WATCH: Tiger Woods cheers on daughter Sam during state championship
Tiger Woods was in attendance for daughter Sam Woods’ state championship match with the Benjamin Buccaneers on Saturday night.
Charlie Woods is just three shots off the lead after the first round of the Team TaylorMade Invitational on Monday.
Woods shot 70 (2-under) and is tied for fourteenth in a field of 72 players in the invitational-only event at the Streamsong Resort’s Black Course in Bowling Green, Florida.
Woods, a rising junior at the Benjamin School and the son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, came out ahead in a wild round that featured an eagle, eight birdies, five bogeys, a triple bogey and just three pars, all on par 3s.
He opened the day with a birdie but stumbled on the next two holes with a bogey and triple bogey. Woods clawed back to even-par at the turn with four birdies and a bogey over the next six holes.
After opening the back nine with consecutive bogeys, Woods then returned to even-par with an eagle on the par-5 No. 12 and went on a run with birdies on three of his next four holes.
A bogey on the par-5 No. 18 knocked him out of the top 10 after the first round.
Second round tee times will begin off the No. 1 tee from 7:33 to 11:23 a.m. Tuesday. The event’s final round is scheduled for Wednesday.
Charlie Woods hole-by-hole scoring
- Hole — Score (Strokes)
- No. 1 — Birdie (4)
- No. 2 — Bogey (5)
- No. 3 — Triple Bogey (7)
- No. 4 — Birdie (4)
- No. 5 — Bogey (4)
- No. 6 — Birdie (3)
- No. 7 — Par (3)
- No. 8 — Birdie (3)
- No. 9 — Birdie (3)
- No. 10 — Bogey (5)
- No. 11 — Bogey (5)
- No. 12 — Eagle (3)
- No. 13 — Birdie (3)
- No. 14 — Birdie (3)
- No. 15 — Par (3)
- No. 16 — Birdie(3)
- No. 17 — Par (3)
- No. 18 — Bogey (6)
- Final: Out 36, In 34, Total 70 (-2)
Palm Beach County golfers at the Team TaylorMade Invitational
Former Benjamin golf teammate Pavel Tsar, a Notre Dame signee, is also tied for 14th after shooting 70 (2-under). Tsar managed a calm bogey-free round with 16 pars, two birdies and no bogeys.
Royal Palm Beach’s Giuseppe Puebla is tied for 30th after shooting even-par 72. He managed four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.
Brooks Colton, another Benjamin standout, is tied for 67th with after shooting 77 (5-over). He started the day with a birdie but managed no better than par and six bogeys the rest of the way.
What is the Team TaylorMade Invitational?
The Team TaylorMade Invitational hosted its first tournament in 2021.
The 2022 event was hosted at the Jupiter Hills Club in Tequesta and the 2023 event was hosted at The Country Club at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
