Cameron Younger was the one participant within the Valspar Championship discipline to shoot within the 60s all 4 days. But, he got here up two photographs wanting Peter Malnati.
His solo second end is the seventh of his quick PGA Tour profession. He now has essentially the most runner up finishes and not using a win on Tour since 1983.
The 2 gamers who held the file earlier than Younger had been Colin Montgomerie and Briny Baird, with six apiece.
Younger stood on the 18th tee in want of a birdie to tie Malnati. As a substitute, an errant drive put him in a tricky place the place he would finally bogey and clear the way in which for Malnati.
“Yeah, it was only a dangerous time for a pull. Attempting to hit form of the identical, comparable one which I hit off of 16. Not fairly as dramatic of a lower, however simply form of began it on the improper facet of the wind, and it’s blowing fairly good off the appropriate. So, yeah, only a dangerous time for a nasty one,” Younger stated after his spherical.
For essentially the most half, his driver has been his finest membership this 12 months.
Younger is among the finest drivers on the PGA Tour proper now. He ranks No. 18 in strokes gained off the tee. Nonetheless, the remainder of his sport could be a hit and miss. The 26-year-old ranks No. 113 in strokes gained placing, which left him wanting the title on Sunday.
However, he’s 8-of-8 in cuts made this season, together with ending third within the DP World Tour’s Hero Dubai Desert Basic. Younger additionally had a T4 on the Cognizant Basic.
The previous Wake Forest Demon Decon has earned over $14 million in his temporary profession.
Sunday noticed him climb up the leaderboard after starting three photographs behind Keith Mitchell, the 54-hole chief.
Nonetheless, bogeys on the 2nd and 18th stored him from forcing a playoff with Malnati.
“I believe I stored myself in it mentally rather well at this time,” he stated. “I hit a few photographs I used to be actually happy with late… However I believe I dealt with my very own ideas rather well and, for me, that’s an enormous win whatever the final result.”
When will the younger star recover from the hump? This file Younger presently holds isn’t one anyone enjoying on the PGA Tour needs. Seven runner-up finishes in 60 occasions means he’s ending inside the highest two 11.7 % of the time.
After all, the cash is sweet, however getting that PGA Tour win on the resume is unquestionably the objective.
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