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 part of a strong 2027 recruiting class.
A junior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Fla., Woods is the No. 21 boys golfer in the U.S. Junior Golf Association Rolex Rankings. He was ranked 604 ahead of him won the Team TaylorMade Invitational in May 2025, his first AJGA win, and vaulted to 14th place.
He has played in five AJGA events since his win, recording one top-10 and three top-20s. He also helped his own 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.
Choosing Florida State and heading to Tallahassee, Woods will attend college about 400 miles from home. His father played at Stanford in California for two years and was named a first-team All-American both seasons. Sam Woods, Charlie’s older sister, attends Stanford.
“It’s been a lot 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.’ he has created himself by playing better, the places where he could play, he wants to play and in the end we will decide where he wants to go to 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 reach a Korn Ferry Tour when he tied for 20th at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
