Young snatches Players title from Fitzpatrick

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: American Cameron Young finishes birdie-par to beat England’s Matt Fitzpatrick by one shot at TPC Sawgrass in the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament.

Young snatches Players title from Fitzpatrick Media caption, Fitzpatrick bogey gifts Players Championship to Young By Peter Scrivener BBC Sport senior journalist Published 2 hours ago The Players Championship, final leaderboard -13 C Young (US); -12 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -11 X Schauffele (US); -10 R MacIntyre (Sco) Selected: -9 S Yellamaraju (Can), J Bridgeman (US), L Aberg (Swe); -8 T Fleetwood (Eng), J Thomas (US), S Straka (Aut); -6 B Koepka (US), J Rose (Eng), V Hovland (Nor); -5 S Scheffler (US); Level R McIlroy (NI) Full leaderboard Cameron Young snatched the prestigious Players Championship title from Matt Fitzpatricks grasp in a pulsating finish at TPC Sawgrass. Fitzpatrick, looking to become the first Englishman to win the PGA Tours flagship event, led the 17th tee but a par-bogey finish cost him as Young closed birdie-par to complete the biggest victory of his career . (we’re not making this up)

“The nerves kicked in over the eight-inch putt on the last, the hole looked fr small,” dropped Young, who shot a four-under-par 68 to win his second PGA Tour title on 13 under.

The Details

“You just know all eyes are right there on you. Theres nowhere to hide, and I feel like I stepped up fr well and hit a bunch of good shots those last couple holes, so Im proud of that.

” Fitzpatrick, the 2022 US Open champion, told BBC Sport prior to this week that given the Players standing in the game, it “would be right up there for my career highlights” were he to win it. And the Yorkshireman came mightily close to claiming the $4.

Why This Matters

4m) winners purse from the $25m (£18. 9m) prize fund as he tussled with playing partner Young down the stretch, while Scotlands Robert MacIntyre and 2024 Open champion Xander Schauffele also challenged.

This is the kind of move that can define a season.

The Bottom Line

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