Charlie Woods’ tee time and pairing are set for the third round of the 49th Junior PGA Championships on July 31.
Woods, a rising junior at the Benjamin School and son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, will tee off at 1:53 p.m. CT Thursday on No. 1 at Purdue University’s Ackerman Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He is paired with Indiana’s Sam Carraher and California’s Ronin Banerjee for the third round.
All three golfers are 7-under for the tournament and tied for seventh place. Kansas’ Lunden Esterline, who shot 62 in Wednesday’s second round, is five shots clear of the field at 14-under overall.
The tournament cut to the top 60 plus ties after Wednesday’s second round. It will cut down to the top 30 plus ties after the third round on Thursday.
The Junior PGA Championships were first hosted in 1976 and have a long history in Palm Beach County.
From 1980-2000, the event was hosted PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens in all but two years. In 1990, Tiger Woods finished runner-up to Fort Lauderdale’s Chris Couch at PGA National.
Previous tournament winners include major champions Trevor Immelman and David Toms.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
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