Charlie Woods is staying put.
The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods verbally committed Tuesday to play college golf at Florida State and will be a part of a strong 2027 recruiting class.
A junior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Fla., Woods is the 21st-ranked boys golfer in the Rolex American Junior Golf Association rankings. He was ranked 604th before he won the Team TaylorMade Invitational in May 2025, his first AJGA victory, and vaulted to 14th.
He’s played in five AJGA events since his win, recording one top 10 and three top-20 finishes. He also helped his high school team win a Florida High School Athletic Association Class A state title in November; Woods shot a four-under 68 in the final round.
By selecting Florida State and heading to Tallahassee, Woods will attend college about 400 miles from home. His dad starred at Stanford in California for two years and was named First-Team All-American both seasons. Sam Woods, Charlie’s big sister, attends Stanford.
“It’s been very different, the recruiting process,” Tiger Woods said at the Hero World Challenge in December. “Now you have cell phones. We didn’t have cell phones. We would have written letters that would show up in the mailbox. ‘Oh, my God, I got a letter.’ It’s just very different how fast coaches can communicate with the family members and the player that they’re trying to recruit. It’s just a different world. Not saying it’s good or bad, it’s just different. It’s fun to be a part of the process with Charlie and go through it and see where the opportunities that he has that he has created for himself by playing better, places that he could play, wants to play and ultimately we’ll decide where he wants to go play.”
Also bound for Florida State is Miles Russell, the top-ranked player in the AJGA rankings who, at age 15 in 2024, became the youngest player to make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event when he tied for 20th at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
