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Westchester's Cameron Young wins Players Championship after electric final round
Summary
Cameron Young won the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, rallying from a four-shot deficit with a 4-under 68 and a strong back nine to edge Matt Fitzpatrick.
Content
Cameron Young won the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday after an electric final round. He came from four shots behind third-round leader Ludvig Åberg and finished with a 4-under-par 68. Young's back nine included a birdie on the island-green 17th and a long tee shot on 18 that helped him edge Matt Fitzpatrick. This is the second win of his PGA Tour career and his family was with him at the finish.
Key facts:
- Young shot a 4-under-par 68 in the final round and a 3-under 33 on the back nine.
- He overcame a four-shot deficit to Ludvig Åberg to win the tournament.
- He birdied the par-3 17th after hitting a 56-degree wedge to about 10 feet, which tied Matt Fitzpatrick.
- His 375-yard drive on the 18th was the longest on that hole in the tournament and the longest recorded there by ShotLink since 2003.
- This is Young's second PGA Tour victory; his first was the Wyndham Championship last year, and his wife Kelsey and their children were present after the win.
Summary:
The victory is the biggest of Young's professional career to date and followed a tense back-nine duel that drew loud crowd reactions. Undetermined at this time.
