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Watch: Tiger Woods delighted by video comparing son Charlie’s golf mannerisms to his own

We can’t stop watching a video of Tiger watching that video.

Tiger Woods and his son Charlie will be teeing it up once again at the PNC Championship later this week for a two-day, 36-hole event.

It’s huge for a couple of reasons – first, it’s Tiger’s return to competing for the first time since his horrifying car crash.

Second? We get to see the father and son play together, which gave us some amazing highlights last year, showing the similarities between the two, from their swings to their warmups.

In fact, there was a supercut made with all those similarities, and we can’t stop watching a video of Tiger watching that video. It’s a delight:

And there’s more of this in store for later in the week.

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Twilight 9 podcast: It’s Tiger Woods time, PNC Championship preview, QBE Shootout recap, and tons more

The 15-time major champion is making his return to golf this week in Orlando.

This week on the show, it’s all about Tiger Woods. The 15-time major champion is back, once again teeing it up with his son, Charlie, at the PNC Championship in Orlando. Joining the Woods’ in the field are Justin and Mike Thomas, the defending champions of the event.

Andy and I discuss our favorite Woods moments, how incredible his recovery has been, and what this week may mean for the Woods family.

Last week on the show, Andy picked Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na to win the QBE Shootout. Bang. This winner pick is the third of the year for Twilight 9 (I think) joining Justin Thomas at the Players, and Max Homa at the Genesis. We recap the Naples event, and what change they should make to create a must-watch product.

Download this week’s episode here: Apple | Spotify

Follow the guys on Twitter: Riley | Andy

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Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas highlight a stacked 2021 PNC Championship field

Thanks to Tiger Woods’ commitment last week, the field at this week’s PNC Championship is now 20 teams.

On December 8th, Tiger Woods announced that he, and son Charlie, committed to play in this week’s PNC Championship, just 10 months after his car accident.

Incredible.

The last time we saw Woods play golf on television was at this event back in 2020. Time really is a flat circle.

However, the Woods-duo isn’t the only big-name partnership headed to Florida. Defending champions Justin and his father Mike Thomas will look to triumph again. Bubba Watson will be playing with his father-in-law, while Nelly Korda will be playing with her dad, Petr.

HOW TO WATCH: Tiger, Charlie and the PNC Championship

Here’s a look at the 20 partnerships at this year’s PNC Championship, which requires that each team have a major champion. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes is the host venue.

Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods golfing at the PNC Championship is becoming an awesome tradition

Tiger and Charlie Woods are back at it again.

Tiger Woods is back, y’all. This is exciting news.

But what makes it even more exciting is the fact that he’ll be golfing, once again, with his son Charlie.

The two are playing in 10 days at the PNC Championship during their family tournament. This is absolutely delightful news considering that we didn’t think we’d get to see Tiger Woods playing golf at all this year. It was only in February that he was in an awful car crash that many thought could sideline him forever.

Now, here he is playing with Charlie again. This looks like it could become one of the annual golf traditions we look forward to each year.

Don’t remember them hitting the links together last year? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Here’s a bit of a refresher.

‘If anybody can do it, it’s him:’ PGA Tour players react to Tiger Woods playing in 2021 PNC Championship with son, Charlie

“… and one thing I’ve learned with Tiger is you never bet against him.”

NORTH NAPLES, Fla. – Last month, Tiger Woods put out a three-second video of himself hitting a wedge that blew up social media feeds around the world.

Last week, the PGA Tour released a 23-second video of Woods hitting 3-wood, this being at the Hero World Challenge on Tuesday on the back of the range at Albany Golf Club.

Starting Friday of last week, he hit balls on three consecutive days, including Sunday when he was wearing his traditional red shirt and black slacks.

Now word has come that Woods, just nine months removed from a horrific single-car rollover accident last February that nearly cost him his right leg to amputation, let alone his life, is playing again.

Woods announced Wednesday he will team with son, Charlie, once again in next week’s PNC Championship in Orlando.

Woods’ peers are thrilled.

“It’s great seeing him out,” said Will Zalatoris, who is at Tiberon Golf Club for this week’s QBE Shootout. “It’s amazing how the guy goes and hits balls on the range and you kind of want to sit there and watch it instead of the golf. That just shows you how important he is to the game.

“It was cool seeing him at the dinner that Wednesday at the Hero World Challenge. My goal is to hopefully get paired with him before he’s done if he’s able to come back and play a limited schedule. My hopes are high that we’ll see him more than he’s letting on.”

Other players at the QBE Shootout were just as encouraged.

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Tiger Woods to play PNC Championship with son, Charlie, less than a year after accident

The last time Tiger played was the 2020 PNC Championship, where Charlie stole the show.

Less than a year after a single-car accident almost required his leg to be amputated, Tiger Woods will tee it up alongside his son, Charlie, next week in the 2021 PNC Championship.

The father-son event to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Dec. 16-19, has been holding a spot for Woods and his son, who stole the show at the 2020 event. The 15-time major champion has been teasing his return to the course for a few weeks now, most recently by rocking his Sunday red during a practice session during the final round of his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

More: Nelly Korda to make PNC Championship debut in 2021

During Saturday’s third round coverage of the Hero World Challenge, Woods joined the broadcast to discuss his progress and Charlie’s performance at the 2020 PNC Championship.

“He carried me, no doubt,” Woods said.

“It’s short for Charlie, it’s not short from where I’m playing,” Woods added. “I’ve got to hit it from back there with Justin (Thomas). And I’m hitting it half as far as he does.”

