Tiger Woods: Charlie Woods surges in Round 3 to stay in Junior PGA Championship hunt

Charlie Woods continued his good run at the Junior PGA Championship 2025 as he fired a 5-under 66 in the third round. Following 54 holes, he was tied for second at 12-under.

On Thursday, July 31, Woods entered the round at Ackerman-Allen seven strokes back. He began with birdies on the first two holes and picked up a couple more against two bogeys over the next seven holes. On the back nine, he added five more birdies against two bogeys to shoot a second straight 66.

Ahead of the final round of the Junior PGA Championship 2025, Woods was seven strokes behind Lunden Esterline, who also fired a 66 to finish at 19-under. Pennson Badgett also moved up three spots to T2 after shooting a 67.

Here's a look at the leaderboard for the Junior PGA Championship 2025 after Round 3:

1. Lunden Esterline: -19
T2. Charlie Woods: -12
T2. Pennson Badgett: -12
T4. Ayden Fynaut: -11
T4. Tyler Mawhinney: -11
T4. Zenghao Hou: -11
7. Sam Carraher: -10
T8. Luke Balaskiewicz: -9
T8. Ronin Banerjee: -9
T8. William Chang: -9
T8. Max VanderMolen: -9
T12. Mason Howell: -8
T12. Spencer Harrison: -8
T12. Drew Woolworth: -8
T12. Chase Yenser: -8
T16. Luke Johnston: -7
T16. Jessy Huebner: -7
T18. Giuseppe Puebla: -6
T18. Chase Hughes: -6
T18. Austin Shelley: -6
T18. Shiv Parmar: -6
T22. Liam Moloney: -5
T22. Kailer Stone: -5
T22. Silas Haarer: -5
T22. Ryder Huish: -5
T26. Arrow Aarav Shah: -4
T26. Chase Oberle: -4
T26. Jackson Ormond: -4
T26. Samuel Harris: -4
T30. Austin Perkins: -3
T30. Evan Liu: -3
T30. Joshua Kim: -3
T30. Michael Quallich: -3

Charlie Woods' performance in the Junior PGA Championship 2025, Round 3 explored

Here's a look at the hole-by-hole performance of Charlie Woods at the Junior PGA Championship 2025, Round 3.

Hole 1, par 4: 3 (-1)
Hole 2, par 5: 4 (-2)
Hole 3, par 4: 4 (-2)
Hole 4, par 4: 5 (-1)
Hole 5, par 3: 3 (-1)
Hole 6, par 5: 4 (-2)
Hole 7, par 3: 2 (-3)
Hole 8, par 4: 4 (-3)
Hole 9, par 4: 5 (-2)
Out: 34 (-2)
Hole 10, par 4: 3 (-3)
Hole 11, par 4: 5 (-2)
Hole 12, par 4: 3 (-3)
Hole 13, par 3: 4 (-2)
Hole 14, par 4: 3 (-3)
Hole 15, par 4: 3 (-4)
Hole 16, par 5: 5 (-4)
Hole 17, par 3: 3 (-4)
Hole 18, par 4: 3 (-5)
In: 32 (-3)
Total: 66 (-5)

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