Tiger Woods will compete in the 2024 PNC Championship with his son Charlie for the fifth time. After not being able to compete in his own event in the Bahamas last week, the Hero World Challenge, the 48-year-old is set to try his luck at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, starting on December 21. -22.
“I’m very excited to return to the PNC Championship next week with Charlie,” Woods said in a statement. “Playing together is something we look forward to and it’s always more special when you’re surrounded by friends and family.”
The PNC Championship is a 36-hole course and features 20 major champions and their family members. Other notables in the field include world number one Nelly Korda, CBS’s Trevor Immelman, John Daly as well as Tiger’s good friend Fred Couples. Unlike PGA Tour-sanctioned events, the PNC Championship will allow Woods to use a golf cart, which he has done in previous years.
Despite being the headliner, the Woods family has never won the PNC Championship in four previous attempts. The two finished at 19 under tied for fifth place in 2023, six shots behind Bernhard Langer and his son. While Tiger comes into the event with likely rust, having not played since the Open and having undergone a sixth back surgery in September, Charlie is expected to be just fine.
“I’m still not there,” Woods said at the Hero World Challenge. “These are 20 of the best players in the world and I’m not strong enough to compete with them at this level. So when I’m ready to compete and play at this level, then I will.”
The high school sophomore made his United States Golf Association championship debut last summer when he qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. Tiger was on hand to watch the action before Charlie managed to qualify for the match play portion of the championship.
