• Woods’ son Charlie won the title at the American Junior Golf Association tournament on May 28Charlie finished at 15-under par and defeated four of the association’s top-ranked playersEarlier this month, Charlie failed to qualify for the U.S. Open

  

Tiger Woods’ son Charlie just snagged the biggest win of his young career.

The 16-year-old golfer won his first American Junior Golf Association title in the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday, May 28 — beating out four of the association’s top-five ranked players for the win.

The young golfer, whose previous best finish was a tie for 25th at the Sage Valley Junior Invitational in March, finished at 15-under par during the tournament at Streamsong Resort in Florida.

The win comes after a disappointing result for Charlie earlier this month when he fell seven strokes short of qualifying for the US Open.

Tiger, 49, shares Charlie with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren. The former couple are also parents to daughter, Sam Alexis Woods.

The legendary golfer recently went public with girlfriend Vanessa Trump, who is the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. Vanessa, 47, shares her daughter Kai with her ex-husband, who she divorced in 2018 after 12 years of marriage.

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Like Charlie, Kai, 18, is an up-and-coming golfer. She committed to play on the University of Miami’s golf team in August 2024.

“Their kids are going places in golf and both are very disciplined about the sport. They have that in common,” an insider told PEOPLE in March, and added that the relationship was at the time “very casual.”

While Charlie is notching big wins, Tiger has been sidelined. He revealed in March that he underwent a successful surgery to repair a tear in his Achilles, and on April 1, the father of two tried to prank fans by claiming he would be playing in the Masters despite his injury.

Woods said, “I can’t believe I am saying this, but a few weeks after rupturing my left Achilles, [then] sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber plus the explosive lifts my doctors and trainers have me ready to play the Masters next week!”

Six minutes after his initial post, Woods confirmed he was joking. “P.S. April Fools my Achilles is still a mess,” he wrote on X with a smiley face. 

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