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Sources: Parent-child tournament holding spot in next month’s field for Tiger Woods and son

Multiple people familiar with the situation confirmed the news to Golfweek.

The last tournament Tiger Woods played was the PNC Championship in December 2020, when he partnered his son Charlie to a 7th place finish in the parent-child event. Organizers are apparently hopeful it will also be the next tournament we see Woods play.

Three sources familiar with the situation confirmed to Golfweek that the PNC Championship is keeping a place open for Woods in the limited-field event, which begins in just three weeks. Organizers had planned to complete the field without the 15-time major winner, who has been recovering from serious injuries sustained in a February 23 car wreck.

“The message came: not just yet!” one source familiar with the circumstances said.

The PNC Championship pairs major winners with a family member and will be played December 18-19, with pro-am days on December 16-17. It is held at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes in Orlando. The PNC field is limited to 20 teams, but just 18 pairs have so far been announced for the 2021 event. Multiple sources told Golfweek that one of those slots is earmarked for Woods and the now 12-year-old Charlie, and that the event will give Woods as much time as possible to decide if he’s healthy enough to play.

“We can go pretty late. The draw gets done week of,” a source closely involved with the event explained. The source requested anonymity because they are not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

Earlier this week, Woods posted a three-second video clip of himself hitting an iron shot on a practice range. It was the first time he had been seen hitting balls since surviving that horrific crash nine months ago. The clip quickly racked up more than 7 million views.

The caption on Woods’s video—just two words: “Making progress”—led to a flurry of speculation that he will return to the PGA Tour in 2022. But few thought it realistic that he might possibly be only weeks away from playing again in public.

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Woods made his debut at the PNC Championship in 2020, but it was Charlie who stole the show, much to his father’s obvious delight. A few weeks after that tournament, Woods was sidelined with another back surgery to remove a bone fragment that was pinching a nerve. On February 23, just after hosting the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, Woods narrowly escaped death when the SUV he was driving left the road and tumbled down a ravine. He underwent surgery for extensive injuries to his right leg.

In both the video he posted and in a recent public sighting as he watched Charlie at junior golf tournament, Woods was still wearing a sleeve on that leg.

The PNC Championship, formerly known as the Father-Son Challenge, began in 1995. The field for the 2021 edition includes legends like Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and John Daly. Nelly Korda will also make her debut, playing alongside her father, tennis great Petr Korda.

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Nelly Korda will make her debut in the PNC Championship with father Petr as her partner

Two major champions will make their PNC Championship debuts this year in Florida.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda will make her debut in the PNC Championship alongside her father Petr, winner of the 1998 Australian Open, the tournament has announced.

Nelly, of course, won her first major title earlier this year at the KPMG Women’s PGA as well as Olympic gold in Tokyo. The PNC Championship will be held Dec. 16-19 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes.

To qualify for the PNC Championship, players must have won a major championship or The Players Championship. Their partner must not hold a PGA Tour card.

“I am obviously excited to get to play alongside so many legends of golf but if I’m honest,” said Nelly in a release, “what excites me even more will be having my dad playing alongside me. After all these years of him watching and supporting us kids from the sidelines in both golf and tennis, it is going to be so much fun to be in a team competing together! The whole family is looking forward to enjoying this in the run up to Christmas.”

Henrik Stenson plays his second shot on the 10th hole during Day One of The Italian Open at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 02, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images)

Henrik Stenson, the 2016 Open Champion, will also play in his first PNC with his 11-year-old son Karl.

“I was thrilled to hear we had made the cut for this prestigious event and that we will be in the field this December,” said Stenson. “We are all in preparing for what will be, in the eyes of my family, the most important event of my season. Joking aside, I cannot wait to share the inside the ropes competitive experience with my son against so many icons of the game. We feel very privileged to be part of such an amazing field.”

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The tournament will be broadcast live on NBC and limited tickets will go on sale for the general public on Friday, Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. ET. Teams will play for a total purse of $1,085,000 in a two-day 36-hole scramble format. The 2020 edition was won by Justin Thomas and his father, Mike.

Other players confirmed for the field so far include: Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, David Duval, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar.

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How much money each team won at the PNC Championship

Check out how much money each team won this week at the PNC Championship in Florida.

Charlie Woods stole the show this weekend at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando. Teamed up with his 15-time major champion father, Tiger Woods, the two provided content all weekend that sent golf Twitter into a frenzy.

Ultimately it was another debut team that took home the title: Justin Thomas and his father, Mike, won at 25 under thanks to a final-round 15-under 57. Team Thomas won by one stroke ahead of Team Singh, who finished runner-up at the event formerly known as the Father-Son Challenge for the third time.

There were 20 pros in the field who won a combined 67 major titles. Check out how much money each took home from the annual silly season event.

PNC Championship prize money

Place Team Earnings
1 Team Thomas $200,000
2 Team Singh $80,000
T-3 Team O’Meara $53,625
T-3 Team Trevino $53,625
T-5 Team Kite $48,500
T-5 Team Kuchar $48,500
7 Team Woods $47,000
8 Team Daly $46,000
T-9 Team Furyk $44,500
T-9 Team Norman $44,500
T-9 Team Lehman $44,500
T-12 Team Janzen $43,500
T-12 Team Langer $43,000
T-14 Team Price $42,250
T-14 Team Duval $42,250
16 Team Player $41,500
17 Team Sorenstam $41,000
18 Team Watson $40,500
19 Team Calcavecchia $40,250
20 Team Harrington $40,000

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