2026 Cadillac Championship leaderboard: Cameron Young goes low, leads Jordan Spieth after Round 1
Cameron Young shot an 8-under 64 in the first round of the 2026 Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral, taking a one-shot lead over Jordan Spieth and Alex Smalley. Despite challenging conditions on the Blue Monster course, favorable weather and receptive greens allowed several players to post low scores. Young remained bogey-free thanks to strong wedge play and scrambling, while top contenders like Scottie Scheffler struggled to keep pace.
- ▪Cameron Young leads the 2026 Cadillac Championship after shooting a bogey-free 8-under 64 in the first round.
- ▪Jordan Spieth and Alex Smalley are tied for second, one shot behind Young, each posting 7-under 65s.
- ▪Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, hosted the tournament, with calm early conditions contributing to an under-par scoring average.
- ▪Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1, finished with a 1-over 71, seven strokes behind Young, after missing a short birdie putt on the 8th hole.
- ▪Several top players, including Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, and Jason Day, ended the first round over par.
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2026 Cadillac Championship leaderboard: Cameron Young goes low, leads Jordan Spieth after Round 1 A surprising number of low scores were carded in the PGA Tour's return to the Blue Monster outside Miami, Florida By Patrick McDonald Apr 30, 2026 at 7:36 pm ET • 6 min read Getty Images Cameron Young walked off the 8th green after tapping in for par, ready to pencil a birdie on his playing partner's scorecard. Scottie Scheffler faced just outside 3 feet to join Young at 4 under, but instead, the world No. 1 brushed his attempt on by and only then did the two start to go in opposite directions. Young kept on adding circles to his own scorecard and signed for an opening bogey-free 8-under 64 at Trump National Doral to command the first-round lead.
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