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With Tiger's 16-year-old daughter Sam caddying,
the pair shot a sparkling second round 11-under to finish tied
for fifth at the event formerly known as the Father/Son
Challenge.
"To have both my kids out there the last two days has been so
special," Woods told reporters. "Just grateful for us to be able
to have these types of experiences."
Charlie, 14, did an emphatic fist pump reminiscent of his father
after chipping in for birdie on the ninth as a beaming Tiger
looked on with a broad smile across his face.
Woods said his surgically repaired right ankle continues to hold
up well and that he recovered quickly after the Hero World
Challenge in the Bahamas earlier this month.
"A lot of things are aching a lot more than my ankle, which is
the way it goes," said Woods, who turns 48 next week.
"We've been working out hard, been able to recover. We've been
training every day, which is great.
"It's been nice to knock off a lot of the rust and some of the
doubt that I've had because quite frankly I haven't hit a shot
that counted in a long time."
The Hero World Challenge was the former world number one's first
event since withdrawing during the Masters in April to have his
ankle fused.
The 15-time major champion has kept a limited competition
schedule after a 2021 car crash left him with a serious leg
injury and has said the plan for 2024 was to compete in one
tournament a month.
Woods, who was able to use a cart at the PNC but will not have
that luxury on the PGA Tour, said he still had the shot-making
skills to win and it is now a question of endurance and
consistency.
"I know I can still do it," Woods said. "I can still hit the
golf ball. I can still chip. I can still put.
"Granted it's also putting it all together for 72 holes. That's
the challenging part of it."
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken
Ferris)
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