Tiger Woods, the “Golf Emperor,” won the PNC Championship with Bernhard Langer after a neck-and-neck race. Woods’ son Charlie tasted the joy of his first hole-in-one in front of his father on the day.
Woods recorded one hole-in-one and 13 birdies in the second round of the PNC Championship on the final day of the PGA Tour’s family event held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club (par 72) in Orlando, Florida, on the 22nd 토토사이트 (Korea time), reducing his total by 15 strokes to 28 under 116. In the ensuing overtime match between Woods and Langer, only 67-year-old Bernhard Langer succeeded in four eagle putt opportunities to win the tournament for the sixth time.
The championship is a two-day race in which two players with experience in major competitions form a team with a family member including parents and children. The match was held in a scrambled manner, in which two players each took a shot and continued the next shot at a better point.
Although it was an event, tension continued between Team Woods and Team Langer, who started joint leadership and continued through overtime. Jason, the youngest son of Langer who works for a New York financial company, pressured Team Woods with his iron shots as sharp as a professional golfer and accurate short games.
As the team could not afford to compete at regular holes, overtime was held. In the playoff at Hole 18 (par 5), Tiger calmly put his tee shot into the fairway bunker, while Charlie landed it on the fairway, and the ball was chosen as the second shot ball. However, both put their second shots on the edge of the green, while Team Langer’s son Jason put his second shot on the hole cup 5m. Following Charlie, Tiger and Jason dearly missed the eagle putt, and Bernhard Langer dropped the eagle putt into the hole cup to confirm the victory.
Woods, who has participated in the tournament for five consecutive years but has never reached the top, had to settle for second place again after finishing second in 2021.
However, the father and son received a sweet gift of being Charlie’s first hole-in-one. Charlie’s tee shot with a 7-iron fell on the green at Hole 4 (par 3), which rolled into the hole cup. Charlie did not recognize the hole-in-one, looked puzzled by the gallery’s cheers, and immediately hugged his father. Tiger Woods drew attention by showing a rare scene where he hugged his son violently and pushed him away with a look of more excitement than he did with a hole-in-one.
