ORLANDO, Fla. — Vijay Singh and his son lastly cashed in on their sixteenth strive on the PNC Championship. For Tiger Woods, he fortunately settled for one more nice week together with his son within the one event the place nobody has a nasty time.
“It was nice being with dad after working so onerous to get right here — for me faculty, and him simply the harm,” 13-year-old Charlie Woods stated. “Being on the market with an important environment and everybody being on the market, it was superior.”
It felt even higher for Singh, the three-time main champion who first performed the PNC Championship in 2003 when his son, Qass, was 13. Singh all however sealed it with a 6-foot birdie putt for a 59 within the scramble format, changing into the primary group in event historical past to put up a sub-60 rating in each rounds.
They completed at 26-under 118 and received by two photographs over defending champions John Daly and his son and 2020 winners Justin Thomas and his father.
“That is what we wished without end,” Qass stated, now 32 and dealing in insurance coverage.
“Sixteen years,” his father interjected.
“Approach too lengthy, but it surely’s about time,” Qass stated. “So, I am thrilled. I am so completely happy. That is already one of the best week, so that is simply making it … no phrases can describe. It should be a reminiscence I will have without end.”
Woods and his son fell out of rivalry with a bogey on the par-4 seventh gap when each drove into the woods. They tied for eighth within the 20-team discipline.
Thomas and his father, Mike, a longtime Kentucky membership skilled, on their approach to one other title till the birdies dried up on the again 9, and by then Workforce Singh was on its approach to an overdue victory.
Concerning the time Little John Daly rolled in an 18-foot eagle putt from off the inexperienced for a 59 to achieve 24 underneath, Qass Singh hit the shot of the day with a hybrid on the par-5 14th to about 4 toes for eagle.
For Workforce Woods, their finest photographs have been on Saturday and put them within the closing group and left them hopeful of getting the Willie Park Trophy.
On Sunday, Woods hit his method on the par-5 fifth to fifteen toes, and Charlie prolonged his proper fist in celebration upon holing the eagle putt to get inside two photographs of the lead. However that was nearly as good because it bought, at the very least for the golf.
Of their third yr enjoying this occasion, it was the primary time Woods allowed his son to affix him for interviews, and the child delivered.
“I really feel like I already knew what he was able to, after which yesterday, that is one of the best he is ever performed shortly. And that sort of shocked me a bit bit,” Charlie stated as his father tried to include his laughter.
“I was good,” Woods replied.
Woods talked about some textual content messages he obtained Saturday evening after a 3-iron into the 18th gap that referred to “rolling again the clock.”
Woods has been saying he nonetheless has all of the photographs, it is only a matter of strolling. He was in a cart on the PGA Tour Champions-sanctioned occasion, nonetheless limping due to plantar fasciitis in his proper foot.
However he has loads of pop, and he let Justin Thomas comprehend it. Woods ripped one previous Thomas, the 29-year-old PGA champion, on the fifth gap. He zoomed up the green shortly sufficient to depart a be aware subsequent to Thomas’ ball that stated, “You’ve got bought mail.”
Thomas was hopeful of the ultimate phrase if he and his father have been to win once more. Needling apart, he was impressed with what he noticed on sure photographs, that drive being one among them.
“I wasn’t joking yesterday once I stated it: When he is feeling effectively, he is longer than I’m with a driver,” Thomas stated. “However I am positive he would commerce 10 yards to have the ability to stroll day-after-day and feeling effectively. However yeah, it’s extremely spectacular. You may inform, he is very, very robust, very match proper now. It is simply coping with the opposite points.”
These different points weren’t about to maintain him away from a event that at this level in his profession means so much to Woods. He needed to withdraw from his Hero World Problem within the Bahamas due to his foot. He has no concept when he can return in 2023.
The Thomas clan has turn out to be an prolonged household. Woods’ caddie is Joe LaCava, whose son works for Charlie at this event.
“We had essentially the most superb time contained in the ropes with one another,” Woods stated.
