WATCH: Charlie Woods tees off at Florida state golf championship
Charlie Woods and the Benjamin boys golf team took second place at the 2024 Florida Class 1A state championship this week at Howey-in-the-Hills.
Benjamin School golfers Charlie Woods and Kai Trump wrapped up the final round of the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley on Saturday afternoon in South Carolina.
Woods, the son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, and Kai Trump, the granddaughter of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, are competing in a tournament billed as “the most prestigious event in junior golf” this week.
Here’s a look at how each golfer finished after four days of competitive golf:
How did Charlie Woods finish after final round?
Woods shot 75 (3-over) in the final round to finish the tournament 11-over. He played his opening nine at 2-under but carded four bogeys and a double bogey on the back.
He finished the tournament with rounds of 78-73-73-75 and tied for 25th in a field of 36 golfers.
Woods played on Benjamin’s No. 2 line last fall and finished his sophomore campaign as the No. 11 boys golfer in Florida per iWanamaker. In 2023, Woods was part of Benjamin boys golf’s state championship team.
How did Kai Trump finish after final round?
Trump shot 89 (17-over) in the final round and will finish the tournament at 52-over with rounds of 89-79-83-89.
She is in last place in a field of 24 golfers at 35-over for the tournament.
Trump was an All-County selection for Benjamin last fall and finished her junior campaign as the No. 151 ranked girls golfer in Florida. She is committed to play collegiate golf at the University of Miami.
The Junior Invitational at Sage Valley held its first tournament in 2011 and has quickly become a destination event for junior golf’s top names from around the globe. The tournament crowned its first girls champion in 2022.
Past winners include current professional golf stars like Scottie Scheffler, Akshay Bhatia and Joaquín Niemann.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
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