Cameron Young claimed the Players Championships golf title as overnight leader Ludvig Aberg imploded at the TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young sunk a 10 feet\u00a0putt for birdie\u00a0when Matt Fitzpatrick missed an eight-foot par putt on the final hole to seal victory. He played played bogey-free on the back nine to finish the final round on a 4-under 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was only his second victory on the PGA Tour, adding to the Wyndham Championships crown he won last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ludvig Aberg, who had a three-shot lead going into the final round, imploded on the back nine with\u00a0shots into the water on consecutive holes. He shot 40 on the back nine for a 76 and tied for fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 28-year-old’s four-stroke comeback matches the fifth-largest final-round comeback in the championship history. The win earned him an exemption on the PGA Tour through 2031 and three-year exemptions into the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fitzpatrick, the 2022 U.S. Open champion finished runner-up at 12-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Xander Schauffele finished on 11-under to earn his third top-three finish at the Championship matching the most top-three finishes at the championships without a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After opening 72-72 and sitting T42 after 36 holes, Robert MacIntyre cards 65-69 on the weekend for his fourth spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among those Adberg tied with in fifth spot was Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Mississauga, Ont., who shot a final round 4 under. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making his second start of the 2026 season since returning from back surgery in November, 2021 Champion Justin Thomas finished T8\/-8 earning his first top-10 finish on Tour since 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time Champion and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler finished T22\/-5 for his 27th<\/sup> consecutive top-25 finish on Tour, the second-longest streak since 1983 of 38 by Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hideki Matsuyama, who finished T27\/-3 carded the low final-round of the day with a 67 while Chad Ramey, who finished T27\/-3 made a hole-in-one on the 13th<\/sup> hole; his first ace on Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cameron Young claimed the Players Championships golf title as overnight leader Ludvig Aberg imploded at the TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-10635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> R3<\/strong><\/td> R4<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Cameron Young<\/td> 68<\/td> 67<\/td> 72<\/td> 68<\/td> 275 (-13)<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Matt Fitzpatrick<\/td> 70<\/td> 69<\/td> 69<\/td> 68<\/td> 276 (-12)<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Xander Schauffele<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 74<\/td> 69<\/td> 277 (-11)<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Robert MacIntyre<\/td> 72<\/td> 72<\/td> 65<\/td> 69<\/td> 278 (-10)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"