Tiger Woods on Friday on the PNC Championship.
PGA Tour, Claire Rogers
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hi there, pals, and welcome to my favourite golf weekend of the 12 months: the PNC Championship! I’ll be on-site all weekend right here on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership to let you know all about the most effective parent-child moments from this occasion. I drove from Palm Seashore to Orlando on Friday morning and made it to the course in time to observe Tiger‘s second 9. That is the primary 12 months that Tiger and Charlie Woods performed in separate pro-am teams, so whereas I didn’t see too many father-son interactions, I do know there will probably be a lot over the weekend. Staff Woods will probably be teeing it up alongside Staff Leonard on Saturday morning, and Tiger and Justin Leonard aren’t the one ones in that group used to enjoying collectively. Charlie Woods and Leonard’s son, Luke, are highschool golf teammates.
Moments like these remind me simply how completely happy I’m to have grown up in Rhode Island, as a result of there isn’t any probability I’d have made a highschool golf group in Florida. There’s a lot expertise! OK, let’s get into it.
Tiger on the course
The most effective spot on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership (in my humble opinion) is between the ninth inexperienced and the tenth tee field. There’s a small path for gamers, caddies and media to chop via, and there’s all the time a wait on the tee field. Whereas a back-up on a tee field is usually seen as a unfavorable factor, it’s a nice factor right here on the PNC Championship. When teams overlap, gamers and their households get to work together. At present, Petr Korda, Tiger and Charlie Woods had been all by the identical tee for a couple of minutes. That is additionally the very spot the place gamers are given lunch. The hen tenders and fries are all the time a scorching commodity right here on the PNC Championship.
It was right here that I met up with Tiger’s group, and I instantly seen that he was the one particular person in his group not utilizing a cart. And belief me, I do know Tiger followers might be accused of overhyping in the case of speaking about him, however he regarded spectacular on the market and I imply it. He was strolling with intention, and that intention was to get to the following shot. In case you’ve seen Tiger tee it up over the previous few years, he would generally begin to limp towards the tip of the spherical and appear like he was avoiding stepping down incorrectly. Not right now, people.
