Charlie Woods carded a hole-in-one on the PNC Championship – but it surely wasn’t sufficient as Staff Woods narrowly missed out to Bernhard Langer and his son Jason in a play-off.
Bernhard holed an eagle putt on the primary additional gap to efficiently defend the title after the 2 groups had completed tied on 28 beneath par.
Throughout the ultimate spherical, Charlie made historical past on the 175-yard par-three fourth on the Ritz-Carlton membership.
Charlie appeared unaware that his ball had gone in till a big gallery by the inexperienced started wildly cheering, as did one other group of followers on the opposite aspect of the opening, most of them holding up their index finger – some downward to point it went within the gap, some upward to indicate his rating.
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Highlights of the ultimate spherical of the PNC Championship on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership in Florida
Tv cameras lastly confirmed it for him. Tiger Woods gave a tough embrace to his son, then playfully shoved him away. “First one,” Charlie mentioned as cameras surrounded him.
“It was a perfect seven-iron, so just kind of hit it,” Charlie mentioned as he approached the fourth inexperienced. “Down off the left, a little cut seven. It was awesome. I didn’t think it went in. I don’t believe anybody until I go up there and see it.”
Tiger then teased saying: “You’re buying. That’s the protocol for making a hole-in-one,” however Charlie responded: “I’m broke.”
Round half-hour later, Paddy Harrington – the son of three-time main winner Padraig Harrington – additionally made a hole-in-one on the eighth gap.
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Paddy Harrington made an unbelievable hole-in-one in entrance of his father Padraig on the PNC championship
Regardless of their defeat, Tiger and Charlie each remained in excessive spirits with the 15-year-old saying: “It was awesome, it’s the most fun I’ve ever had and on top of that I made an ace, I can’t top that.”
Tiger added: “I’m just super happy for Charlie, no one made a mistake today and we had to earn it. I’m nowhere near in competitive shape but we made a great team and that’s the whole joy of it.”
The PNC, which options 20 main champions every enjoying with a member of their household, is Tiger Woods’ first aggressive occasion since present process surgical procedure on his again in September.
Tiger and Charlie have headlined the sphere however are but to win the event. In 2021, the pair completed in second place behind John Daly and his son, John Daly II.
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“That was unbelievable, what a perfect moment,” mentioned Sky Sports activities’ Oliver Fisher.
“The perfect number, a seven iron, a little bit down off the left, loved it from the moment he struck it and his dad wasn’t by him.
“What a second to overlook but it surely was an unbelievable scene for Charlie. It is a fantastic begin and an actual nerve-settler for them.
“There’s no feeling like when you strike a shot on the tee and it actually goes in the hole. You can see that Charlie found the whole thing surreal and it’s just a wonderful moment.
“It was an enormous day at present, not just for Jason however for Bernhard too, going out with Tiger. It was neck and neck all through the entire day and we noticed some tremendous photographs from everybody.”
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