BOWLING GREEN, Fla. — Tiger Woods must make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie’s {hardware}.
The 16-year-old son of the 15-time main winner shot a 6-under 66 within the last spherical to win the American Junior Golf Affiliation’s Staff TaylorMade Invitational on the Streamsong Resort Black Course on Wednesday.
Woods bested a 71-player subject that included 4 of the top-five-ranked AJGA gamers for his first AJGA title in 5 occasions. His earlier finest AJGA end was a tie for twenty fifth on the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. Woods entered this week’s occasion ranked 606th within the newest AJGA rankings.
Woods, whose last spherical featured eight birdies and two bogeys, completed with a three-round rating of 15-under 201. He closed with 4 straight pars to win the occasion by three strokes over fifth-ranked Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham.
HAVE YOURSELF A DAY CHARLIE 🔥
Charlie Woods (-15) fires eight birdies to complete with a 6-under-par 66 and is the chief within the clubhouse by three. #TeamTaylorMadeInv pic.twitter.com/oHzUxPyKGK
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) Might 28, 2025
Woods started the day tied for second at 9-under 135 after a gap spherical rating of 2-under 70 adopted by a second-round rating of 65.
Woods already had a number of wins on his résumé, along with his first coming within the 14-15-year-old class on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Main Championship in June 2023. Later that yr, he gained the Final Likelihood Regional golf event.
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He tried to qualify for the U.S. Open earlier this month however failed in his second try, taking pictures a 3-over 75 — seven strokes over the required rating of 68 — at Wellington (Florida) Golf Membership.
Final summer season, Woods certified to compete on the U.S. Junior Novice however didn’t make the reduce.
The Related Press and Discipline Degree Media contributed to this report.
