Charlie Woods is paired with the defending tournament champion, and potentially his future Florida State teammate, for Wednesday’s first round of the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.
Woods, a junior at the Benjamin School and son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, is in the field this week for the 15th Junior Invitational at Sage Valley from March 11-14 in Graniteville, South Carolina.
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He’ll open first round play on Wednesday at 1:06 p.m. in a pairing with Miles Russell, the defending tournament champion and current No. 1 player in the AJGA Rolex Rankings, as well as Italy’s Giovanni Binaghi.
Hosted at Sage Valley Golf Club, which is less than 20 miles from Augusta National Golf Club, the Junior Invitational aims to be the junior equivalent of the Masters Tournament with prestigious fields and traditions. Tournament winners are awarded a gold jacket.
The Junior Invitational has established an accomplished list of champions in less than two decades of competition. Scottie Scheffler, the world’s current world No. 1 golfer, won the event in 2014.
Other notable champions include reigning Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Akshay Bhatia (2018) as well as Joaquin Niemann (2017) and Austin Eckroat (2016).
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15th Junior Invitational at Sage Valley: First round pairings, tee times
Boys
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9:30 a.m. – Ben Bolton, Lev Grinberg, Chase Hughes
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9:54 a.m. – Callixte Alzas, Mason An, Sam Carraher
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10:18 a.m. – Jessy Huebner, Guus Lafeber, Vicente Quiroga
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10:54 a.m. – Louis Klein, Evan Liu, John Doyle
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11:18 a.m. – Tyler Watts, Preston Hage, Oscar Couilleau
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11:42 a.m. – Tomas Restrepo, Mason Howell, Ayden Fynaut
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12:18 p.m. – Hamilton Coleman, Hugo Le Goff, Luke Colton
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12:42 p.m. – Ronin Banerjee, Pennson Badgett, Cooper Moore
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1:06 p.m. – Giovanni Binaghi, Miles Russell, Charlie Woods
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1:18 p.m. – Lunden Esterline, Tim Brohl, Yago Horno
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1:30 p.m. – Emilio Velez, Giuseppe Puebla, Parin Sarasmut
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1:42 p.m. – Khanh Hung Le, Tyler Mawhinney, Luke Ringkamp
Girls
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9:42 a.m. – Jude Lee, Louise Landgraf, Anna Fang
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10:06 a.m. – Amelie Zalsman, Lily Reitter, Alice Kong
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10:30 a.m. – Honorine Ferry, Anna Iwanaga, Clara Ding
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11:06 a.m. – Nikki Oh, Yujie Liu, Zoe Cusack
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11:30 a.m. – Prim Prachnakorn, Krishny Elwin, Shauna Liu
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11:54 a.m. – Lily Peng, Rayee Feng, Clairey Lin
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12:30 p.m. – Michelle Xing, Samantha Chiou, Achiraya Sriwong
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12:54 p.m. – Aphrodite Deng, Asterisk Talley, Charlotte Naughton
Charlie Woods golf ranking
Charlie Woods hits out of a fairway bunker during the first round of the108th Amateur Championship at BallenIsles Country Club on June 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Woods is ranked No. 20 in the AJGA rankings as of March 10.
The 2026 Junior Invitational field is loaded with some of the best junior golfers in the world. Every player in the current top 10 of the American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Rankings is in the field, a list highlighted by Miles Russell, the defending tournament champion and junior No. 1.
Charlie Woods college golf
Woods committed to play collegiate golf at Florida State University in February.
He joins Russell in a blockbuster Class of 2027 recruiting class for the Seminoles.
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Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
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