Golf

Tiger Woods, son in three-way top spot tie after round one of PNC Championship

Teams Woods, Langer and Singh are all tied for first place going into the second day of play.

Tiger Woods tees off on the fifth hole during the first round of the PNC Championship (Phelan M Ebenhack/AP)
Tiger Woods tees off on the fifth hole during the first round of the PNC Championship (Phelan M Ebenhack/AP) (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)
By PA Sport Staff

Tiger Woods and his teen son Charlie ended day one of the PNC Championship in a three-way tie for first with a score of 13 under 59.

Teams Langer and Singh, who both also carded 59, are locked in at equal scores with Team Woods, with the legendary golfing family managing five straight birdies down the stretch in Orlando, Florida.

The PNC event is Tiger’s first competition since surgery on his back in September; his sixth in 10 years.

Charlie Woods, right, gets a fist bump from his father, Tiger Woods during the first round of the PNC Championship (Phelan M Ebenhack/AP)
Charlie Woods, right, gets a fist bump from his father, Tiger Woods during the first round of the PNC Championship (Phelan M Ebenhack/AP) (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)

Following the round, Tiger told reporters: “It’s a scramble, so we’re trying to pull off each and every shot for each other, and to ham-and-egg, and I think we did that great pretty much the entire day.

“Charlie made pretty much most of the putts today.”

Charlie added: “I didn’t hit it great, but Dad saved me on a couple of them and I rolled them in.”