Bernhard and Jason Langer gained the PNC Championship in dramatic trend.
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The Woods household broke an extended drought Sunday on the PNC Championship, however probably the most well-known household in golf remains to be looking for the winner’s circle.
On the par-3 gap at Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership, Charlie Woods smoothed a 7-iron from 176 yards that took one hop and rolled proper into the cup for an ace.
The golf world went wild because the youthful Woods achieved one thing his 15-time major-winning father, Tiger Woods, hadn’t completed in competitors in 26 years, throughout his third yr on the PGA Tour. It was Charlie’s first hole-in-one in his total golf profession on the similar occasion the place he made his first profession eagle 4 years in the past in 2020.
Staff Woods saved rolling after that. The primary-round co-leaders after a 59 Saturday, saved making birdies. They completed with a 57 Sunday and a record-setting 36-hole rating of 28 underneath, however ultimately it wasn’t sufficient. Staff Bernhard and Jason Langer additionally completed on the similar rating and Bernhard, the final to putt within the first playoff gap, simply curled in an eagle putt to beat the Woods’ and win their second straight PNC Championship.
Charlie’s hole-in-one and the Langer’s win have been a part of a wild last spherical on the PGA Tour Champions-sanctioned occasion that was dubbed the “best day in PNC Championship historical past” by NBC’s Dan Hicks. Shortly after Charlie’s ace, Paddy Harington, son of three-time main winner Padraig Harrington, additionally made an ace on the eighth gap. The 2 aces have been simply the second and third within the 27 editions of the event.
The Woods’ taking part in companions Sunday and defending champions, the Langers pulled into shares of the lead thrice on Sunday, however may by no means take the outright lead away from staff Woods. The pairs saved matching one another shot for shot, matching birdies on the identical gap 9 instances, and answering Charlie’s hole-in-one on No. 4 with an eagle on the par-5 fifth.
Each groups parred the seventeenth gap and birdied the 18th gap after the Langers missed an eagle putt from simply off the inexperienced.
Charlie Woods makes hole-in-one at PNC — and response is priceless
That despatched them again to the 18th the place Charlie Woods and Bernhard Langer, hit it practically in the identical place as regulation. Tiger Woods hit their method good of the inexperienced whereas Jason Langer — taking part in from 20 yards nearer because of dad Bernhard taking part in practically 50 yards farther up than Charlie — hit his method 20 ft left of the opening within the heart of the inexperienced.
Staff Langer has now gained a report six PNC Championships with Jason now having gained 4 instances whereas brother Stefan — who caddied for Jason — has gained twice.
It was Tiger Woods’ first event since lacking the reduce on the Open Championship at Royal Troon. He didn’t play two weeks in the past on the Hero World Problem, the charity exhibition occasion he hosts within the Bahamas, saying his recreation wasn’t sharp and revealing he underwent a sixth again surgical procedure in September.
However notably, Tiger Woods determined to stroll this with out assistance from a golf cart for the primary time since his second look on the occasion, lower than a yr after his February 2021 automobile crash. Because the occasion is run by the PGA Tour Champions, rivals are allowed to take a cart.
The win was additionally a complete household occasion for Staff Woods as Tiger Woods had 17-year-old daughter Sam Woods caddying for him for the second consecutive yr. Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren was additionally seen onsite at Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership watching the motion.
