Tiger Woods joined the gallery for the first round of the Amateur Championship as his son Charlie tackled the famed BallenIsles South Course. Woods, who ruptured his left Achilles tendon and underwent surgery in March, followed his son's group from a golf cart. He did not appear to be wearing a cast or boot on his left leg.

Charlie Woods is in the hunt at another top amateur golf tournament just over a week after picking up his first major junior victory. Woods, a rising junior at the Benjamin School and the son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods,

Tiger Woods' son, Charlie, is following closely in his father's footsteps -- already mirroring his early success on the golf course. The 16-year-old clinched his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) victory with a three-shot win at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green,