Tiger Woods to play with son Charlie at PNC Championship

Tournament will be held in Florida next month

Tiger Woods and his son Charlie at the US Open in 2017. The father-son due will play at the PNC Championship in Florida next month. AFP

Tiger Woods is embraced by his mother Kultida Woods after being presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, as his girlfriend Erica Herman and his 10-year-old son Charlie look on in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington in 2019. Reuters

Dustin Johnson is presented with the green jacket by Tiger Woods after winning the Masters. Reuters

Tiger Woods after finishing on the 18th green during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. AFP

Tiger Woods afterthe final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. AFP

Tiger Woods lines up a putt on the 14th green in the final round at Augusta National Golf Club. AFP

Tiger Woods reacts to his putt on the 14th green at Augusta National Golf Club. AFP

Tiger Woods prepares to hits his second shot on the first fairway with caddie Joe LaCava looking on during the final round of the Master. AP

Tiger Woods reacts to a shot on the second hole during the final round of the Masters. AFP

Tiger Woods and 11-year-old Charlie will team up in the father-son PNC Championship in December, the golf star confirmed.

"I can't tell you how excited I am to be playing with Charlie in our first official tournament together," Woods, a 15-time major champion, said.

"It's been great watching him progress as a junior golfer and it will be incredible playing as a team together in the PNC Championship."

The tournament will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, from December 19 to 20.

It features 20 major championship winners competing as a team alongside a family member.

Woods has largely kept his children, Charlie and 13-year-old daughter Sam, out of the public eye, although both were on hand when he won the 2019 Masters for his first major title in more than a decade.

Woods finished the coronavirus pandemic-delayed 2020 Masters this month in deflating style, with a final-round 76 that included a 10 on the par-three 12th – followed by five birdies in his last six holes.

Teaming up with Charlie in the PNC Championship gives him a chance to compete one more time in 2020, a year that has seen his unofficial World Challenge in the Bahamas cancelled because of the pandemic.

No fans will be allowed at the Florida tournament, but it will be televised in the United States by NBC.

German veteran Bernhard Langer and his son, Jason, will return to defend the title they won last year.

American Justin Thomas will make his debut alongside his father, Mike. LPGA great Annika Sorenstam of Sweden will also play with her dad.

Other major champions who will tee it up include Greg Norman, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen and John Daly.