When the nation’s No. 1 player shares the course with someone aiming to be the first son of a Players Champion to win the Junior Players, it’s only natural to expect tension, or at the very least, rivalry. So when Charlie Woods and Miles Russell teed it up at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday, all eyes were on how the two teenage standouts would interact at the 2025 Junior Players Championship.

Charlie Woods, ranked 13th in the AJGA Rolex Rankings, and Miles Russell, the top-ranked junior in the country, were spotted on Thursday during the traditional Junior Am practice round hosted by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). While playing in the Junior Am is voluntary, Russell and Woods stepped up on the eve of their first round of the junior tournament. And the sight was one to see. Th

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