Tiger and Charlie have captured fan hearts by teaming up for the PNC Championship in recent years, even finishing second in 2021 and 2024. Though Charlie won’t be at Oakmont this June, he continues to build experience—and expectations.

The 16-year-old golfer carded a 3-over-par 75 during Thursday's qualifier at Wellington Golf Club in Florida. Per the outlets, Charlie was seven strokes shy of the final qualifying score, an improvement from his performance in last year's US Junior Amateur, which he missed by 18 strokes.

Charlie Woods failed to get out of local qualifying for the U.S. Open, the second straight year the son of Tiger Woods missed out. The 16-year-old Woods was among a record 10,202 entries for the U.S.