Tiger Woods and son Charlie share the PNC Championship lead as golf's biggest star returns from sixth surgery
Tiger Woods and son Charlie share the PNC Championship lead as golf's biggest star returns from sixth surgery
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Tiger Woods and 15-year-old son Charlie ran off five straight birdies on the back nine Saturday for a 13-under 59 in the scramble format, giving them a share of the lead in the PNC Championship in Woods' first competition since back surgery in September.
![[Tiger and Charlie have participated in the family competition for the last five years]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/03/93394813-14218173-image-a-71_1734836487374.jpg)
Woods said he scheduled that surgery - the sixth on his lower back in the last 10 years - to be sure he recovered in time to play with his son for the fifth straight year. This is the first time they have shared the lead after the opening round, joined by the last two champions - Bernhard Langer and son Jason, and Vijay Singh and son Qass.
![[Tiger scheduled his sixth back surgery earlier this year to return in time for the competition]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/03/93373619-14218173-Tiger_Woods_returns_to_golf_on_Saturday_at_the_PNC_Championship_-a-72_1734836510773.jpg)
Woods hit an array of good shots, including a wedge to inches on the short par-4 seventh, but otherwise downplayed his game by suggesting he still had a lot of rust. This was more about spending 36 holes on a brisk day at the Ritz-Carlton Club Orlando with his son, a sophomore at Benjamin School in North Palm Beach.
His daughter, Sam, caddied for her father for the second straight year. Their mother, Elin, was among those in the gallery in a tournament that is all about family. 'We're trying to pull off each and every shot for each other, and to ham-and-egg,' Woods said. 'And I think we did that great pretty much the entire day. We picked each other up, which was great. And Charlie made much of the putts today.'.
Tiger Woods returned to golf on Saturday at the PNC Championship with his son Charlie, 15. Tiger and Charlie have participated in the family competition for the last five years. It helped playing in the same group with former British Open champion Justin Leonard and his son, Luke, a senior and teammate with Charlie at Benjamin School.
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