Charlie Woods Misses Cut At Junior PGA Championship

Charlie Woods at the Junior PGA Championship — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Charlie Woods shot a five-over round of 77 to miss the 54-hole cut at the Junior PGA Championship in Texas.

Woods made the traditional 36-hole cut at Frisco Fields Ranch after shooting 75-70 for a one-over total for two rounds, but there's also a third-round cut at the Junior PGA Championship.

A round of 77 saw Woods drop to six over for the tournament, with the cut mark after 54 holes coming at level par.

The 17-year-old son of 15-time Major champion Tiger Woods was just one over at the turn but struggled on the back nine with a double bogey at the 10th before three more bogeys in a row.

Charlie finished with seven bogeys and that double overall, cancelling out his three birdies on the day - two of which came on the final two holes as he showed admirable fighting spirit to at least finish on a high.

Jaden Soong led by two shots going into the final round after shooting 69 to get to eight under, with halfway leader Kailer Stone carding a disappointing 75 to drop into a tie for second with Ainslie Stanford.

It was another disappointment for Woods Jr though, who managed a T9 finish in last year's Junior PGA Championship but has had some mixed results recently.

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Woods made another flying finish at the US Junior Amateur to make a playoff for the matchplay section, but missed out one of the two spots in a 14-man battle in frustrating fashion.

Woods was unhappy after he duffed a chip when a camera phone shutter sound clicked during his backswing.

Ahead of his senior year at the Benjamin School, before Woods heads off to college at Florida State, he also recently just missed out on qualifying for the US Amateur.

As a junior, Woods helped Benjamin win the State Championship and has shown flashes of his talent while also suffering some disappointing results - which is all par for the course during a life in competitive golf.

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.