{"id":436170,"date":"2025-08-02T08:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=436170"},"modified":"2025-08-03T05:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:39:04","slug":"tiger-woods-son-charlie-sees-ryder-cup-hopes-fade-after-junior-pga-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/tiger-woods-son-charlie-sees-ryder-cup-hopes-fade-after-junior-pga-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Ryder Cup Hopes Fade After Stunning Junior PGA Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Woods\u2019 hopes of making the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team took a big hit after he faltered in the final round of the Junior PGA Championship, finishing tied for ninth and missing out on automatic qualification. The 16-year-old was hoping to win the first big title of his junior career this week, as many of the top young golfers competed at Purdue University. He needed to finish first or second in Indiana to earn a place in next month\u2019s Junior Ryder Cup at Nassau Country Club and Bethpage<\/a> Black, but his three-day charge ended in disappointment as his late-round struggles cost him a place on Team USA.<\/p>\n

Keep Reading: Tiger\u2019s Son Shines: Charlie Woods Soars With 9 Birdies at Junior PGA<\/a><\/p>\n

Woods Misses Out On Automatic Ryder Cup Qualification<\/h2>\n

Woods entered the final round in a strong position after posting impressive back-to-back rounds of 5-under 66, surging into a tie for second place at 12-under overall. The 16-year-old started the final day in second, seven shots behind overnight leader Lunden Esterline, and was in a good position to secure one of the two automatic spots on Team USA for the Junior Ryder Cup. However, he found himself 10 shots behind after eighteen holes.<\/p>\n

The son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods<\/a> grabbed national attention after making nine birdies in the third round at the Kampen Course at Purdue University in Indiana. But Woods couldn\u2019t hold his ground on the final day, as he opened with a bogey and struggled to regain momentum. A double bogey later in the round sealed his fate as he shot a 3-over-par 74 and fell down the leaderboard. His 72-hole total of 9-under left him tied for ninth, four strokes behind the two players who locked up the final Ryder Cup spots.<\/p>\n

Giuseppe Puebla and Tyler Mawhinney both finished at 13-under to earn automatic qualification, and Lunden Esterline won the tournament with a dominant 19-under-par finish, having already qualified through the points list.<\/p>\n

Woods Faces Fight To Make Ryder Cup Team<\/h2>\n

With only one captain\u2019s pick remaining for the boys\u2019 team, Charlie is in danger of missing out on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. He currently ranks 20th in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) standings, and this may not be high enough to earn him a final selection. The AJGA rankings play a key role in determining the team, along with performances in top tournaments like the Junior PGA.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Woods reacts to a putt Thursday, July 31, 2025, during the Junior PGA Championship at the Purdue Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2025 Junior Ryder Cup will take place from September 23 to 25 in New York, with matches held at Nassau Country Club and Bethpage Black. The event, modeled after the main Ryder Cup<\/a>, features the top boys and girls from the U.S. and Europe competing in a team format. Although Woods came close to earning automatic qualification, he now faces a fight to make the Ryder Cup team, as he is unlikely to be selected for the captain\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 GREG LOVETT\/PALM BEACH POST \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlie Woods\u2019 hopes of making the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team took a big hit after he faltered in the final round of the Junior PGA Championship, finishing tied for ninth and missing out on automatic qualification. The 16-year-old was hoping to win the first big title of his junior career this week, as many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":436175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[219,8167,234,23],"class_list":["post-436170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-charlie-woods","tag-lunden-esterline","tag-ryder-cup","tag-tiger-woods"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436184,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436170\/revisions\/436184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}