DORAL, Fla. — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble Sunday was Cameron Young.
He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par-4 second hole after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway.
It was that sort of weekend for Young, who proved to be unflappable, untouchable and — in the end — unbeatable in the PGA Tour’s return to Doral and the Blue Monster Course.
Alone atop the leaderboard after each round of the Cadillac Championship — by one shot after the first, five after the second and six after the third — a closing 4-under-par 68 got Young to 19-under 269 for the 72-hole tournament and six shots clear of a formidable name in the runner-up spot: fellow American star Scottie Scheffler (68), who has been No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for almost three full years running.
“When the golf course is difficult, when the conditions are difficult, that tends to make it easier for me mentally,” said the 28-year-old Young, whose three career wins on the PGA Tour have come in the past 10 months — a stretch that also included him making his Ryder Cup debut in his native New York.
Ben Griffin (68) was third at 12 under in this PGA Tour Signature Event with a 72-player field and no cut. Three players were another stroke back to share fifth place: South Korea’s Si Woo Kim (70), Australia’s Adam Scott (64) and Austria’s Sepp Straka (66).
It was a tough weekend for the pair of Baylor School graduates in the tournament as Harris English (69) and Keith Mitchell were among those tied for 55th at 1 under.
With U.S. President Donald Trump in place to watch most of the final round at one of the many golf course bearing his name, Young picked up $3.6 million for the second-biggest payday of his career. He made $4.5 million earlier this year for winning The Players Championship up Florida’s Atlantic Coast at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Trump arrived with several members of his family — including granddaughter Kai Trump, who plans to play at the University of Miami when she enrolls later this year — shortly after noon and remained until the tournament was over. He stood for the ovation as Young walked up the 18th fairway, as a number of fans in attendance were allowed to move into the fairway for a look at the final putts of the week.
And when it was over, Young got a thumbs-up from Trump, followed later by a quick handshake.
“It’s very unique. He’s nothing if not a very, very interesting man,” Young said. “He’s very powerful, and it’s an honor to get to play in front of him.”
Cameron Young hits off the eighth tee of the Blue Monster Course at Trump National Doral Miami during Sunday’s final round of the Cadillac Championship. Young won by six strokes over top-ranked Scottie Scheffler to earn the third victory of his PGA Tour career, all coming in the past 10 months. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The last time the PGA Tour made a stop at Doral was in 2016, when Scott won what was a World Golf Championship event, but this was considered a new tournament.
A bit more than an inch of rain fell on the course early Sunday, delaying a planned 7:30 a.m. start (which had already been rescheduled Saturday in anticipation of bad weather) to the final round by two hours. And the Blue Monster was no longer able to live up to its name, not with everything softened by the rain.
The average scores in the first three rounds ranged from 71 to 71.6. The average score Sunday, with preferred lies, was 69. In the first three rounds combined, there were nine birdies on the par 18th; there were 12 on that hole Sunday.
Scheffler was second for his third consecutive start, having finished a shot behind repeat Rory McIlroy at the Masters before losing a playoff to Matt Fitzpatrick in the RBC Heritage a week later.
Those were near-misses; this one wasn’t. That’s how good Young was: Even the best player on the planet never had a real chance Sunday.
“Some good takeaways from this week,” Scheffler said. “Cam played fantastic golf all week. I played with him three out of the four days, and he was hitting a lot of quality shots and making putts from anywhere. He was going to be to be a tough man to beat this week.”
Young called the violation on himself with his ball in the middle of the fairway on the second hole — it moved at address, something he said has happened to him before — and said he didn’t hesitate to do the right thing.
“Your heart sinks when you see it move,” said Young, the son of a teaching pro. “But it moved. That’s part of what’s golf about. There’s no one who’s going to give me a penalty there but myself.”
Stewart Cink was the winner Sunday at the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala. He earned his second senior major championship this year and his fourth victory of 2026 in PGA Tour Champions competition, with three of those wins coming in the past four weeks. (AP File Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Champions: Cink stays hot with Tradition title
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Stewart Cink pulled away with consecutive birdies early on the back nine that stretched his lead to four shots, and he closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the Regions Tradition to secure his second major title this year on the PGA Tour Champions.
Cink, who won the Senior PGA Championship two weeks ago in Florida, became the second player in two years to capture the first two majors of the season on the 50-and-older circuit. Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA and the Tradition last year in consecutive weeks.
“This weekend was a little scrappy,” Cink said. “I’m really proud I was able to stay out front.”
