PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | It took longer than anyone expected for Cameron Young to win on tour and show his mettle in a Ryder Cup. But once that seal was broken starting last August in Greensboro in the shadow of his Wake Forest alma mater, Young has hit his stride. Young’s biggest-moment countdown was as easy as T7 (Riviera) … T3 (Bay Hill) … 1 (TPC Sawgrass). Of course, nothing comes easily on a Sunday on the Stadium Course, where triumph and terror mingle so comfortably at every turn on the Pete Dye masterpiece that the Players Championship calls home. Just ask Ludvig Åberg, Michael Thorbjornsen, Matthew Fitzpatrick and about a dozen other players who flashed and fell from the leaderboard in the final round. Young has had his own painful near misses on the biggest stages, coming one stroke shy at Southern Hills (2022 PGA Championship) and St. Andrews (2022 Open Championship). But he is as tough as they come, and he kept on knocking on doors after seven runner-ups. Now he’s knocking them down. The Players always delivers more than its share of winners and losers: BIRDIE: Cam Young. He’s now No. 4 in the world and no longer a quality sleeper pick in your Masters pool draft – or the rest of the majors this year for that matter. Those clutch shots he hit under intense pressure on 17 and 18 Sunday were major caliber. BOGEY: Ludvig Åberg. It was going so well until it wasn’t. Anyone who witnessed Adam Scott’s breakout Players victory in 2004 might have been getting déjà vu vibes from the 26-year-old Swede. Young, handsome with a powerful swing smoother than peanut butter and a pace of play that’s glorious, Åberg seems destined to produce great things. Shocking water balls at 11 […]
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