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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.

WWE SummerSlam Night time 2 topped a brand new Undisputed WWE Champion in Cody Rhodes, set the stage for one more surprising showdown between John Cena and Brock Lesnar, and put a bow on the promotions two-night summer season extravaganza from MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Listed below are our largest takeaways from New Jersey as we unpack how WWE strikes ahead from SummerSlam.

For the whole lot that WrestleMania 41’s major occasion was not, SummerSlam’s was. From John Cenas monotone entrance to his precise match towards Cody Rhodes, their April showdown in Las Vegas left a lot to be desired.

After Cena promised a return to his roots at this previous Friday’s “SmackDown,” he performed the hits followers anticipated for his closing run. For the primary time for the reason that Elimination Chamber, Cenas titantron performed, he made his acquainted run to the ring and he put collectively his finest match in years. Cena was impressed and confirmed he can nonetheless go as he and Rhodes brawled across the ring, by the gang, into the Codyvator, and again into the ring. Drama lingered all through the night time with hypothesis round who might play a job within the end to this Undisputed WWE Championship rematch.

In the long run, although, it was simply Rhodes and Cena, with the challenger saluting the champion, connecting on a Cross Rhodes to take the title again and putting a sure uncertainty across the closing 4 months of Cenas profession as they shared an emotional second collectively however solely briefly.

Whereas it wouldnt have been a complete shock for The Rock, and even Travis Scott, to make their approach to the ring afterward, Brock Lesnars return wasnt on anyones bingo playing cards heading into Sunday night time. If nothing else, the choice supplied quick readability on Cenas future.

Lesnar has been absent from WWE tv since August 2023, when he misplaced to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam. Exterior of the ring, Lesnars absence adopted him being named in a federal lawsuit towards former firm chairman Vince McMahon, which alleges sexual misconduct in 2021 by McMahon. Lesnar shouldn’t be named as a defendant within the go well with, however was named in allegations that concerned former WWE worker Janel Grant, who filed the go well with in January 2024.

Simply as Cena gave the impression to be pivoting from what was a disappointing stretch within the closing 12 months of his profession, a really completely different black cloud now lingers over his subsequent problem.

In a vacuum, this one was unbelievable, particularly as an opener. Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky and Naomi placed on an distinctive match that pushed the tempo and continued to push WWE Ladies’s World Champion Naomi as a savvy veteran. The end, with Naomi benefiting from an Avalanche Riptide on Sky to roll up Ripley and sneak away because the champion, was the logical conclusion for the way this story continues transferring. Nearly as good as this one was, its troublesome to not evaluate this towards the WrestleMania 41 triple-threat match between Ripley, Sky, and Bianca Belair, and it didnt fairly attain that stage.

What does stand out is how a lot chemistry Ripley and Sky have, and their potential to seamlessly flex between triple-threat and singles matches. Sky has maybe been the wrestler of the 12 months in WWE all through 2025, and Ripley is nicely on her approach to being the best womens wrestler in WWE historical past, if shes not already there but. Naomi retains transferring alongside because the champion forward of an already scheduled Aug. 31 showdown with Stephanie Vaquer on the Conflict in Paris occasion in a match that would see one other swing of momentum on the high of the “WWE Uncooked” womens division. The Womens World Championship image proper now could be insane, with no scarcity of expertise or challengers.

After lacking out on WrestleMania 41 earlier this 12 months, DIY, the Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons and the Road Income put collectively a “Friday Night time Smackdown” TLC match that felt very very like they had been sending a message they belonged on the cardboard.

WWE didnt miss on its second likelihood to get the WWE Tag Workforce Championships on one in every of its largest exhibits of the 12 months, leading to a completely unhinged six-pack TLC match. In a showcase of the promotions most stacked tag-team division in years, everybody had their moments.

Candice LeRaes fall from the ladder contained in the ring, sideways by a ladder on the surface, seemed brutal. Coordinating desk spots round all 4 corners of the ring was good. Nathan Frazier recreating the Edge spear on Tommaso Ciampa hanging from the ladder, however lacking was good.

The end felt a bit flat, as the whole lot signaled new champions being topped within the frenetic run to the tip of the match. Run-in after run-in gave the Wyatt Sicks the win and felt too harking back to the previous few years of the Bloodlines run.

Lyra Valkyria and Becky Lynch have placed on a few of the finest matches in arguably the most effective rivalry in WWE this 12 months. Positioned on the cardboard after the six-pack TLC match, Valkyria and Lynch had been in a troublesome place earlier than the bell rang. However to open the door for his or her match to even have a component of chaos, with no disqualifications, felt like poor structuring of the cardboard. The TLC match was going to have big spots and the cardboard wanted time to breathe earlier than getting again right into a weapons-heavy match.

