Cameron Young cruised to a dominant victory at the Cadillac Championship on Sunday, winning his second PGA Tour title of the season by six shots at Trump National Doral Miami.
Young started his final round six shots clear of a chasing pack that included Scottie Scheffler, but the 28-year-old New Yorker increased his lead to 18-under through nine holes, following birdies on the third, fifth and eighth holes.
While Scheffler struggled to dial it in with his putter for most of the early part go round, the world No.1 mounted a late surge on Young, carding three birdies in his final four holes, to end his week at 13-under par and finish second for the third time in as many weeks.
Despite Scheffler’s best attempts to catch the leader, Young was unreachable, wrapping up his back nine with two bogeys and three birdies to win the third PGA Tour title of his career with a 19-under-par total.
“I think the self-belief just continues to build,” Young said. “I put myself in plenty of good places over the course of the last four, five years. Recently, I’ve started to come out on the better side of it. So, I’M just excited for the next few weeks and moving on toward Charlotte and the PGA Championship.”
PENALTY SHOT
On the par-4 second hole, Young was given a penalty shot after his golf ball from its original spot after grounding his club when addressing the shot. Young immediately called the rules official over and tool responsibility for the error. He bounced back in brilliant fashion, finding the heart of the green with his third shot, before holing out from 25 feet to save par.
“It’s just one of those, your heart sinks when you see it move, but it moved, and that’s part of what golf’s about,” Young said. “There was no one who was going to give me a penalty there but myself, and I think I had about four of those on the PGA Tour now, so I need to start setting the club down a little softer. It’s just unfortunate, but I handled it really well.”
With Scheffler finishing solo second, US Ryder Cup player Ben Griffin took third on 12 under with a closing 68, while 46-year-old Adam Scott surged 21 places up the leaderboard on Sunday after posting an eight-under par 64 to seal fourth spot.
After gaining his first PGA Tour card last week with a victory alongside his brother Matt at the Zurich Classic, Alex Fitzpatrick’s brilliant form continued, with the Englishman finishing tied ninth at nine-under after a closing
Justin Rose, playing for the first time with his new McLaren irons in the bag, endured a tough week, with the world no.5 finishing in a tie for 65th in the 72-player field on two-over par, despite closing with a 68.
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CAMERON YOUNG’S EQUIPMENT LINE-UP
Driver: Titleist GT3 (10.25°)
Fairway Woods: Titleist GT1 (14.5°), GTS3 (21°)
Hybrid: Titleist GT1 (20°)
Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 631.CY Prototype (6-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM11 (48°, 52°, 57°), Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (62°)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R Tour Prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot
Apparel: Peter Millar
Glove: FootJoy
Shoes: FootJoy
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