Tiger Woods returned to competitive golf this weekend at the PNC Championship, a parent-child PGA Tour event that provided a low-stress environment and let him to use a golf cart for the two-day “hit and giggle,” as Tiger put it.
While seeing Tiger hit golf shots for the first time since his tragic automobile accident in February nearly cost him his right leg, he was only the second most talked about Woods by the end of the weekend. For the second year in a row, Tiger Woods teed it up at the tournament alongside his son Charlie, who is a terrific talent in his own right, but the younger Woods put on an awesome show on Sunday, especially because Tiger seemed to fade a bit in his first event back on his ailing leg.
After shooting a 10-under 62 on Saturday, Tiger and Charlie needed a big round on Sunday to be in contention, and they delivered, shooting a 15-under 57 that included 11 straight birdies. Tiger had some fantastic moments of his own, including a near hole-in-one with a wedge and some massive putts.
Charlie, on the other hand, stole the show by throwing some amazing darts, burying putt after putt, and twirling clubs, raising putters, and tossing coins like his father in his peak.
Charlie Woods made his final two birdies of the day with his own ball on 16 and 17, where he produced the shot of the day from the same tees as the pros, shooting a dart at a difficult pin near the water.
It wasn’t quite enough to catch the Johns Daly (John and John II), but it was one of the coolest moments of the golf year watching Charlie put his dad in the passenger’s seat down the stretch as they caught fire as a duo to get to second place (after finishing seventh a year ago).
