Often referred to as the 5^th Major, THE PLAYERS Championship was held at TPC Sawgrass, won by American Cameron Young (1^st/-13) – the biggest win of the 28 year old’s career. It was only Young’s second win on TOUR in his 104^th start (2025 Wyndham Championship) and his 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.
His four-stroke comeback matches the fifth-largest final-round comeback in PLAYERS Championship history. Young also became the first PLAYERS Champion to birdie the infamous 17^th Island hole in each of the final three rounds.
The victory earns Young an exemption on the PGA TOUR through 2031 and three-year exemptions into the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship.
2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick finishes runner-up at 12-under and he matched the best finish by an Englishman at THE PLAYERS.
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 (3^rd/-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 (4^th/-10) cards 65-69 on the weekend for his second consecutive top-10 finish at THE PLAYERS (9^th/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 27^th 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 13^th hole; his first ace on TOUR; the 45^th ace in PLAYERS history (41^st at TPC Sawgrass).
The best placed Aussie was Min Woo Lee (T32, -2). Adam Scott finished T56 (+2) and Jason Day finished T59 (+4) after a disastrous final round eight over par 80.

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