “So long as the individuals are enthusiastic about popping out right here and supporting us and supporting all of the legends and the people who find themselves on this occasion, it’s all the time particular.”
The second a part of Woods’ reply didn’t actually deal with the query requested, however you get the image. The golf world needs to learn about Charlie Woods.
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It’s a sophisticated matter, too. Some folks love watching the child and seeing him work together together with his dad. Others aren’t a fan of the additional media protection simply due to his final identify. However this text isn’t going to dive into that; we’re as a substitute simply going to speak about how anybody — no matter who their mother or dad is — prepares to play golf in entrance of hundreds of followers and hundreds of thousands extra on TV screens.
It will probably’t be simple, proper?
Charlie was requested that on Sunday, after he teamed together with his dad to tie for eighth out of 20 groups.
“I believe simply getting used to it,” he stated. “The primary 12 months was stunning, after which I simply knew what to anticipate the following two years.”
That is the place Dad chimed in with some necessary context.
“The primary 12 months couldn’t have been higher for him to take part at this stage as a result of it was a Covid 12 months,” Tiger stated. “So for him to be contained in the ropes the very first time throughout Covid, we didn’t have any followers out right here. But it surely was the primary time he bought to expertise it being contained in the ropes at this stage seeing the legends of the sport hit golf balls and watch Gary Participant and Lee Trevino hitting golf balls and rewind the clock and see what I grew up watching. He bought to expertise that with out the followers, which was a good way for him to be launched to this after which final 12 months was extra of an introduction than at the moment, and this week, and right here we’re.”
As for any suggestions his dad supplied?
“It’s plenty of simply staying in your individual thoughts and simply form of specializing in what you’re doing and nothing else,” Charlie stated. “Simply hole-by-hole.”
Josh Berhow
Golf.com Editor
Josh Berhow is the managing editor at GOLF.com. The Minnesota native graduated with a journalism diploma from Minnesota State College in Mankato. You possibly can attain him at [email protected].