11-year-old stars in PNC Championship Pro-Am after almost holing fairway shot
Will McGee, the 11-year-old son of Annika Sorenstam, is the youngest competitor at the PNC Championship this week and he is having the time of his life in Orlando.
All the talk may be about Tiger Woods and his 13-year-old Charlie at the PNC Championship, but we should also pay attention to Annika Sorenstam and her even younger son Will McGee.
Will is the youngest player in the field this week at 11 years old. There is a 76-year age gap between him and the oldest player in the field, none other than the nine-time major-winning icon Gary Player.
"I thought I would be really nervous. But I was more excited than nervous, which I was shocked (at). That was nice," Will said on Friday, reported by Golfweek, after playing in front of spectators at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando.
Sorenstam wanted to find the right time for her son to play in the popular family-orientated event on the PGA Tour. Will is definitely relishing his chance at being surrounded by greatness.
He took up a position on the driving range next to Woods and he and his mother shared a picture with Team Woods on Friday at the Pro-Am.
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"He’s so competitive, he wants to beat me in everything we do every time," Sorenstam said. As we have seen with Charlie's progress, it mightn't be long before Will is hitting his golf ball past his 10-time major-winning parent.
On one hole in yesterday's round, Will hit a pinpoint approach that almost found the bottom of the cup. His golf ball hit the pin and settled about two feet from the hole.
It is always visually satisfying to watch a left-handed golfer take aim at the flag. Perhaps Will could keep up the left-handed fight in the world of golf alongside Phil Mickelson and Robert MacIntyre?
Will reportedly plays golf with Henrik Stenson's son Karl and Ian Poulter's son Josh. He wants to go to Stanford University, but Sorenstam just wants her son to enjoy his golf for now.
"He’s 11. He puts a hoodie on and lays down on a tee box. That’s what it should be," Sorenstam said.
"You just want them to have a good time and not grow up too quickly and be able to just enjoy it... let’s not be too serious."
The pair will tee off on Saturday with Matt and Carson Kuchar at 12.04 pm local time in the penultimate group.
