Overview
- Woods carded a rain-delayed 5-under 66 in Round 3 at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex to reach 12-under par and tie for second.
- Lunden Esterline maintains the lead at 19-under, holding a seven-shot advantage over Woods heading into the final round.
- The top two finishers earn automatic places on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team, with a third spot available as a captain’s pick.
- Just one week after missing the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur, Woods has rebounded into serious contention at the 49th Junior PGA Championship.
- As the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, Charlie has drawn intense attention while balancing legacy pressures and his own pursuit of junior golf success.