Cam Young Golf: The Players Championship Live Drama Ends With Cameron Young Win At TPC Sawgrass
Cam Young Golf coverage: Cameron Young secured the Players Championship title at TPC Sawgrass, tapping in from a foot to claim the second win of his career on his 104th PGA Tour start.
Cam Young Golf: Tap-In Decides Sawgrass Finish
Cameron Young finished the tournament by tapping in from a foot to win the Players Championship, marking the second win of his career and doing so on his 104th PGA Tour start. The 28-year-old was the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2021–22 season.
Fitzpatrick Near Misses And Family Moment
Matt Fitzpatrick had opportunities in the closing holes but slipped at a crucial moment. He had to make a putt that slid off to the right and was set to finish with a bogey. Earlier, he sank a 4-foot birdie putt on No. 2, and later chipped up to around eight feet on a different hole. After coming so close, Fitzpatrick walked over and hugged and congratulated members of Cam Young’s family.
Leaderboard Snapshot And Saturday 18th Drama
The leaderboard showed a tight mix of contenders: Fitzpatrick at -12 with a round of 68, followed by Schauffele at -11 and MacIntyre at -10. Other names on the selected leaderboard included Yellamaraju, Bridgeman, Aberg, Fleetwood, Straka, Thomas, Koepka, Rose, Scheffler and McIlroy.
Saturday had produced notable trouble at the 18th: both Matt Fitzpatrick and Cam Young double-bogeyed the 18th on Saturday. Cam Young found the water on the 18th that day and later took his driver out of the bag. The American hit a 375-yard drive on the hole, the longest recorded on that hole since shotlink statistics began in 2003, and later played a shot that left him with a putt of roughly 14 feet to win barring an exceptional response from the Englishman. At one point, the American had put his ball back to the rear of the green and faced that longer putt, while Fitzpatrick had a path through the trees to the green.
The finish combined moments of high drama — a close birdie attempt, a missed putt, a short tap-in to seal the win, and an on-course family embrace — to produce a decisive victory for Cameron Young at TPC Sawgrass.
