Cameron Young birdies 17, wins Players Championship on final hole - ESPN

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young was a runner-up seven times on the PGA Tour before he finally picked up his first victory at the Wyndham Championship in August 2025.

In the final round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday, Young looked determined to make sure he didn't finish second again.

Trailing England's Matt Fitzpatrick by one stroke with two holes to play, Young tied his playing partner with a birdie on the iconic 17th hole and then beat him with a par on the 18th, where Fitzpatrick's drive into the trees on the right led to a bogey 5.

«I feel like we just kept ourselves in a really good spot all day today, really all week,» Young said. «The nerves kicked in over the 8-inch putt on the last. That hole looked really, really small there from pretty close range. So happy to have finished it off, and just really excited to have played the way I did.»

Fitzpatrick, who was trying to become the first English golfer to win the Players Championship, narrowly missed an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole that would have forced a three-hole playoff.

He didn't have much of a chance for birdie after his drive failed to draw and stopped in thick pine straw without much of a path to the green.

«I picked up the tee quickly,» Fitzpatrick said. «I felt like I hit a good shot, maybe pushed it slightly. [We] felt that the wind was a little bit off the right. Obviously, I know Cam hits a draw. His moved a little bit, as well. Figured mine would do the same. Obviously, just [went] dead straight.»

Young carded a 4-under 68 to finish 13 under 275, one stroke better than Fitzpatrick and two over two-time major championship winner Xander Schauffele.

After tying Fitzpatrick, Young bombed a 375-yard drive down the right