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Tiger Woods’ boy Charlie made his first ever hole-in-one successful the last information of the PNC Championship, but missed retired connected the title successful a play-off.
Bernhard Langer holed an eagle putt connected the first other spread to successfully take sides the title pinch his boy Jason aft the 2 teams had vanished tied connected 28 nether par.
Charlie’s ace had travel connected the 4th spread astatine the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club successful Orlando.
“It was awesome, I didn’t deliberation it went in,” Charlie told the Golf Channel aft holing retired pinch a 7 robust from 175 yards.
Speaking aft the round, the teen added: “No-one made a correction coming truthful that was the astir nosy I’ve ever had, and connected apical of that made an ace. I don’t deliberation I tin apical that.”
Tiger added: “It was 1 of the highlights that we’ve ever had.
“On the spread erstwhile he made his first eagle and now he conscionable made his first hole-in-one. It was a magical two-hole agelong – I’m conscionable truthful happy for him and the enjoyment we had arsenic a family. It was a batch of fun.”
Woods, who besides had his girl Sam acting arsenic his caddie, was playing for the first clip since undergoing room connected his backmost successful September, but played down the value of his return to action.
“I’m obscurity adjacent competitory shape,” the 48-year-old said. “I’m a awesome scramble partner. We made a awesome squad this week and that’s the full joyousness of it.”
Around 30 minutes aft Charlie Woods made his hole-in-one Paddy Harrington – the boy of three-time awesome victor Padraig Harrington – besides recorded an ace connected the eighth hole.