Lynch and Valkyria by no means felt prefer it wanted a “No DQs” stipulation and my choice would’ve been for the standard one-on-one match. However the duo did the most effective they might with what they got. Valkyria wrestling a bit of the match together with her fingers tied collectively was unbelievable, and including Bayley to the end was at all times going to make sense.

Bayley turning down Lynchs supply to hitch her, solely to unintentionally hit Valkyria and price her an opportunity to compete for the Womens Intercontinental Championship whereas Lynch is champion makes the trail ahead right here intriguing. A Bayley victory over Lynch at some within the close to future might make Sunday’s trilogy stipulation pointless. Nicely must see how this one performs out and the place Valkyria goes after a stellar rivalry with Lynch.

There was a second when Solo Sikoa appeared like one of many baddest dudes in WWE. He was the muscle for Roman Reigns, the explanation guys like Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre werent capable of overcome the Bloodline, and appeared well-positioned to take an enormous leap ahead as his household continued to make their presence felt. Whereas his relationship with Reigns devolved as not too long ago as final 12 months, he was nonetheless wrestling Rhodes and Reigns in a tag-team major occasion of a PLE, and subsequently difficult Reigns on the “Monday Night time Uncooked” Netflix debut in Tribal Fight.

Theres no query that Jacob Fatu is a future world champion and is being groomed as such. However the reliance Sikoa has on the MFT, and to see how far hes fallen from a professional challenger for the world title is troublesome to see. He retained the USA Championship in a method that made him really feel like Shawn Michaels needing the assistance of Diesel to cling to his title in different phrases, not a critical menace to WWEs fastest-rising star. Hopefully that positioning adjustments as their rivalry evolves.

– Montez Ford continues to function like a significant star, with charisma, the look and the in-ring potential that ought to imply extra runway as a singles wrestler. Theres nothing flawed with him persevering with to see success as a member of the Road Income, however I might like to see extra alternatives for a man whos oozing depth.

– Dominik Mysterio and AJ Types delivered as a breather in the course of a card stacked with end-to-end vitality. There have been unbelievable callbacks to Eddie Guerrero, from Types paying homage together with his entrance and equipment, the duo buying and selling faux chair photographs, and Mysterio ending Types night time with a boot to the top. Mysterio stays a vibrant spot wherever hes positioned and has flexed throughout the roster in a method his father made a profession. The long run stays vibrant for Mysterio.

The NFLPA has lastly elected an interim alternative for Lloyd Howell.

The union introduced late on Sunday evening that it had elected David White to function the brand new interim govt director. White will change Howell, who resigned final month amid a scandal that rocked the union.

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White was a finalist for the function in 2023, however misplaced out to Howell on the time. He’s the previous govt director and chief negotiator of the Display Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), labored as board chair of the Federal Reserve Financial institution of San Francisco, and is a strategic advisor to a enterprise capital agency. He’s additionally the CEO of 3CG Ventures, an govt teaching and strategic consulting agency.

In line with the NFL Networks Tom Pelissero, a voting participant consultant from all 32 groups participated within the vote to elect White on Sunday evening. There have been a number of interviews with each inside and exterior candidates inside the previous couple of weeks. Its unclear how lengthy White will keep within the function.

White will take over for the NFLPA after a number of scandals have rocked the group this offseason.

It began after a report from Pablo Torre and Mike Florio final month that detailed how the NFL and the NFLPA buried a ruling on a collusion grievance. That reportedly confirmed that an arbitrator concluded that the league inspired its groups to cut back assured cash after Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson obtained an unprecedented, absolutely assured contract when becoming a member of the franchise. The NFL gained the grievance, because it wasnt confirmed that groups acted on the recommendation, however there was little query that they have been inspired to take action.

Then, after Howell resigned, it was reported a day later that he had expensed greater than $3,000 at strip golf equipment. He additionally resigned from his consulting place with the Carlyle Group over an obvious battle of curiosity after the funding agency needed minority NFL possession.

Former Browns heart and union participant president J.C. Tretter additionally resigned because the unions chief technique officer within the wake of the scrutiny. He took himself out of the working for the interim govt director place after he was apparently in a two-man race for the place. NFLPA chief participant officer Don Davis was the opposite on the time.

Tretter had performed a central function in Howells rent, which is broadly seen as questionable. He had a battle of curiosity as a Carlyle Group advisor, and gamers might not have recognized a few sexual discrimination lawsuit towards him at a former employer. There was additionally one other grievance towards Tretter that the NFL and NFLPA lined up. Tretter even went so far as to match himself to a Sport of Thrones character whereas defending his choices.

Whereas White is barely taking on on an interim foundation, the NFLPA lastly has itself on secure footing as soon as once more after what was a really tumultuous stretch.