It was solely a matter of time earlier than Cam Younger received on the PGA Tour.
Although hes been within the combine loads of occasions recently, he left completely little doubt at Sedgefield Nation Membership on Sunday.
Younger, after briefly build up a large eight-shot lead, cruised to a dominant six-shot win on the Wyndham Championship. It marked his inaugural Tour win after seven runner-up finishes in his profession and 4 top-10 outings already this season. The win additionally earned him a $1.48 million examine, which was a part of an $8.2 million purse.
Younger is now the 1,000th distinctive winner in PGA Tour historical past, too.
Younger entered the ultimate spherical with a five-shot lead already, because of his bogey-free 5-under 65 on Saturday. He grabbed an eight-shot lead at one level on Transferring Day, too, after rattling off 4 straight birdies on his entrance 9.
Whereas he opened with a bogey on Sunday after leaving his strategy on the primary simply shy of the inexperienced, Younger made up for it instantly. He made 5 straight birdies and reclaimed his eight-shot lead as soon as once more with none subject in any respect. Younger made the flip at 4-under for the day, and saved his par on the ninth with an enormous strategy from the thick tough proper subsequent to the cart path.
Although Younger stumbled a bit on the finish he bogeyed the par-3 sixteenth after lacking an up-and-down par save, after which he made a second straight bogey on the seventeenth it didn’t matter one bit. He posted his closing spherical 68 and rolled to the win.
Mac Meissner completed alone in second at 16-under, and Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third at 15-under on the week. Matti Schmid completed T31 together with his 1-over closing spherical, which moved him to No. 70 within the FedExCup standings. He’s the final man into the Tour’s postseason and can get to compete in subsequent week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis in consequence.
Davis Thompson, nonetheless, is the primary man out. He went 2-under on Sunday, and even drained a 47-footer for a birdie late within the day to maneuver contained in the top-70.
Thompson, although, ended up falling again out to No. 71.
Younger entered the week at No. 44 within the Official World Golf Rankings and was already a lock for the FedExCup Playoffs. However his win on Sunday will soar him as much as No. 16 within the FedExCup standings, which is sufficient to ship him by to the season-ending Tour Championship. Its additionally going to provide him a big soar within the Ryder Cup standings. He began the week at No. 19 with no path to maneuver into an automated bid spot solely the highest six qualify for the U.S. Group that approach however Younger is now undoubtedly within the combine to earn a captains decide to make the group, particularly if he can preserve this push going by the primary two rounds of the playoffs.
However no matter whether or not or not hes representing the People subsequent month or not, Younger lastly has a Tour win below his belt.
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