Charlie Woods, the son of golf legend Tiger Woods, carded an 8-over 80 in the final round at the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in Graniteville, S.C., to finish in last place in the field of 36 golfers.
Woods, 17, a high school junior in Palm Beach, Fla., had a rough final round. His two birdies and two bogeys canceled each other out, and he was left with four double bogeys on the scorecard Saturday.
He shot rounds of 75-76-83-80 for the tournament to finish at 26-over 314. His score was 10 strokes behind the 35th-place participant.
In the third round on Friday, Woods’ scorecard had a triple bogey, double bogey, seven bogeys and one birdie for the day for his 11-over 83.
The winner in the boys’ division was Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., at 15 under. Russell, who is ranked No.1 by the American Junior Golf Association rankings, has committed to Florida State along with Woods, ranked No. 20.
Woods, who won the AJGA Team TaylorMade Invitational last May, committed to the Seminoles for 2027.
Among past winners of the Junior Invitational are current World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (2014), Austin Eckroat (2016), Joaquin Niemann (2017) and Akshay Bhatia (2018).
Winning the girls’ division was Asterisk Talley, who shot a final round 67 to finish at 8-under for the event.
A 17-year-old Californian, Talley won the Annika Invitational in Florida, an AJGA event, by five strokes in 2025 and was the runner-up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. In 2024, she represented the United States as a member of the Junior Solheim Team.
–Field Level Media
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