Jon Rahm has reached a deal with the DP World Tour that will allow him to retain membership and be eligible for selection for next year’s Ryder Cup with the future of LIV Golf uncertain.

Rahm and the tour had appeared at an impasse after the two-time major champion turned down an offer taken by eight of his LIV colleagues to remain a member.

The 2023 Masters winner had declined to pay fines and accept a settlement that would have involved him playing a minimum of six events on the European tour, though now has reached agreement after further negotiations. It has not been confirmed how many events he will be expected to play.

A key part of the European teams that have won the last two editions of the Ryder Cup, Rahm now appears set to be available to Luke Donald again at Adare Manor next year.

“The DP World Tour and Jon Rahm have come to an agreement on conditional releases to play in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf during the remainder of its 2026 season,” the DP World Tour confirmed in a statement.

“This involves payment of all outstanding fines accrued from 2024 to date, along with participation in agreed DP World Tour tournaments (outside the Majors) in the remainder of the 2026 season.”

News of the deal comes a week after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) confirmed that it would be ceasing its funding of LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season. The breakaway league is now searching for alternative investors as it resumes the campaign at Trump National Golf Club near Washington DC this weekend.

Rahm joined LIV in December 2023 with a reported signing-on fee of $350m (£258m). He topped the individual standings on the series last year, and already has two victories this season.tThe 31-year-old finished in a tie for 38th at the Masters last month and is set to compete at the PGA Championship at Aronimink next weekend.

The standoff between Jon Rahm and the DP World Tour is over.

Rahm told reporters Tuesday ahead of LIV Golf Virginia that he and the DP World Tour had come to an agreement, ending a stalemate between the two sides that threatened Rahm's Ryder Cup eligibility. Details of their truce weren't immediately available, but Rahm said he and the DP World Tour both made concessions to reach a deal. It's likely Rahm will be able to play in LIV events without needing a release and garnering more fines.

With the two sides coming to an agreement, Rahm's status on the DP World Tour is no longer in question.

In March, Rahm withdrew the appeal of sanctions against him but had not settled with the DP World Tour. The appeal is how Rahm remained eligible to compete in DP World Tour events and participate in the Ryder Cup. Players can maintain their DP World Tour membership while competing on different tours so long as they play in a minimum of four non-major DPWT events. For those competing on LIV, however, it's six events, two of which are chosen by the Tour itself.

Rahm stated he didn't agree with those terms. He was the only one of nine European LIV members who didn't agree to terms for a conditional release, which stated players would compete in six-to-eight non-major DP World Tour events — as well as pay any outstanding fines and withdraw any active appeals — in order to keep their status as members.

At the Masters, Rahm was confident he would be on the 2027 Ryder Cup team at Adare Manor, answering, "Yes" when asked whether he would be on the team. He was also asked at Augusta National whether he could play in a DP World Tour event right then, and he did not know the answer.

Rahm has two wins this season on LIV Golf, and, thanks to receiving OWGR points this year, has risen to No. 21 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has three runner-up finishes in addition to his two victories in 2026.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Jon Rahm, DP World Tour reach agreement to end stalemate

DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young was so dominant at the Cadillac Championship that he called a one-shot penalty on himself on the second hole. And still won by six shots.

He officially is on a heater after finishing the event at Trump National Doral with a 68, giving him a 19-under 269 for the tournament.

Scottie Scheffler (68) was a distant second at 13-under. Scheffler now has 13 career runner-up finishes and three in a row.

Young opened with a 64 and never was threatened after leading by five shots after the second round. He was the solo leader wire-to-wire, the second time this season on the PGA Tour, joining Justin Rose who did it at the Farmers Insurance Open.

"I feel like I had different parts of the game working on different days," Young said. "Today I drove it a lot better. First couple days I putted great and I drove it a little bit more all over the place. Thankfully I feel like I've got a lot of tools right now and throughout the week I was able to use different parts of the game to keep myself moving in the right direction."

The native New Yorker won with Donald Trump watching from his suite on the 18th green for most of the afternoon. Trump, who stayed at the resort the previous night, came out to the course about 30 minutes after Young teed off.

Trump pointed to Young and gave him a thumbs up as Young walked off the 18th green to greet his family. Later, as Trump was being driven off the course in a black SUV, he had the driver stop the vehicle when he saw Young headed to the scoring tent. The president got out and shook the champion's hand.

"He was very complimentary," Young said about their short conversation. "He's nothing if not a very interesting man. He's very powerful. It's an honor to get to play in front if him."

Young, an early leader for Player of the Year along with Matt Fitzpatrick, has two wins (The Players, Cadillac) and two thirds (Arnold Palmer, Masters). He cruised to the win at Doral after starting the day with a six-shot lead.

Which lessened the sting on the second hole when he summoned a rules official after believing his ball took a slight turn forward as he took back his club for his second shot on the 458-yard, par-4 second hole.

This came after he picked up his ball to give himself a favorable lie, which was allowed because of the 1.1 inches of rain that fell on the course before play started.

Young told the official he was over the ball when it rolled. He was assessed a one-shot penalty.

"Your heart sinks when you see it move, but it moved, and that's part of what golf's about."

