While the PGA Championship is a major held in May, the Jr. PGA Championship is held at the end of July or the beginning of August. Winning the event is already an accomplishment, but the bigger prize is that the golfers who finish in the top two automatically qualify for the Junior Ryder Cup Team.
The 16-year-old Charlie Woods competed at the 2025 Jr. PGA Championship. Through the first three rounds, Woods was sitting in second place with a 12-under. He trailed Lunden Esterline, who took a 19-under into the final round of the tournament. Woods played one final round on Friday at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana, to try to notch his first junior major win, as well as qualify for the Jr. Ryder Cup team.
Woods had a rough outing. He finished with a 3-over on the day to finish 9-under for the tournament overall. This had him finish tied for ninth on the final leaderboard — missing the chance to automatically qualify for the Junior Ryder Cup team.
📲 Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp
The Sporting News provided coverage of Woods' final round at the Jr. PGA Championship on Friday.
Charlie Woods final score updates from Jr. PGA Championship
All times ET.
2:51 p.m. -- Woods parred No. 18, and his tournament is done. He finished 9-under in a tie for ninth place.
2:40 p.m. -- Woods recovered with pars on Nos. 16 and 17. He still sits in ninth place with one hole to go.
2:08 p.m. -- A disastrous result for Woods on No. 15 as he double bogeys. He moves to a tie for ninth place at 9-under.
1:45 p.m. -- Woods tallied a bogey on No. 14. He moves to 11-under for the tournament. Still, a very good score, but with four holes left and four strokes to make up to join the junior Ryder Cup team, time is running out.
1:15 p.m. -- Woods picks up a birdie on No. 12. He has plenty more work to do in the last six holes, but it's a positive step.
🚨⛳️💥 Charlie Woods birdies #12 (T4)
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) August 1, 2025
(Via: @Aaroncd18) pic.twitter.com/RrUWevPVIx
12:53 p.m. -- Woods opens the back frame with a bogey on No. 10. He is still at 12-under and in sole possession of sixth place on the leaderboard. Second place has moved to 16-under.
12:27 p.m. -- Woods bogeyed the ninth hole. He drops into a tie for sixth place heading into the back nine. The leader is at 20-under, and second place is at 15-under. Woods has work to do on the final nine of the tournament.
12:11 p.m. -- Woods saved par on No. 8 with an impressive shot out of the trees. He is still tied for fourth at 13-under.
Charlie Woods up against a tree wraps his second shot around onto the green 20 feet from the pin on hole 8.
— Ethan Hanson (@EthanAHanson) August 1, 2025
Looked very Tiger-like.
We could start saying Charlie-like now.#golf #charliewoods #tigerwoods #pga pic.twitter.com/G85GgPuCsc
11:45 a.m. -- Woods picked up a much-needed birdie on the fifth hole, his first of the day.
Charlie Woods cards his first birdie of the day on hole 5 during the final round of the 2025 Junior PGA Championships. 👏🏻#JuniorPGA
— PGA Amateur Golf (@PGAAmateurGolf) August 1, 2025
11:17 a.m. -- Unfortunately for Woods, he has notched four pars in a row. While it is good that he is staying steady, he has now dropped into a tie for fourth place and will need to get some birdies to have a shot at staying in the top two.
10:45 a.m. -- Woods started his day with back-to-back pars. Pennson Badgett, who was tied with Woods entering the day at 12-under, is two-under to begin the day, so Woods is in a tie for third.
8:45 a.m. -- Woods is scheduled to tee off at 10:06 a.m.
MORE GOLF: Meet the cast of 'Happy Gilmore 2', from OGs to celebrity cameos
Charlie Woods highlights
Woods is underway for the final round of the Junior PGA Championship.
🚨⛳️🏌🏾 Charlie Woods (T2) is off in the final group at the Junior PGA Championship.
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) August 1, 2025
A 2nd place finish earns him a spot on the Junior Ryder cup team. @TWlegion
pic.twitter.com/7opFRR8Ib4
MORE GOLF: Explaining Paige Spiranac's role in 'Happy Gilmore 2'
Will Charlie Woods make the Junior Ryder Cup team?
Woods needed to finish in the top two at the Jr. PGA Championships in order to automatically qualify for the team. He finished in a tie for ninth.
There is the possibility that he is selected as a captain's pick; however, given that he is ranked 20th in the latest American Junior Golf Association rankings, it is unlikely that he will be selected.
Charlie Woods final round scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F |
| Score | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 74 |
MORE GOLF: Explaining Eminem's role in 'Happy Gilmore 2
Charlie Woods Jr. PGA Championship scorecards
Round 1
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F |
| Score | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 70 |
MORE GOLF: Ranking the 10 best and worst golf movies of all time
Round 2
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F |
| Score | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 66 |
Round 3
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F |
| Score | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 66 |