Charlie Woods’s Allergies: How Tiger Woods’s Genetics Affect His Son’s Immunity?

Like father, like son—on and off the course! Charlie Woods resembles his father, Tiger Woods in a lot of ways, for instance, hitting shots, picking up the tees, celebrating great putts, and having a few allergies!

In the early stages of his career, Woods expressed the hardships he had been facing while playing on the golf course because of various allergies. During one of his appearances on the course, Woods Jr. was also seen struggling with something similar to that of his father. Ever wondered what could be the underlying cause of Charlie Woods’s allergies?

The atopic link runs through Tiger Woods’s family

The 15x major champion suffers from an allergy called rhinitis, or hay fever. This seasonal allergy has caused issues for the legendary golfer since he started playing golf. Once in 2002, Woods remarked that he was “allergic to his job.” Giving more clarification about the allergies, he said that he was allergic to “grass, trees, dust, pollen.” Shockingly, these are all the elements that are mostly found on a golf course.

Back in 2021, Woods was cheerfully watching a video of the similarities he shared with his son, and that’s when he confirmed that they both have allergies. “Just the nose thing we have,” he said. He explained, “We both have allergies, so we both struggle on the golf course. We get like wind blowing and we’re both sniffing. Just that little thing that we both have.” 

The allergies that the electric father-son duo suffers from are not that serious, as throughout the whole segment of him mentioning them, the golfer was laughing. Most probably, the reason why the 14-year-old golf prodigy suffers from the same allergies as his father is, well, genetics!  According to Allergy Los Angeles, it is common for families with allergies to pass down strong allergy genes through an atopic link.

As per the estimation, more than half of children born into atopic families will struggle with allergies, while those families without an atopic link will have a 1 in 5 chance of having children born with any sort of allergy. Indeed, the young Tiger is born into a family with atopic links, and he will be rubbing his nose like his father, along with adapting his other quirky mannerisms!

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The duo is now preparing to play at the PNC Championship for the fourth time, and all eyes are set on them!  The event has already begun, and all the Team Woods fans are hooked to the television to see their admired father-son duo tee it off!

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