PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Younger, a seven-time runner-up on the PGA Tour, lastly received his first victory on the Wyndham Championship in August 2025.
Within the closing spherical of the Gamers Championship on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, Younger appeared decided to by no means end second once more.
Trailing England’s Matt Fitzpatrick by one stroke with two holes remaining, Younger tied his companion with a birdie on the enduring seventeenth gap, then beat him with a par on the 18th gap when Fitzpatrick’s drive hit the timber on the precise for a bogey 5.
“I really feel like I used to be in a extremely good place at present all day, actually all week,” Younger stated. “I used to be nervous about that final 8-inch putt. That gap appeared actually small from a extremely shut distance. I am very joyful to complete and I am actually enthusiastic about the way in which I performed.”
Fitzpatrick, who was making an attempt to turn out to be the primary British golfer to win the Gamers Championship, narrowly missed an eight-foot par putt on the 18th that required a three-hole play-off.
There was little likelihood of a birdie because the drive failed to attract and got here to relaxation in thick pine straw with little path to the inexperienced.
“I picked up the tee immediately,” Fitzpatrick stated. “I felt like I hit a superb shot. I might need pushed it slightly bit. (We) felt just like the wind was slightly off to the precise. Clearly, I do know Cam hit a draw. He moved slightly bit, too. I believed the identical factor. Clearly, I simply (went) straight.”
Younger shot a 4-under 68 to complete at 13-under 275, one stroke forward of Fitzpatrick and two-time main champion Xander Schauffele. Ludwig Aberg, who entered the ultimate spherical with a three-stroke lead, shot a 40 on the again 9 for a 76 and tied for fifth place.
After tying with Fitzpatrick, Younger drove a 375-yard drive to the precise facet of the 18th fairway, leaving him simply 98 yards from the outlet. This was the longest drive by a participant at No. 18 at TPC Sawgrass within the Shotlink period (since 2004).
Younger’s strategy shot then stopped on the again fringe and he two-putted from 9.5 ft for the most important win of his profession and a $4.5 million winner’s verify.
Younger caught Fitzpatrick at 13 below on the well-known seventeenth, taking a extra aggressive line from the tee to the island inexperienced. Fitzpatrick hit his tee shot into the middle of the inexperienced and wanted two putts from 28 1/2 ft for par.
Younger coolly made a birdie putt from 9.5 ft to tie Fitzpatrick with one gap left.
“It ended up being an incredible quantity,” Younger stated. “That bunker was over 130 (yards), and I may see Matt hitting the sand wedge proper in entrance of me, and I felt like if he hit it precisely the place I used to be wanting, I may hit the identical quantity. So it was only a full out. I wasn’t as nervous as somebody who’s slightly nervous.”
With two holes left, Fitzpatrick seemed to be in management. He began the ultimate spherical in a tie for fourth place at 8 below, 5 photographs behind Aberg. Fitzpatrick got here out of the gate sizzling, birdieing three of his first 4 holes. He sank putts of 12 ft, 3.5 ft, and seven ft on Nos. 1, 2, and 4, respectively, shifting him to 11 below.
Fitzpatrick faltered with seven straight pars, then made three birdies in 4 holes. On the par-4 twelfth, he hit his second shot to three ft. On the par-3 thirteenth, his tee shot stopped 4 ft from the outlet.
Fitzpatrick made a three-putt bogey on No. 14, then made a 12-foot putt for one more birdie to get again to 13 below.
Oberg began the day with a three-stroke lead and led by two after 10 holes, however catastrophe struck on successive holes. On the par-5 eleventh, Oberg sliced his strategy from 267 yards broad into the water on the precise for a bogey six. On the par-4 twelfth, Oberg hooked his tee shot into the water on the left facet for a double-bogey six. Oberg additionally bogeyed the par-4 fifteenth gap, falling to 4 strokes behind Fitzpatrick.
“It was simple to get away with it there,” Oberg stated. “Yeah, I simply had a foul swing. I felt like I had a number of occasions this week the place I missed that 7-wood to the precise, particularly twice on the 4th, after which once more on the eleventh. Then on the twelfth, I pressed slightly bit and tried to hit the motive force, however generally I may hit a 3-wood slightly in need of that bunker.”
