The two were a mirror image of each other as they warmed up Thursday before the PNC Championship, a season-ending event where professionals team up with a family member of their choice.
From the swing to the casual admiration of their shot, the pair seemed perfectly in sync. But Woods Snr. she is not pressuring her son to fill his shoes.
“He’s been playing junior golf tournaments and he’s been up front and made people make videos of him. This is a different world we live in now; everyone has a phone.”
“They are very similar”
The pair will face Justin Thomas and his father Mike at the tournament and the former world number 1 says he expects the youngster to draw attention this weekend.
“They’re very similar, I mean, who wouldn’t want to be like your dad if your dad was Tiger Woods? He definitely has it all the way,” says Thomas, a family friend that Charlie already has his dad’s competition. edge, he told reporters.
“I think people are at home, and you’ll all have some pretty good entertainment watching him spin the club and walk around with putts and fist bombs.”
Thomas Snr. helps coach the 11-year-old in South Florida and said the young Woods already had experience beyond his age.
However, like Tiger, he said the most important thing was that Charlie enjoyed playing the game and felt no pressure to live up to his father’s great reputation on the golf course.
“The two things that I find most amazing are the speed he has, I mean he’s a small person and this club moves fast and his knowledge of golf is amazing,” he said. “I’m clear his father is Tiger, but he’s 11.”
“It will be interesting to see what happens to him because he has a lot of talent. What’s great is that he looks like he’s enjoying the game. He’s not working for a bad shot.”