Charlie Woods eliminated in playoff after camera clicks mid-swing
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- Charlie Woods failed to reach match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur, falling in a 14-player playoff for just two spots at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
- Woods was tied for 63rd after carding rounds of 76 and 70 for a 5-over total before the Wednesday playoff.
- Woods was eliminated with a bogey on the first playoff hole when a phone camera clicked during his third shot — he was in the rough near the green on the par-5 first — prompting him to say, 'Really, dude?' and 'I mean, come on.'
- Eli Wessel and Hudson Kutchma advanced past the playoff with pars on the second extra hole, the par-3 fifth.
- Miles Russell, Woods' future Florida State teammate, was stroke play co-medalist at 6-under 135.
- Woods needed a birdie on the first playoff hole to join three others in advancing, but came up short with the bogey.
Why it matters: Woods entered the playoff already on the bubble at 63rd, but the camera incident turned a nervy shot into the one that ended his week — a rare moment where a spectator's phone, not his scorecard, dictated the result for a 15-major champion's son.
