Cameron Young strengthened personal confidence after completing a dominant wire-to-wire win at the Cadillac Championship, finishing six shots clear. The American controlled Trump National Doral Miami from the opening round, closed with a four-under 68, and ended at 19-under, securing Young’s third PGA Tour title and one of the largest winning margins of the 2026 season.
The margin ranked as the second-biggest on the PGA Tour this year, with only Justin Rose’s seven-shot success at the Farmers Insurance Open in January larger. Young stayed ahead despite two bogeys on the back nine, while world number one Scottie Scheffler mounted a late push but could not get close enough over the final holes.
Scheffler, who struggled with putting for much of the
round, produced three birdies over the closing four holes to reach 13-under and secure outright second place. Benjamin Griffin posted 12-under to finish third. The top of the Cadillac Championship leaderboard on the PGA Tour read as follows:
Young’s victory at Trump National Doral Miami came with consistent play across all four rounds. The 19-under total reflected steady control rather than one hot stretch. Young led after each day, never surrendering the top spot, and converted that advantage into a rare wire-to-wire success in elite PGA Tour company on a demanding layout.
After lifting the trophy, Young explained how recent results had shaped mentality. "I think the self-belief just continues to build," Young, who has now won three PGA titles, said. "I put myself in plenty of good places over the course of the last four, five years. Recently, I’ve started to come out on the better side of it. So, yeah, just excited for the next few weeks and moving on toward Charlotte and the PGA. "
The 28-year-old highlighted that frequent contention over several seasons has gradually converted into wins. Young pointed to a run of chances where outcomes finally shifted in favour. The focus now moves to maintaining form into the next stretch of the schedule, including a planned start in Charlotte and then the PGA Championship, with confidence higher than earlier campaigns.
Cameron Young Cadillac Championship PGA Tour rules incident and response
A key talking point came on the second hole, when Young accepted a penalty stroke after the ball moved as the club grounded behind it. Young called a rules official without prompting and confirmed the infraction. The decision underlined a commitment to the rulebook, even while defending a multi-shot lead in a high-profile PGA Tour event.
Young described the moment in detail. "It’s just one of those, your heart sinks when you see it move, but it moved, and that’s part of what golf’s about," Young added. "There was no one who was going to give me a penalty there but myself, and I think I had about four of those on the PGA Tour now, so I need to start setting the club down a little softer. Really unfortunate, and I really would like to have the one back that I had to give there, but at the end of the day, if I had to pick a time to give one back, it just wasn’t the worst time. "
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Cameron Young Cadillac Championship PGA Tour context for Scottie Scheffler
For Scheffler, this result extended a frustrating sequence of near-misses on the PGA Tour. The world number one has now finished runner-up in three straight starts. Scheffler lost to Rory McIlroy at The Masters, then fell to Matt Fitzpatrick in a play-off at RBC Heritage, before taking second again behind Young at the Cadillac Championship.
Scheffler analysed another close call. "I felt like I couldn’t really get anything going," Scheffler said. "I was hitting it decent enough. Just putts were going kind of around the hole. Tough to get a lot of momentum. I hit it pretty nicely to start; just didn’t hole the putts I needed to. I made a little bit of a sloppy bogey on hole nine, where I felt like I hit a good bunker shot and a good putt, and just little stuff like that. I just didn’t really get enough momentum going. Wasn’t hitting it close enough and wasn’t holing those 15 to 20-footers when I needed them. "
The Cadillac Championship therefore closed with contrasting emotions for the two main contenders. Young left Trump National Doral Miami with an emphatic six-shot win, growing belief, and clear targets in Charlotte and at the PGA. Scheffler departed with another strong performance but more questions about turning consistent contention into victories during a demanding PGA Tour stretch.
