Players champion Cameron Young holds a five-shot lead as fellow contender Nick Taylor’s unusual tee box act attracted attention in the second round of the Cadillac Championship.
Young fired a five-under par 67 to take his total to 13-under par at the halfway mark of the PGA Tour’s first event at Miami’s Trump National Doral in a decade.
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The world No.4, who played alongside Rory McIlroy in the final group at The Masters, clearly enjoys golf in Florida as he triumphed at TPC Sawgrass in March.
The abundance of water at the ‘Blue Monster’ has caused no issues for Young as he has dropped just one shot across the opening 36 holes of the US$20 million signature event.
But if he is to maintain a buffer from the chasing pack, Young knows he needs to be tidier off the tee after only hitting four fairways in the second round.
“I think I’ve just putted really well,” Young said post-round.
“I’ve left myself mostly in doable spots when I’ve missed greens. I haven’t driven it great and it’s something I’ll look to return to the normal over the next couple of days.”
“I avoid the bad misses for the most part,” he added. “It’s not like I drove it awful, but I’d love to play from the fairway a couple more times in the next few days.”
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Cameron Young of the United States plays his shot from the 12th tee during the second round of the Cadillac Championship 2026.Source: AFP
Nick Taylor, Alex Smalley and Jordan Spieth are Young’s closest rivals at 8-under par.
It was far from smooth sailing for Canada’s Taylor despite sitting inside the top three, however, as he suffered back issues mid-round.
The PGA Tour shared a video on social media of Taylor receiving treatment on a tee box as he experienced significant discomfort during his round of 70.
Gary Woodland, who was lauded for winning the Houston Open earlier this year in his first victory since recovering from brain surgery, rounds out the top five at 7-under par.
Six players are tied for sixth at 6-under, including world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and the PGA Tour’s newest member Alex Fitzpatrick.
The younger brother of world No.3 Matt Fitzpatrick earned his membership by winning last week’s Zurich Classic alongside his sibling and has so far made a smooth transition from the DP World Tour to life in America.
The 27-year-old shot a bogey free, six-under par 66 in the second round, which was only bettered by Kurt Kitayama’s 64.
Asked post-round if he feels like he can play freely after winning last week, Fitzpatrick replied: “There’s still loads of expectations that I put on myself.
“It was unbelievable to win, but then you come out here and you’re expected to compete and you expect to play well and there’s always that that you want to try and perform every week.
“For me everything’s a bonus at this stage, which does help, but I’m still a golfer at the end of the day and I’m sure I’ll hit bad shots and I’ll still get annoyed.
“But, yeah, when you take a step back, I’m sure that after this week or any week it will be, you know, I probably might have played a little freer than I would normally.”
Min Woo Lee is the best of the Australians at 2-under par with a second round 72.
Jason Day and Adam Scott are struggling at 3-over, but the former world No.1s responded from poor opening rounds with a 70 and 71 respectively.