Overview
- Young closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 13-under 275, winning by one stroke over Matt Fitzpatrick.
- He tied the fifth-largest final-round comeback in Players Championship history after starting four shots back.
- He birdied the island-green 17th three times this week, becoming the first champion to do so since Rickie Fowler in 2015.
- On the 18th, he unleashed a 375-yard drive, the longest on that hole in the ShotLink era, to set up the winning par.
- He earned $4.5 million, rose to No. 4 in the world, secured his second PGA Tour title, and said he nearly fell apart over the eight-inch clinching putt.