Tiger Woods’ Son Charlie Fails to Qualify for US Open for Second Time

Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of golf legend Tiger Woods, didn’t qualify for the upcoming US Open.

As his father visited the White House on Thursday, May 8, for the primary time since going public with his relationship with Vanessa Trump, Charlie fell quick in his second try at qualifying for the event, based on ESPN.

The 16-year-old golfer carded a 3-over-par 75 throughout Thursday’s qualifier at Wellington Golf Membership in Florida. Per the retailers, Charlie was seven strokes shy of the ultimate qualifying rating, an enchancment from his efficiency in final 12 months’s US Junior Novice, which he missed by 18 strokes.

The 2025 event might be held June 12-15 at Oakmont Nation Membership in Pennsylvania.

Tiger, 49, shares Charlie together with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren. The previous couple are additionally mother and father to daughter, Sam Alexis Woods.

The famed golfer spent the day in D.C. whereas Charlie tried to qualify, and was pictured alongside Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana in a photograph shared to X on Thursday. “Met @TigerWoods on the White Home at the moment!” Banks wrote, and added American flag and golf emojis.

Woods’ go to comes two months after going Instagram official with Trump, 47, the ex-wife of President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.

Together with Tiger’s son, Vanessa’s daughter, Kai Trump, can also be an aspiring skilled golfer. In March, Kai, 17, and Charlie each competed within the Junior Invitational on the Sage Valley Golf Membership in Graniteville.

Vanessa, 47, shares Kai along with her ex-husband, Donald Trump Jr., who she divorced in 2018 after 12 years of marriage.

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Charlie and Tiger are sometimes seen on the golf course collectively. “Tiger loves spending time with Charlie on the golf course, however he has a very completely different vibe than Earl had whereas working with him,” a supply informed PEOPLE in 2020.

“They’re all smiles. Tiger is certainly instructing him the precise strategies, however there’s not the depth that Earl had with him,” the insider continued. “It is a complete bonding state of affairs. Tiger can get goofy and humorous with Charlie.”

In 2022, he informed ESPN, “Any time I get an opportunity to spend time with my son, it is at all times particular. And to do it in a competitive forum, the final couple of years have been magical.”