Charlie Woods shot a 3-over 74 within the last spherical of the Junior PGA Championship on Friday, fading out of rivalry to safe one of many two qualifying spots for the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup staff.
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 Advanced’s Ackerman-Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana. However he by no means caught fireplace within the last 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 underneath.
Lunden Esterline, a 2027 Auburn commit from Kansas, received the occasion going away at 19 underneath. Together with the title, he secured one of many two computerized qualifying spots for the Junior Ryder Cup staff. Giuseppe Puebla, who completed at 13 underneath, was awarded the opposite.
The U.S. will tackle Staff 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 ad rate American Junior Golf Affiliation rankings, that will be unlikely.
Woods has by no means competed within the occasion.
A rising junior on the Benjamin College in Palm Seaside, Florida, Woods received the AJGA’s Staff TaylorMade Invitational in Might. He missed the reduce on the current U.S. Junior Novice.
Additionally Friday, Asterisk Talley received the ladies’ Junior PGA title by one shot over Zoe Cusack.