Tiger Woods and Charlie fire first round 59 to share the lead at the PNC Championship; Leaderboard explored

Tiger Woods and his son Charlie Woods are co-leaders after the first round of the 2024 PNC Championship. The Woods team shares the lead with defending champion Bernhard Langer and his son Jason, and 2022 champion Vijay Singh and his son Qass.

Tiger and Charlie carded 13 birdies with no bogeys in the first round. Their best stretch came on the back nine, where they carded a 29-under 36.

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2024 PNC Championship round 1 leaderboard

Below is the PNC Championship leaderboard after the first round:

• T1 Team Woods -13
• T1 Team Langer -13
• T1 Team Singh -13
• T4 Team Lehman -12
• T4 Team Harrington -12
• 6 Team O'Meara -11
• T7 Team Kuchar -10
• T7 Team Annika -10
• T9 Team Cink -9
• T9 Team Stricker -9
• T9 Team Daly -9
• T9 Team Duval -9
• T9 Team Korda -9
• T14 Team Trevino -8
• T14 Team Immelman -8
• T14 Team Couples -8
• T14 Team Leonard -8
• 18 Team Faldo -7
• 19 Team Price -5
• 20 Team Player E

After his performance in the first round of the PNC Championship, Tiger Woods had this to say to Golf Channel:

"It's another great day of family and bonding. We had a great day out there with the Leonards...it doesn't get any better."

Charlie Woods, meanwhile, said he is focused on "having fun" during the second and deciding round of the PNC Championship:

"Just have fun. I think that's where I struggled. I get too focused on the game and I got to have fun."

As for the other co-leaders, Bernhard Langer and his son Jason had an eagle and 11 birdies, including the 18th hole, to tie for first with Team Woods. The Langers are the defending champions of the PNC Championship and are looking for their sixth victory at the tournament.

Meanwhile, Vijay Singh and his son Qass also had an eagle and eleven birdies, including a birdie on the 18th to tie for first. Team Singh will be looking for its second win of the tournament.

Five teams are within three shots of the lead, including Annika Sorenstam and her son Will McGee. Will is the youngest player in the field, but he had some excellent shots in the first round, especially on the putting green.

Annika's team made seven consecutive birdies on the front nine and briefly led the tournament. However, they slowed down on the back nine and finished with a 10-under 62.

The other female professional player in the field, world number one Nelly Korda, finished the round in a tie for ninth place at 9-under. Korda and her father Petr had one eagle and seven birdies, six of which came on the front nine.