After Chris Gotterup and Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young became the third player to win at least two PGA Tour events this season, claiming the inaugural Cadillac Championship in dominant fashion with a wire-to-wire victory.
Young began the final round with a lead of six, but even with such a commanding advantage, it didn’t necessarily look like a foregone conclusion, particularly with World No.1 Scheffler in the chasing pack.
When Scheffler, who was in the final group with Young and Si Woo Kim, made a birdie at the first, it looked as though we could be in for a tight affair after all.
However, Scheffler’s charge never really materialised, while Young, as we have become accustomed to, was as unflappable as ever.
Scottie Scheffler’s charge failed to materialise
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Indeed, even after calling a one-stroke penalty on himself on just his second hole of the day, when he determined he had caused his ball to move at address, it didn’t knock him off his stride.
Young made par at the hole despite the penalty, which epitomised the apparently thankless task those chasing him had.
At the third, he had his first birdie of the day, and when he made another at the fifth, his lead was a virtually unassailable seven.
Another birdie at the eighth ensured Young still led by seven at the turn, but by that point, Scheffler was all but out of the running with a deficit of nine to make up on the leader.
Instead, Ben Griffin emerged as the player most likely to give Young something to worry about over the closing holes.
Griffin followed up a three-under front nine with back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th to move five back of Young, who made amends for bogeys at the 11th and 13th with birdies at the 12th and 15th.
Ben Griffin briefly applied some pressure to Cameron Young
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Even then, Young didn’t appear under undue pressure, and when he also birdied the 16th, his lead was back to six at 19…
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