Cameron Youngs wife almost missed PGA win due to | Golf News

Cameron Young captured the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday with a commanding six-stroke victory, incomes $3.6 million and a thumbs-up from the president of the United States. Yet he almost determined his household should not make the journey.

Young dominated from start to end to secure his second PGA Tour victory of the season, following his Players Championship triumph in March.

After finishing his closing spherical with a 4-under 68, he revealed that President Donald Trump’s presence had made him rethink whether or not his wife Kelsey and their two youngsters ought to make the two-hour journey from Jupiter, Florida, to witness his victory. It comes as Donald Trump makes uncharacteristically quiet entrance at PGA Tour event

“I had kind of told my wife, maybe it’s not the best idea to stick the kids in the car for two hours here and two hours back with all the security with the president here and everything,” Young explained following the spherical.

Kelsey in the end determined to attend, arriving later in the afternoon, and Young expressed his appreciation. “Really grateful that they did come down. I was really happy to see them at the end of a day like that.”

Sunday proved something but extraordinary on the PGA Tour. Trump touched down with a number of relations, including granddaughter Kai Trump, who intends to play golf at the University of Miami, shortly after noon local time, after a two-hour climate postponement had already thrown off the day’s program.

He remained until the ultimate putt, rose to his toes as Young approached the 18th fairway amid applause, and shared a handshake and thumbs-up with the winner moments later.

During his post-round media session, Young detailed the expertise of competing at a venue secured by the Secret Service. “Once you get out there, you’re out doing your job, but everything that leads up to that – the place is obviously crawling in Secret Service, and security and police, and it has a definitely different feel,” he said.

“I came out to go down to the side door where we’ve been coming in the clubhouse all week and kind of had two guys step together and say, ‘Hey, we’re not letting anybody through this way right now.’ So I was just walking in toward the locker room toward dining and had to turn around and walked all the way around the clubhouse to get back to that door. There are little things like that that’s obviously different with the President here, and it changed the rhythm of the day a little bit to start,” he added.

Following his victory, Young had a temporary encounter with Trump and spoke positively about the exchange. “He was just very complimentary,” he continued. “You know, I’ve been fortunate to meet him before, and that’s especially with us golfers – it’s something he loves and I think appreciates how good everybody is on the PGA Tour. So really just hugely complimentary, and I, of course, thanked him for hosting us and that was about it.” Young expanded on the importance of competing before the president.

“It’s very unique,” he said. “He’s nothing if not a very, very interesting man. He’s very powerful, and it’s an honor to get to play in front of him.

“Hugely grateful to him and his household and his group that has these lovely properties and permits us to come and play great golf tournaments on them. This is a particular place and great championship golf course. I’m grateful to have it back in the schedule.”

Young’s efficiency on the course was commanding. He concluded at 19 under par, six strokes forward of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who carded a 68 and claimed second place for the third straight event.