Charlie Woods, watched by father Tiger Woods at the PNC Championships, is shining at the Junior PGA. -AP
Charlie Woods has vaulted into contention at the Junior PGA Championships with a six-under par 66 in the second round in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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After carding a 70 during the first round on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, the son of Tiger Woods birdied six of his first eight holes en route to making the turn in a five-under 31 on Wednesday.
He birdied three of his first six holes on the back to reach nine under for the event before consecutive bogeys dropped Woods back to seven under.
He is seven shots behind leader Lunden Esterline, a 2027 Auburn commit, with Max VanderMolen and Chase Yenser tied at nine under with 36 holes to play.
Woods, 16, failed to qualify for the match play rounds at last week's US Junior Amateur Championship in Dallas.
He is now seeking one of the two automatic spots on the Junior Ryder Cup team that will go to the top two finishers this week. There is also one captain's pick, although Woods is not thought to be in line to be selected for it.
A rising junior at the Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida., Woods won the AJGA's Team TaylorMade Invitational in May.
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