The two were a mirror image of each other as they warmed up Thursday ahead of the PNC Championship – an end-of-season event where professionals line up with a family member of their choice.
From the swing to the casual admiration of their photo, the pair looked perfectly in sync. But Woods Snr. does not put any pressure on his son to fill his shoes.
“He’s played junior golf tournaments and he’s been in the front and people filmed 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 dad Mike in the tournament, and the former World No.1 says he expects the youngster to get some 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 has absolutely all mannerisms,” Thomas, a family friend who says Charlie told all his dad’s competitive edge. reporters.
“I think folks at home, and you’re all going to get pretty good fun watching him spinning around the club and running in putts and pumping fist.”
Thomas Snr. helps coach the 11-year-old in South Florida and said the young Woods had experience past his age.
However, like Tiger, he said the most important thing was that Charlie liked the game and felt no pressure to live up to his father’s high reputation on the golf course.
“The two things that are most incredible to me are how much speed he has, I mean he’s a little person and he gets that club moving quickly, and his golf knowledge is incredible,” he said. “I understand his dad is Tiger, but he’s eleven.”
“It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to him because he’s got a ton of talent. What’s cool is that he looks like he’s enjoying the game. He doesn’t get all excited about a bad shot.”