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Cameron Young
28-year-old earns his second win on TOUR in his 104th start (2025 Wyndham Championship); second win in his last 11 starts after going winless in his first 93 starts on TOUR, notching seven runner-up finishes during that span
Earns his third consecutive top-10 finish of the 2026 season (T7/The Genesis Invitational, T3/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), his second streak of three consecutive top-10s on TOUR (T3/2022 RBC Heritage, T2/2022 Truist Championship, T3/2022 PGA Championship)
Earns 750 FedExCup points and moves from No. 12 to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings, his highest rank after any week in his TOUR career
In four previous appearances at THE PLAYERS Championship, he finished MC (2022), T51 (2023), T54 (2024) and T61 (2025)
Four-stroke comeback matches the fifth-largest final-round comeback in PLAYERS Championship history
Matches the largest comeback of the 2026 season on TOUR (4/Chris Gotterup/2026 WM Phoenix Open)
Becomes the first PLAYERS Champion to birdie No. 17 in each of the final three rounds
Led the field in proximity on approach shots (28 feet 1 inch) and scrambling (16 of 21); his 375-yard drive on No. 18 was the longest drive on that hole by any player in the ShotLink era (since 2003)
Earns an exemption on the PGA TOUR through 2031 and three-year exemptions into the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship
Miscellaneous Notes
2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick finishes runner-up at 12-under; matches the best finish by a player from England at THE PLAYERS (2nd/Ian Poulter/2009, 2nd/Lee Westwood/2021, 2nd/Tyrrell Hatton/2023, T2/Nick Faldo/1992, T2/Luke Donald/2005, T2/Ian Poulter/2017); notches his first top-three finish on TOUR since the 2023 BMW Championship (T2)
36- and 54-hole leader Ludvig Åberg (T5/-9) closes with 4-over 76, including 40 on the back nine; falls to 1-for-3 when leading/co-leading after 54 holes on TOUR; notches his second consecutive top-five finish on TOUR (T3/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard)
Xander Schauffele (3rd/-11) earns his third top-three finish at THE PLAYERS Championship (T2/2018, T2/2024), matching the most top-three finishes at THE PLAYERS without a win (Jeff Maggert, Bernhard Langer, Tom Watson, Jim Furyk)
After opening 72-72 and sitting T42 after 36 holes, Robert MacIntyre (4th/-10) cards 65-69 on the weekend for his second consecutive top-10 finish at THE PLAYERS (9th/2025); missed the cut in each of his first two starts (2021, 2024)
One of 15 first timers in the field, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (T5/-9) closes 66-68 on the weekend to earn the fourth-best finish by a PGA TOUR rookie at THE PLAYERS (T2/David Lingmerth/2013, T3/Fulton Allem/1988, T3/Camilo Villegas/2006)
Making his second start of the 2026 season since returning from back surgery in November, 2021 PLAYERS Champion Justin Thomas (T8/-8) earns his first top-10 finish on TOUR since the 2025 TOUR Championship (T7)
Two-time PLAYERS Champion (2023, 2024) and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T22/-5) records his 27th consecutive top-25 finish on TOUR, the second-longest streak since 1983 (38/Tiger Woods)
Hideki Matsuyama (T27/-3) carded the low final-round of the day (67)
Chad Ramey (T27/-3) makes a hole-in-one on the 13th hole; his first ace on TOUR; the 45th ace in PLAYERS history (41st at TPC Sawgrass)
