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Cameron Young Wins Players Championship With Four-Shot Final-Round Rally

His victory doubled as a clinic in nerve on a course he described as “absolutely exhausting.”

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.