Charlie Woods dodges disaster as Tiger watches on at Junior Orange Bowl

Charlie Woods quite literally dodged disaster in his opening round at the Junior Orange Bowl — and then calmly turned chaos into class.

The 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods was left ducking for cover on Saturday when a recovery shot on the 11th struck a hidden root and fired almost straight back at him. Woods instantly dropped his club and shielded his face as the ball narrowly missed him, prompting gasps from the gallery at the historic Biltmore Golf Course in Florida.

It was a heart-stopping moment — but it didn’t rattle him.

Instead of unraveling, Woods regrouped, got himself safely onto the green and drained a long, pressure-packed putt to save par. The gallery erupted. Standing nearby, his father Tiger Woods could only shake his head in admiration.

“Hell of a shot,” Tiger told his son moments later, the pair laughing as they replayed the bizarre sequence.

Watched closely throughout the round by both Tiger and mother Elin Nordegren, Charlie went on to card a 2-over-par 73 in the opening round of the 62nd Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championships. 

The opening round him tied for 21st in a stacked international field of 48 boys and 36 girls.

Italy's Giovanni Daniele Binaghi leads the way after round one following a brilliant 9-under 62. 

Charlie is competing this week a month after leading The Benjamin School to a Florida state championship. 

Already ranked No. 13 in the American Junior Golf Association standings, Woods is coming off the best season of his young career. 

Charlie claimed his first AJGA title in March, made a sensational hole-in-one at TPC Sawgrass during the Junior Players Championship, and closed the high school season with a tournament-low 68 to seal a state title for Benjamin.

There’s also history at play this week. 

Tiger won the Junior Orange Bowl boys’ title back in 1991, and now watches on as his son makes his debut at the same prestigious event — carrying a famous name, but increasingly carving out his own.

Charlie will continue his challenge in the four-day tournament, with champions crowned on Tuesday.

Even golf royalty is taking notice. Tiger’s former coach Butch Harmon recently admitted he would love to work with Charlie one day — and wouldn’t miss the chance to wind Tiger up in the process.

“I’d love Tiger to be there,” Harmon said with a grin. “So I could tell him, ‘When you were that age, you couldn’t do what he’s doing.’”

Harmon coached Tiger from 1993 to 2004 during the most dominant stretch of his legendary career.

Charlie, who graduates from The Benjamin School in 2027, is already attracting interest from virtually every major college golf program in the country — and moments like Saturday’s scare-turned-save show exactly why.