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| Monday Mar 16, 2026 |
Takeaways from The Players Championship:
▪️ Cameron Young, 28, wins for the second time in his last 11 starts after going winless in his first 93 starts.
▪️ Young's history at The Players Championship was uninspiring at best, having finished MC (2022), T51 (2023), T54 (2024) and T61 (2025).
▪️ 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).
▪️ One of 15 first timers in the field, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (T5) closed 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).
▪️ Scottie Scheffler, a two-time Players Champion (2023, 2024) and world No. 1, recorded his 27th consecutive top-25 finish on Tour, the second-longest streak since 1983 (38/Tiger Woods).
▪️ Chad Ramey (T27/-3) made a hole-in-one on the 13th in the final round. It was his first ace on Tour and the 45th in Players Championship history.
POLL
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
▪️ Though PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp did not provide specifics, what is your opinion of the plan he proposed prior to The Players Championship? | Respond
▪️ Previous: Considering how men's professional golf's majors have evolved through the years, why should The Players Championship not be considered a major championship? | Read
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