Tiger Woods' Son Charlie, 17, Commits to Play College Golf — and Dad Is 'So Proud'

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NEED TO KNOW

• Tiger Woods' 17-year-old son Charlie has announced the college he will attend to continue his golf career

• Tiger shares the teen and daughter Sam with his former wife Elin Nordegren

• Woods shared a sweet message for his youngest child via social media

Charlie Woods, the son of iconic golferTiger Woods, has committed to play professional golf in college.

In a post onInstagramon Tuesday, Feb. 10, the 17-year-old athlete announced that he will continue his career in sports; however, it won't be at his famous father's alma mater.

"Excited to announce my commitment to play golf at Florida State University — go Noles!" the youngest of Tiger's two kids shared on social media.

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The 50-year-old golfer, who has garnered 82 PGA Tour wins and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2022, is also a dad toSam Alexis Woods, 18.

He shares both children with his ex-wifeElin Nordegren.

Tiger attended Stanford University on a golf scholarship, but after two years, he left to compete in professional tournaments.

"Congratulations Charlie. I'm so proud of you on entering this next chapter of your life," the proud dad wrote in Charlie's comment section.

The teen is currently a junior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Fla., and will be a member of FSU's 2027 recruiting class,ESPNreported.

Charlie's highlights thus far include ranking first in the Team TaylorMade Invitational with a 54-hole total of 15-under 201 in May 2025, coming in at No. 18 at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in November, according to the outlet.

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In addition to the news, Charlie's Instagram bio now features the Instagram handle for Florida State Men's Golf. He has also deleted all of his previous posts, leaving only his announcement.

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Tiger has always been vocal about his support for both of his children.

During the July 2021premiere episodeof the Golf Digest mini-seriesA Round with Tiger: Celebrity Lessons, the billionaire toldJada Pinkett Smiththat his son wasa "natural."

However, he added that he doesn't want Charlie to feel pressured into playing golf, adding, "I just don't want him to hate the game."

"I get emotional about it. Some of my best memories are being out there with my dad," Tiger said.

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Whiletalking to reportersin December 2020, Tiger opened up about why competing with Charlie in the PNC Championship was a significant milestone.

"I don't think words can describe it," Tiger said. "Just the fact that we were able to have this experience together, Charlie and I, it's memories for a lifetime."

The annual event was previously known as The Father/Son Challenge, later rebranding in 2020, and consists of PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfers and their sons.

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Giacalone said the FBI likely tried to quietly identify the person on Guthrie's porch before releasing the images.

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Local and federal law enforcement didn't respond to questions clarifying what they meant by "disconnected" or who was working on recovering the data.

The footage appears to have come from a Nest camera fastened on or near Guthrie's door. Google, which has owned Nest since 2014, is among numerous companies that operates private surveillance cameras used in and around homes. Because common doorbell cameras aren't equipped with the memory cards required for vast amounts of on-device storage, the video recorded on them is routinely transmitted to data centers scattered around the U.S. and other countries.

Google didn't immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about how the footage of the masked person was captured while the camera was apparently disconnected. They also didn't clarify how the footage was extracted from "backend servers" even though law enforcement said Guthrie didn't have a subscription.

However, Google's privacy policy — a document that users often blindly agree to after purchasing a device — makes it clear that videos can be captured when a device is offline.

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"That means you may not see a visual indicator when your camera is sending the video footage to our servers," the policy states.

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The policy also makes clear that footage can stay on cloud servers for varying amounts of time, but also gives users the right to view and delete video at their discretion.

Unless a Nest user subscribes to a service that allows for quick access to review footage recorded on a device, Google routinely purges the footage rather than retain it indefinitely, said Stacey Higginbotham, a policy fellow at Consumer Reports who specializes in cybersecurity issues.

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There are ostensibly legal guardrails that are supposed to dictate how companies like Google access and share footage collected on cameras in and around people's homes.

Under many user agreements, camera companies need a warrant or consent from the camera owner to share footage with law enforcement, according to Michelle Dahl, the executive director at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.

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"Our hearts are on her family and what they are going through, and we are glad for any information that can lead to her being found," she said. At the same time, Dahl added, "We should absolutely be alarmed over the privacy implications that are at stake with this video that was recovered by the Nest camera."

Dahl said she doesn't know about Nest cameras specifically. But she said that some user agreements specify that the data collected on cameras belong to the camera company, not the private camera owner. In those cases, a company like Google can share footage with law enforcement at its own discretion, without even notifying its users.

Dahl, who litigates about privacy and surveillance, said that practice is becoming more common, making it harder for consumers to balance the security a camera provides with constitutional protections against surveillance.

"I think the public has gotten too comfortable with surveillance cameras in not only public spaces, but also their private homes, without thinking about the consequences of where that data ends up," Dahl said. "If a camera is absolutely necessary for your security, look into options where that data is not transmitted off to a cloud."

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