Tiger Woods Spotted Watching Son Charlie At High School State Championship

Tiger Woods has been spotted cheering on his son Charlie at the Florida High School State Championship in the latest sign he could be approaching a playing return.

Charlie, a freshman at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, went on to win the Florida State High School Championship with his team for his first ever State Championship title - something his dad Tiger never managed to achieve.

After Woods had ankle surgery in April, sightings of the 15-time Major winner were unsurprisingly rare as he recovered from his latest injury setback. However, in recent weeks he has been spotted far more regularly. 

In October, he was seen hitting full shots for the first time since the surgery, then he paid a visit to a course he designed, El Cardonal Golf Course at Diamante, as it hosted the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship for the first time.

However, the most encouraging sign he was making solid progress from his surgery came shortly after when, earlier this month, he was seen caddying for son Charlie on each round of his participation in the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship, where he finished T17.

Following that effort, Woods revealed he was now pain free following the ankle surgery, though he did admit his stint caddying for Charlie had taken a toll, revealing to the Associated Press: “I’m pretty sore after caddying for four. It was a flat course, thank God.”

Thankfully, though, it appears it wasn’t enough to give him an injury setback as he was also spotted hitting wedge shots on a Bridgestone shoot last week.

Then this week he was once again hitting balls, this time on a shoot with his sponsor Monster.

The chances are Tiger enjoyed what he saw from Charlie, too. After he shot a 78 to finish T36 on the first day, during his second round, Woods Jr improved with a 76 that included a chip-in as he went on to finish T26.

As for Tiger, there is still no confirmation as to when he will make his return to competitive action, although a spot in the 20-player field is still available for a tournament he hosts, the Hero World Challenge, which begins in the Bahamas on 30 November.

Following that is December’s PNC Championship, where Woods has regularly played alongside Charlie, and, perhaps crucially, he can make use of a cart.

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