Tiger Woods has daughter Sam as caddie for 2023 PNC Championship

Tiger Woods makes information anytime he tees it up, and particularly so this week taking part in along with his 14-year-old son Charlie on the PNC Championship in Orlando.

Nevertheless, he has a brand new caddie at Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership, and one he’s a lot acquainted with. His 16-year-old daughter, Sam.

Sam has been within the public eye with dad earlier than, introducing Woods at his induction into the World Golf Corridor of Fame. However that is the primary time she has been on the bag, which means a household affair on a wet Saturday in central Florida.

“Sam was unbelievable,” Tiger mentioned. “That is the primary time she’s ever finished this, so it couldn’t have been any extra particular for all of us.

“For me to have each my youngsters contained in the ropes like this and taking part and taking part in and being a part of the sport of golf like this, it couldn’t have been extra particular for me, and I do know that we do that quite a bit at residence, needle one another and have a good time. However it was extra particular to do it in a event like this.”

Tiger Woods of the USA rides in a golf cart with daughter Sam Woods on the on the ninth gap through the first spherical of the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership on December 16, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Photograph by Mike Mulholland/Getty Photographs)

Tiger is certainly nonetheless looking for a full-time caddie, as former bag man Joe LaCava is now looping for Patrick Cantlay. Two weeks in the past on the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas, longtime buddy and enterprise accomplice Rob McNamara caddied for Woods.

Pictures: Tiger and Charlie on the PNC Championship

LaCava’s son, Joe Jr., has been on the bag for Charlie the previous three years. This yr, it’s his highschool teammate Luke Sensible. The duo received a group state title final month for Benjamin.

Staff Woods completed at 8-under 64 after the primary spherical, seven photographs behind Staff Kuchar.

In the meantime, how is Tiger as a caddie for Charlie in his junior occasions? He poked some enjoyable at dad.

“For Dad as a caddie, his reads are hook-bias, and I don’t hook as a lot as he does,” Charlie mentioned. “So all of my putts, I miss proper. So I’ve to account for that.”