Cameron Younger snatched victory at The Gamers after Ludvig Åberg and Matt Fitzpatrick noticed their title hopes fade on a outstanding Sunday at TPC Sawgrass.
Younger overturned a four-stroke deficit in an exhilarating remaining spherical, mixing 5 birdies with a lone bogey to submit a four-under 68 and snatch a one-shot victory over taking part in companion Matt Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick had come from 5 behind to cost into the lead with two holes to play, having seen Åberg blow his three-shot in a single day lead when he dropped 4 photographs in a five-hole stretch on the again 9.
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Ludvig Åberg went into the water on back-to-back holes at The Gamers to throw away his lead
Younger pulled stage with the Englishman with a birdie on the par-three seventeenth, then secured a one-shot victory when Fitzpatrick discovered bushes on the 72nd gap and did not gap an eight-foot par putt to drive a play-off.
Victory is Younger’s second on the PGA Tour and first since final 12 months’s Wyndham Championship, securing him the $4.5million first prize, with Fitzpatrick runner-up on 12 underneath forward of Xander Schauffele and Scotland’s Bob MacIntyre claiming fourth spot.
How Younger edged Sawgrass thriller
Åberg was instantly put underneath strain by taking part in companion Michael Thorbjornsen, just for the debutant to cancel out a birdie on the second with a quadruple-bogey on the par-four fourth, whereas Fitzpatrick, Younger and Viktor Hovland all made early strikes on the ultimate day.
The Swede additionally took benefit of the identical par 5 however did not rise up and down to save lots of par on the fourth, with a run of pars to finish his entrance 9 conserving him two forward of MacIntyre and Fitzpatrick on the flip.
Ludvig Åberg has now solely transformed considered one of his 4 54-hole leads worldwide
Younger was an extra shot behind after reaching the flip in 35 however went tied-second after beginning his again 9 with a birdie, with all shifting nearer to the lead when Åberg discovered water together with his method into the par-five eleventh and made bogey.
Åberg additionally double-bogeyed the subsequent after discovering water off the tee, as Fitzpatrick – taking part in within the group forward – picked up a shot on the twelfth and joined Younger in birdieing the thirteenth to go one forward.
Younger pulled stage when Fitzpatrick bogeyed the 14th, just for the Englishman to gap a 15-foot birdie on the subsequent, earlier than momentum flipped once more when Younger rolled in from 10 toes so as to add one other on the seventeenth gap.
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Highlights of Matt Fitzpatrick’s remaining spherical of The Gamers, the place he narrowly missed out on victory after a closing bogey
Fitzpatrick discovered bushes off the ultimate tee and did not rise up and down after laying up on the closing par 4, lacking from eight toes, as Younger discovered the again fringe in two and two-putted for a par to shut out a second PGA Tour victory.
“To have now put my name on two different tournaments, and a big one like The Players, it’s incredibly special,” Younger mentioned. “I’m hoping that I can continue that throughout the season.”
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Watch the second Cameron Younger closed out victory with a kick-in par on the par-four final
Younger by no means had the solo lead at any level within the match till he holed his eight-inch putt to submit a four-under 68 and finish the week on 13 underneath, one forward of Fitzpatrick, whereas Åberg dropped one other shot on the fifteenth and stumbled to a tied-fifth end after a final-round 76.
“Obviously really disappointed,” Åberg mentioned. “I felt like I was striking it okay early on. Got away with a few things, especially No 4, kind of left miss, but overall pleased with the week. Obviously today the back nine was not good, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.”
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Ludvig Åberg was upset after he threw away The Gamers lead on the back-nine of TPC Sawgrass
Åberg shared fifth place with Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Jacob Bridgeman, with Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka and Justin Thomas rounding off the highest 10.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler ended eight strokes again in tied-Twenty second after a final-round 71, as defending champion Rory McIlroy completed in a share of forty sixth after ending the week on stage par.
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Highlights of Rory McIlroy’s remaining spherical of The Gamers, the place he shot a one-under 71 to finish the week on stage par
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