WEST LAFAYETTE — Charlie Woods entered the Junior PGA Championship and started slow, just cracking the top 50 on Tuesday at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette. Woods would prove to doubters, if there were any, that he could hold his own on the big stage just over a week after being cut in the U.S. Amateur Championship in Dallas.

Charlie Woods is commanding attention at the Junior PGA Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana. At Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, he’s rising on the leaderboard heading into Thursday after delivering his ninth birdie of the day on the 15th hole.

Esterline, a 2027 Auburn commit, won the Junior PGA Championship by six shots on Friday afternoon and, in turn, earned an automatic Junior Ryder Cup berth.