Charlie Woods is charging into the weekend at Florida’s 108th Amateur Championship in Palm Beach Gardens.
Woods, a junior at the Benjamin School and the son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, fired an even-par 72 in the second round on June 6 at the BallenIsles Country Club East Course. He’ll enter the weekend tied for 31st place at 2-over for the tournament.
He started the day slowly with bogeys on holes No. 1 and No. 3 but buoyed his round with a birdie on No. 9 and an eagle on the par-5 No. 12. Woods slid back to even par with a bogey on No. 14 and carded pars the rest of the way.
Derek Busby (Palm Beach Gardens) leads at 4-under ahead of a group of 17 other golfers who enter the weekend under par for the tournament.
The field trimmed to the low 70 players after Friday’s second round with the cut line at 6-over.
Woods will begin his third round at 7:45 a.m. Saturday off hole No. 1 on the East Course. He’s paired with former Benjamin teammate Pavel Tsar, a Notre Dame golf signee, and Estero’s Jake Sherwin.
The Amateur Championship is a 72-hole stroke play tournament hosted by the Florida State Golf Association. The tournament was first hosted in 1915 and is the oldest continuous sporting event in Florida. Former champions include 1976 U.S. Open winner Jerry Pate.
Charlie Woods hole-by-hole scorecard
Hole — Score (Strokes)
- No. 1 — Bogey (5)
- No. 2 — Par (4)
- No. 3 — Bogey (6)
- No. 4 — Par (3)
- No. 5 — Par (4)
- No. 6 — Par (3)
- No.7 — Par (4)
- No. 8 — Par (4)
- No. 9 — Birdie (3)
- No. 10 — Par (4)
- No. 11 — Par (3)
- No. 12 — Eagle (3)
- No. 13 — Par (4)
- No. 14 — Bogey (5)
- No. 15 — Par (4)
- No. 16 — Par (3)
- No. 17 — Par (5)
- No. 18 — Par (4)
Final: Out 37, In 35, Total 72 (E)
2-day total: 74-72—146 (2-over)
Palm Beach County golfers in Florida’s Amateur Championship
Derek Busby of Palm Beach Gardens leads the tournament at 4-under par.
Palm Beach Gardens’ Jack Quinn, a former high school state champion at FAU High and also the son of a former NHL player, is tied for 11th at 1-under par.
Derek Brodeur, the son of former NHL star Martin Brodeur and a Boynton Beach resident, is tied for 25th at 1-over par.
More local player results from the FSGA’s 108th Amateur Championship:
- T19: Preston Worch (Delray Beach) — E
- T25: Alex Heard (Boca Raton) — 1-over
- T47: Jordan Elsen (Palm Beach Gardens) — 4-over
- T53: Wylie Inman (North Palm Beach) — 5-over
- T62: Jay Brooks (Boca Raton) — 6-over
- T62: Christian Veilleux (Jupiter) — 6-over
- CUT: Joseph Guterding (Palm Beach Gardens) — 7-over
- CUT: Jayden Freedman (Boca Raton) — 8-over
- CUT: Colin Warren (Jupiter) — 9-over
- CUT: Jacob Kutner (Palm Beach Gardens) — 9-over
- CUT: Mason Tome (West Palm Beach) — 9-over
- CUT: Lawson Ford (West Palm Beach) — 10-over
- CUT: Richard Russekoff (Palm Beach) — 11-over
- CUT: Matvey Golovanov (Boca Raton) — 12-over
- CUT: Colin List (Boynton Beach) — 12-over
- CUT: Tyler Bruneau (West Palm Beach) — 12-over
- CUT: James V. Smith (North Palm Beach) — 12-over
- CUT: James Key (Jupiter) — 13-over
- CUT: William Jun (Jupiter) — 15-over
- CUT: Matthew DePinto (West Palm Beach) — 17-over
- CUT: David Hall (Palm Beach Gardens) — 27-over
Charlie Woods golf ranking
Woods soared in the junior golf rankings in the wake of his first career American Junior Golf Association victory.
He is ranked No. 14 in the latest edition of the AJGA boys rankings, more than 595 spots better than his previous ranking of No. 609.
Charlie Woods AJGA win
Woods earned his first career AJGA win on May 28 with a 3-stroke victory at the Team TaylorMade Invitational at Streamsong Resort’s Black Course in Bowling Green, Florida.
It was an individual breakthrough for Woods, whose previous best AJGA finish was a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina in March.
He shot a final round 66 (6-under) to close the tournament at 15-under overall, defeating top junior players such as Jacksonville Beach’s Miles Russell (No. 1 in the previous AJGA rankings) as well as Luke Colton (No. 5) and Alabama’s Tyler Watts (No. 7).
Charlie Woods next tournament
Woods has received an invitation to play in the Northeast Amateur from June 18-21 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rhode Island.
One of seven events on the Elite Amateur Golf Series, the Northeast Amateur was established as an annual junior golf tournament in 1962. Its past winners include Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Luke Donald, David Duval and Nick Dunlap, who won the event in 2023 and turned pro with the PGA Tour in 2024.
Woods has yet to make a decision on his invitation, according to the Rhode Island Golf Association’s official X account.
Woods’ new AJGA ranking also means he will potentially qualify to play 2025 The Junior Players Championship at historic TPC Sawgrass in late August in Ponte Vedra Beach.
The field comprises the top 58 boys in the Rolex AJGA Rankings as of July 8 as well a select group of international invitees and additional spots available at the tournament organizer’s discretion.