He was staked to a three-shot lead going into the final round at Greystone Golf & Country Club, but Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie got within two shots heading to the back nine.
The 52-year-old Cink responded with birdies on the 11th and 12th holes to build a four-shot lead, and Montgomerie failed to make a birdie over his final 13 holes to shoot a 71 and finish alone in third.
The last threat for Cink was Australia’s Scott Hend, who made an eagle on the par-5 13th and followed with a birdie on the par-3 14th to get within four shots. Hend failed to birdie the two par 5s in front of him and closed with a 65 to finish second.
Cink, with a three-putt par on the par-5 closing hole, finished the 72-hole event at 18-under 270 and won $390,000 to more than double his lead in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup standings over senior tour newcomer Zach Johnson.
Cink is starting to hit his stride with his fourth PGA Tour Champions win of the year and his third in four weeks. He also won the season-ending event last year, giving him five victories in his past eight starts.
“I could get used to this,” Cink said. “It’s not ever going to get old. Age is an important factor on the PGA Tour Champions, and I’m still on the younger side.”
Nelly Korda was the winner Sunday at the LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, with the top-ranked women’s golfer in the world earning her second straight victory and third in six starts this season. (AP File Photo/Ashley Landis)
LPGA: Korda does it again with Mexican cruise
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Nelly Korda delivered an early knockout punch in the final round, then stretched her lead to as many as seven shots before cruising to the finish line with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory in the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, her third win in six starts on the LPGA Tour this season.
One week after Korda crushed the field at the Chevron Championship for the third major championship of her career, the 27-year-old American left everyone feeling hopeless at El Camaleon Golf Course with precision that carried the No. 1 player in the Women’s World Golf Rankings to another dominant victory.
Korda went 60 consecutive holes without a bogey, a streak that ended when it no longer mattered.
She had a six-shot lead playing the 18th when she sent her drive to the right and deep into the tropical bushes, never finding the golf ball. She hit a provisional into a bunker, the next one into the gallery, and then Korda finished by making a 20-foot putt for only her second bogey of the tournament.
Korda stretched out her arm and casually threw her right fist with whatever energy she had left.
She finished the 72-hole event at 17-under 271, four shots ahead Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who celebrated her 24th birthday with a 70 to finish alone in second. China’s Yu Liu (69) was another shot back.
Nobody had much of a chance against Korda, who became the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2001 to start a season with nothing worse than a runner-up finish through six events.
Having started Sunday with a three-shot lead, Korda holed a 12-foot eagle putt from the collar of the par-5 fifth hole, followed with a 10-foot birdie putt from the fringe on No. 6, then hit a lob wedge to four feet for a birdie on the par-5 seventh.
She didn’t need to do anything more the rest of the way, following with 10 straight pars until taking her hands off the wheel on the final hole of her 18th all-time win on the LPGA Tour.
Asked if she was playing the best golf of her career, Korda demurred.
“I’m just enjoying myself, and I love the competition. I love traveling to places like Mexico, all over the world,” she said. “I’m just having fun.”
Mikael Lindberg won Sunday at the DP World Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open and earned a spot in this month’s PGA Championship. (AP File Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Asian swing has major reward for Lindberg
ANTALYA, Turkey — Mikael Lindberg closed with a 3-under 69 to win the DP World Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open, a breakthrough victory that earned the 33-year-old from Sweden a spot in this month’s PGA Championship because he finished as the top player during the Europe-based tour’s Asian swing.
Lindberg had three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the front nine of National Golf Club’s Irmak & Tuna Course to take control in the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open, and he added consecutive birdies on the back nine. Having built some wiggle room, he two-putted for a closing par to finish the 72-hole event at 10-under 278 and win by two over Italy’s Guido Migliozzi (70) and Portugal’s Daniel Rodrigues (71).
“My feelings on this last hole, I almost felt dizzy and I almost felt I want to throw up,” Lindberg said in a TV interview following the final round. “It’s been a very few tough holes, but the last one was definitely tough.”
Lindberg held a one-stroke lead after the opening round, was two shots back after 36 holes, then shared a one-shot advantage alongside Rodrigues entering Sunday.
The PGA Championship, to be played May 14-17 at Aronimink Golf Club near Philadelphia, set aside spots for three players from the Asian swing. Lindberg will be joined by American golfer Jordan Gumberg, who won the Hainan Classic in March, and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger, who won the China Open last weekend.
“It’s going to be amazing,” Lindberg said of the chance to make his major championship tournament debut.