Is This 3-Year-Old Golf Prodigy the Next Tiger Woods? | Nightline | ABC News

"Baby James" Grimes is already playing in child tournaments and has PGA Tour dreams.

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At just three-years-old, James -- known as “Baby James” -- is the pint-sized pride of southern Louisiana for his skills on the golf course.

“He would start hitting the ball around the house while he was crawling,” James’ mother Nicole Grimes told ABC News’ “Nightline.” “We’d just moved here and he started crawling it, hitting it.”

A self-described “golf mom,” Nicole Grimes drives James to practice at two nearby golf courses at least four times a week.

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[ignzore]

3 year old hits a ball straight

ABC- NEXT TIGER WOODS

[mccree]

No one will ever know how difficult golf is until they actually try the sport.

[michaeld]

Shoots a 12 on the last hole? Holy shit James, cleanup your game.

[spritely]

Keep telling him he'll make the tour and he'll OD before he's 20

[noahroberts]

Anyone else have absolutely no idea how they ended up here or why they watched the whole thing?

[nathanbain]

If you guys don’t know,
This kid is 9 now and since he’s been 6 he’s been cleaning up the youth around his age since than.
He’s won like 80/110 tournaments since he was 6.
This kid is impressive.

[CJCurry-qlcq]

His dad seems toxic. “We know he’ll be in the PGA.” Dad seems so blind about sports. Especially pro sports.

[ingigunnar]

00:50 “How often shot like this one are no accident” *screams of joy*

[thaicheese]

4:30 that is the most atrocious green I have ever seen

[thespadenetwork]

Some kid shot a 43 in the tournament, but James is somehow a prodigy with a 66.

[makucha.]

Best golfer ever
Me: he just got 4th place in a tournament

[moonrock]

That Mom gives him so much love and help on the course, and the Father as well. Beautiful

[brodylockwood]

A lion would never cheat on his wife, but a tiger wood. ;)

[benybinassy]

I'm sorry! He's 3 years old and has his own pro coach. Really!!

[brandoncolis]

I love it when fellow players show support for each other, whether child or adult, instead of boasting on skills. Be proud of who you are, and what you can do, what you can accomplish.

[baileypowell]

When I was only a little older than him I got 2nd in that tournament. I'm now a 16 year old high school golfer...insane. This kid has a bright future.

[jackhole]

can't make a tiger without an earl. that man was a genius. hope the kid keeps it up.

[lamplifierv]

That haircut definitely won’t take him to the PGA Tour

[Cigarsnguitars]

I watched it because it reminded me of when we lived in FL. They had Little League Golf and I coached and caddied my oldest son. I bought him a set of clubs with a certificate I won and they cut them down for him. It was a blast. He didn’t stick with it. Music was his interest. Now he’s touring the US with his band.

[ravand]

The little kid just hits the golfball... GREAT, he doesn't even look where he is shooting