BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the minimize at 22 over by two rounds on the U.S. Junior Beginner.
The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot within the 264-player discipline final month, completed close to the underside of the pack.
The highest 64 gamers advance to match play, which begins Wednesday. The 36-hole championship match is Saturday.
Woods did fare higher on the Oakland Hills South Course, which Ben Hogan dubbed “The Monster,” than he did with a gap 12-over 82 on the North Course.
Woods received off to a stable begin on Day 2, dealing with the problem of teeing off in entrance of about 500 folks standing between him and metal girders that will likely be a part of a brand new clubhouse.
His recreation, and the clubhouse, are below building.
Woods was 1 over by 4 holes when a storm stopped play for greater than an hour.
When play resumed, he closed the entrance 9 by taking part in 5 holes in 8 over, together with a triple bogey on the par-4 18th, the place he had two pitches land on an elevated inexperienced solely to roll again down the hill. He lastly received his fifth shot to remain on the inexperienced.
The junior newbie normally attracts a couple of hundred followers towards the top of the six-day match, however Charlie and his well-known father attracted a comparatively massive crowd.
Tiger was surrounded by extra folks, together with law enforcement officials. He had his personal gallery, which included followers taking photographs of themselves with one in every of golf’s all-time greats within the background.
A whole bunch of individuals walked behind Charlie on the golf green and fully circled the tenth inexperienced, his first gap of the day.
Charlie, who will quickly begin his sophomore 12 months of highschool in Florida, performed his approach into the match with lots of world’s high juniors by taking pictures a 1-under 71 to win his qualifier.
Tiger, who was 14 when he certified for his first U.S. Junior, grew to become the one participant to win the match 3 times in a row within the early Nineties.
He joined his son in suburban Detroit this week after matching his highest 36-hole rating as an expert on the British Open, lacking the minimize for the third straight time in a serious.
Tiger wore shorts, exposing his legs that had been battered in a automobile crash three years in the past, and was principally expressionless whether or not his son hit a wonderful or poor shot.
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