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 exciting closing spherical, mixing 5 birdies with a lone bogey to put up a four-under 68 and snatch a one-shot victory over enjoying associate 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.
Ludvig Åberg went into the water on back-to-back holes at The Gamers to throw away his lead
Younger pulled degree with the Englishman with a birdie on the par-three seventeenth, then secured a one-shot victory when Fitzpatrick discovered timber on the 72nd gap and didn’t gap an eight-foot par putt to power a play-off.
Victory is Younger’s second on the PGA Tour and first since final yr’s Wyndham Championship, securing him the $4.5million first prize, with Fitzpatrick runner-up on 12 below forward of Xander Schauffele and Scotland’s Bob MacIntyre claiming fourth spot.
How Younger edged Sawgrass thriller
Åberg instantly received put below stress from enjoying associate 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 didn’t stand 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.
Younger was an additional shot behind after reaching the flip in 35 however went tied-second after beginning his again 9 with a birdie, with all transferring nearer to the lead when Åberg discovered water together with his strategy into the par-five eleventh and made bogey.
Åberg additionally double-bogeyed the following after discovering water off the tee, as Fitzpatrick – enjoying within the group forward – picked up a shot on the twelfth and joined Younger in birdieing the thirteenth to go one forward.
Younger pulled degree 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.
Fitzpatrick discovered timber off the ultimate tee and didn’t stand 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.
Younger by no means had the solo lead at any level within the match till he holed his 18-inch putt to put up a four-under 68 and finish the week on 13 below, 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.
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