Cameron Young Wins at Trump National Doral by Six Shots with Trump in Attendance

Cameron Young won by six shots at the Trump National Doral signature event on the fearsome Blue Monster course. It marked his second victory of the season, finishing 19-under par to beat Scottie Scheffler's 13-under and earn a $3.6 million purse. President Trump attended Sunday's final round.

Young's strong run began with a tie for seventh at the Genesis Invitational. He tied for third at Bay Hill, won THE PLAYERS Championship—the so-called fifth major—a week later, and tied for third at The Masters.

Scottie Scheffler remains the world's top player with consistent contention in nearly every tournament. Rory McIlroy just won his second straight Masters, completing his career Grand Slam after a long major drought.

Security changed drastically with Trump present. In his post-round news conference, Young described the differences. "Once you get out there … you’re out doing your job, but everything that leads up to that, you know, the place is obviously crawling in Secret Service and security and police, and it has a definitely a different feel," Young said. He recounted being turned away from a side door by security and walking around the clubhouse to enter.

"There’s 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, but it was already so thrown off by the delays that, you know, it didn’t matter too much," he added.

Young spoke with Trump after the round and thanked him for hosting. "He was just very complimentary, the way that he – 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," Young said. "So really just hugely complementary, and I, of course, thanked him for hosting us and that was about it."

Asked about the meeting, Young said he felt grateful they hosted the tournament and called it an honor to play with the president watching. "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 family and his organization that has these beautiful properties and allows us to come and play great golf tournaments on them. This is a special place and great championship golf course, I’m thankful to have it back in the schedule."