Cameron Young called a penalty on himself Sunday while leading the 2026 Cadillac Championship.
Young, the world’s No. 4 player, was assessed a one-stroke penalty in the second fairway for causing his ball to move before hitting his approach shot. Playing with preferred lies, Young had lifted, cleaned and placed his ball in the second fairway, and as his club was behind the ball before the swing, the ball moved and Young stopped to call an official.
Young said his ball moved slightly forward when he addressed it, and he told rules officials he was unsure whether his actions caused the ball to move. However, the official determined his actions caused the ball to move, and Young was assessed a one-stroke penalty.
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Even TV cameras struggled to pick up the ball moving, but Young still called a penalty on himself, meaning he was hitting his third shot from the fairway instead of his second from 159 yards away.
Young proceeded to hit his third shot to 14 feet and then buried the par putt, remaining at 15 under and five shots ahead of Scottie Scheffler and Kristoffer Reitan after two holes Sunday at Doral.
Have to think the golf gods helped guide that putt in after calling a penalty on himself that others likely wouldn’t have.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Cadillac Championship 2026: Cameron Young calls penalty on himself
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