Look, if you missed Sunday's final round at TPC Sawgrass, you missed a cracker. Cameron Young came from four shots back to win the 2026 Players Championship on Sunday, and he did it the hard way, grinding through the sort of pressure that would make most blokes fold like a cheap tent.
Young carded a near-flawless, 4-under 68 from the penultimate group to win the Players Championship by a shot over Matt Fitzpatrick, besting him in a winner-take-all 18th hole. It's his second win on the PGA Tour, and it's the big one. He climbs into the top five of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career, and he'll take home $4.5 million. Not bad for a bloke who couldn't buy a win for years.
But here's the story everyone's going to be talking about: Ludvig Aberg's absolutely stunning collapse. The young Swede came in with a three-shot lead and looked like a man destined for the biggest moment of his career. Then disaster struck. Ludvig Aberg had a two-stroke lead heading into the back nine but then disaster struck as he bogeyed the 11th, double bogeyed the 12th, and bogeyed the 15th to fall out of contention. It marked the first time in more than a year that Aberg has recorded scores of six or worse on consecutive holes.
The twin water balls on the back nine absolutely gutted his chances. At the par-5 11th, his approach shot found the drink. One hole later, his tee shot went in the water again. You've got to hand it to Young, though; he made the most clutch birdie of his career with a shot into 10 feet on the wind-blown island green for birdie, and then blistered a 375-yard drive the longest ever on the 18th at the TPC Sawgrass. When Matt Fitzpatrick missed an 8-foot par putt on the final hole, Young was left with the easiest winning moment of his life.
Here's the thing about The Players: it's what the PGA Tour calls the fifth major due to its characteristics that it shares with the majors, such as the high class field, challenging course conditions, and of course, an astronomical purse. Since 1982, it has been played at the Stadium Course at TPC at Sawgrass, and that island green on 17 has been breaking hearts ever since.
For Australian fans, Min Woo Lee was the best of our lot. Min Woo Lee was the best-placed Australian, finishing tied for 32nd on 2-under. Adam Scott and Jason Day couldn't quite get it done either, with the pair finishing well back.
At the end of the day, this was Young's tournament to lose, and somehow, with everything stacked against him, he found a way to seize it. Aberg will be haunted by those two holes for a while yet, but that's The Players Championship for you. The PGA Tour official results and payouts tell the full story of a dramatic Sunday that won't be forgotten.