Tiger Woods’ son hit the shot of his life for his first hole-in-one. Bernhard Langer hit the shot that mattered Sunday, an 18-foot eagle putt in a playoff to beat Woods and son Charlie in a terrific duel at the PNC Championship.
Langer and 24-year-old son Jason won for the second straight year, and the 67-year-old German now has won back-to-back at the PNC Championship with two sons as his partners.
They put on quite a show at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, particularly when 15-year-old Charlie hit 7-iron on the par-3 fourth hole for his first ace, getting a huge hug from his father and a reminder that he would have to buy a round of drinks for everyone.
“I’m broke,” Charlie replied.
Team Langer and Team Woods each closed with a 15-under 57 in the scramble format, each team making only four pars, and they set the tournament record at 28-under 116.
In the playoff, Langer had the advantage on the par 5 because of his age. He played the third set of tees, 82 yards ahead of where Woods had to play and 52 yards ahead of where the two sons were hitting.
Charlie just reached the front of the green. His 25-foot eagle putt hit the edge of the hole but had too much pace. Woods missed low. Jason Langer hit his approach to 18 feet, and he left it to his ageless father to make the winner.
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The 33-year-old Urshela batted .250 with nine home runs and 52 RBIs last season for Detroit and Atlanta, earning $1.5 million. A slick defensive player, he has also played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland, Toronto, Minnesota and the Los Angeles Angels during a nine-year major league career.