Tiger Woods: Charlie Woods bounces back with steady start at Junior PGA Championship

Following the U.S. Junior Amateur's disappointment, Charlie Woods made a steady start at the Junior PGA Championship 2025. The emerging golfer carded a 1-under 70 in the opening round and was tied for 46th.

On Tuesday, July 29, Woods teed off at the Ackerman-Allen from the first hole. He began decently with three birdies and a bogey on the eighth to shoot 34 on the front nine. On the back nine, he made a birdie on the 11th but then bogeyed two holes to finish at 1-under par.

Following the first-round action at the Junior PGA Championship, Charlie Woods was six strokes off the lead. Chase Yenser fired a 7-under 64 in the first round to take the solo two-stroke lead.

Junior PGA Championship, Round 1 leaderboard explored ft. Charlie Woods

Here's a look at the leaderboard for the Junior PGA Championship after Round 1:

1. Chase Yenser: -7
T2. Mason Howell: -5
T2. Liam Moloney: -5
T2. Ryder Huish: -5
T2. Raghav Gulati: -5
T6. Sterling Hurd: -4
T6. Ronin Banerjee: -4
T6. Austin Perkins: -4
T6. Carson Kittsley: -4
T6. Luke Balaskiewicz: -4
T6. William Chang: -4
T6. Jessy Huebner: -4
T6. Kailer Stone: -4
T6. Charles Nelson: -4
T6. Shiv Parmar: -4
T6. Max VanderMolen: -4
T6. Lunden Esterline: -4
T6. Davis Wotnosky: -4
T6. Parker Rodgers: -4
T20. Micah Sheffer: -3
T20. Drake Harvey: -3
T20. Luke Colton: -3
T20. Giuseppe Puebla: -3
T20. Jackson Ormond: -3
T20. Chase Oberle: -3
T20. Yunze Wang: -3
T20. Cody Weaver: -3
T20. Zack Erstad: -3
T20. Tucker Gutierrez: -3
T20. Andrew Sciortino: -3
T31. Sam Carraher: -2
T31. Landon Tropf: -2
T31. Pennson Badgett: -2
T31. Kaden Puranik: -2
T31. Enze Miao: -2
T31. Liam Eyer: -2
T31. Beau Eftink: -2
T31. Michael Vienneau: -2
T31. Tyler Mawhinney: -2
T31. Jackson Skinner: -2
T31. Davis Petty: -2
T31. Austin Shelley: -2
T31. Arrow Aarav Shah: -2
T31. Zenghao Hou: -2
T31. Sahish Reddy: -2
T46. Vijay Kumar: -1
T46. Ryder Rasmussen: -1
T46. David Kim: -1
T46. Bailey Sutter: -1
T46. Gabriel Holtz: -1
T46. Michael Quallich: -1
T46. William Lisle: -1
T46. Ben Wheeler: -1
T46. Max McColgan: -1
T46. Brayden Bennett: -1
T46. Samuel Harris: -1
T46. Chase Hughes: -1
T46. Charlie Woods: -1
T46. Aadi Parmar: -1
T46. Evan Liu: -1
T46. Gregory White: -1
T46. Spencer Harrison: -1
T46. Silas Haarer: -1
T46. Isaac Ahn: -1
T46. Luke Johnston: -1

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