"Jesus, who’s the kid -19?": Fans overlook Charlie Woods as 16y/o outperforms him at Junior PGA Championship

Fans on social media have reacted to the impressive performance of Lunden Esterline, who outperformed Charlie Woods at the 2025 Junior PGA Championship. The 16-year-old American amateur golfer has been phenomenal with his game this week and is in contention to win the title. He had a seven-stroke lead over Woods heading into the finale of the event.

Meanwhile, Woods jumped five spots on the leaderboard after the third round and settled in a tie for second place. Fore Play shared the leaderboard of the Junior PGA Championship on its X account with a caption that read:

"BACK TO BACK 66’s FOR CHARLIE. Currently T2. Top 2 finishers earn a spot on the Junior Ryder Cup team. One round left. LFG."

Fans jumped into the comments section, lauding Esterline for his phenomenal outing.

"Jesus, who’s the kid -19 ?!?" a fan wrote. "How TF is someone -19???" one more fan said. "Lil bro out of Kansas must be a stick, my goodness," another fan added.

Here are more fan reactions:

"But fr, shoutout to Lunden Esterline," a fan wrote. "Back to back 66s and being behind by 7 shots is insane. That other kid is going off," another fan jotted. "Ol lunden at 19 is insane," a fan wrote.

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A look into Charlie Woods's performance at the Junior PGA Championship

Charlie Woods (Image Source: Imagn)

Charlie Woods started his campaign at the Junior PGA Championship on Tuesday, July 29, with an opening round of 70. He had a tough start. He made a birdie on the fourth hole, and then another birdie on the sixth hole, and then struggled with a bogey on the eighth hole. He added a birdie on the ninth. However, on the back nine, he recorded two bogeys and a birdie for a round of 70.

But after a tough start, he bounced back in the second round. He started on Wednesday with a birdie on the first hole and then a bogey on the next hole. Woods then carded two back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes and added three more on the front nine.

On the back nine, Charlie Woods carded two bogeys and three birdies for a round of 66. He carded another round of 66 on Thursday with nine birdies and four bogeys.

Meanwhile, Lunden Esterline played three rounds of 67, 62, and 66 to take a seven-stroke lead in the game. He settled with an overall score of 19-under. He was phenomenal in the second round and started the campaign with two back-to-back birdies on the first two holes.

He then carded three more birdies and an eagle on the seventh. He added three more birdies on the back nine for a round of 62. He then played another bogey-free round of 66 with five birdies on Thursday, July 31.

Edited by Samya Majumdar