Cameron Young called a one-stroke penalty on himself on the second hole Sunday @Cadillac_Champ for his ball moving at address.

A few hours later, he secured his third PGA TOUR title. pic.twitter.com/GBPa8YP8fg

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 3, 2026

No problem. Young stuck his third shot inside 14-feet and drained the putt for a par.

"Your heart sinks when you see it move," Young said. "But it moved. That's part of what golf is about. There was no one that was going to give me a penalty there but myself. I wasn't going to look away and say it didn't move when it rolled over."

After birdies at No. 3 and 5, all that was left was for Young was to accept the $3.6 million winners check, which puts him atop the 2026 money list.

Young, No. 4 in the world, led Scheffler, the world No. 1, by seven shots after six holes with seven golfers tied for third, one shot behind Scheffler.

Most impressive about Young's season is his biggest conquests have come on the most difficult courses.

Augusta National and TPC Sawgrass, homes of the Masters and Players, are the two toughest courses on the PGA Tour schedule so far this season. Bay Hill, where Arnie's tournament is held, is No. 5.

The PGA Tour has not had an event at Doral in a decade. The last three years a tournament was held on the Blue Monster (2014-2016), the course was the third, seventh and 11th toughest on the Tour, respectfully.

"I tend to play well at difficult golf courses, difficult setups, difficult conditions," the 28-year-old Young said. "I think it mentally makes it easier for me to focus shot to shot. When you feel like you have to birdie every hole, and you feel like you're losing when you make a par. I think that's proven to be more difficult for me.

"Difficult golf courses I think it just forces you to focus on what you're doing and kind of the task at hand."

The conditions, though, were very benign in the final round compared to the whipping winds that made the third round so difficult.

The air was thick after the morning rain, but the winds died significantly. The course played about 3 shots under par on the final round, about 2.5 shots easier than the previous day.

"I didn't know exactly how the day was going to go, whether we would be starting or stopping," Young said. "Just one of those times played to my hands."

Scheffler played with Young three of the four days.

"Cam played fantastic golf all week," Scheffler said. "He was hitting a lot of quality shots and making putts from anywhere. He was going to be to be a tough man to beat this week."

Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@pbpost.com.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Cameron Young could be favorite to win PGA Tour Player of the Year

First UK Top 10 finish for the Omoda 5.

UK new car sales in April soar 24% year-on-year to 149,247 units, however year-ago volumes were particularly weak as buyers pulled purchases forward to March to beat incoming vehicle tax increases. The year-to-date tally is now up by a robust 9% to 764,101 and local association of manufacturers SMMT now predicts a Full Year 2026 tally at 2,093,000 units, up 3.6% on 2025. Private sales improve 20.2% to 56,116 units and 37.6% share vs. 38.8% a year ago while fleets are up 26.8% to 90,462 and 60.6% share vs. 59.3% and business sales are up 15% to 2,669 and 1.8% share vs. 1.9%. Year-to-date, this time private sales fare better at +11.7% to 306,211 and 40.1% share vs. 39.1% over the same period in 2025, fleet sales are up 6.9% to 441,094 and 57.7% share vs. 58.9% and business sales are up 19.3% to 16,796 and 2.2% share vs. 2%.

Looking at sales by fuel type, BEVs surge 59.1% to 39,084 and 26.2% share vs. 20.4% in April 2025. SMMT noted that April marked the registration of the 2 millionth BEV in the UK. Meanwhile HEVs are up 18.8% to 19,711 and 13.2% share vs. 13.8% a year ago, PHEVs are up 46.4% to 20,597 and 13.8% share vs. 11.7%, petrol is up 8.2% to 63,541 and 42.6% share vs. 48.8% and diesel down -1% to 6,314 and 4.2% share vs. 5.3%. Year-to-date, BEVs are up 22.1% to 176,698 and 23.1% share vs. 20.7% over the first 4 moths of 2025, HEVs are up 8.3% to 111,083 and 14.5% share vs. 14.6%, PHEVs are up 46.5% to 99,263 and 13% share vs. 9.7% while petrol is down -1.5% to 340,230 and 44.5% share vs. 49.3% and diesel falls -8.4% to 36,827 and 4.8% share vs. 5.7%.

Volkswagen (+23%) follows the market to keep a comfortable distance with the other carmakers present at 8.6% share vs. 6% for #2 Kia (+7.2%). BMW (+7.6%) completes the podium as it does YTD. In fact the Top 5 is identical to YTD with Ford (+17.5%) at #4 and Audi (+0.9%) at #5. MG (+84.9%) surges ahead to #6 with 4.7% share, distancing Mercedes (+30.1%) and Skoda (+13.9%). BYD (+101.5%) delivers the biggest YoY gain in the Top 15 at #12 with Jaecoo (+268.2%), Omoda (+259.9%), Citroen (+167%) and Mini (+90%) also impressive. 

Model-wise, the Ford Puma (+27.2%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date with 2.8% share, ahead of the Kia Sportage (+3.7%). The Nissan Qashqai (+29.5%) stays at #3 ahead of two surging models: the VW Golf (+77.9%) scoring its best ranking since last October at #4 and the Mini Cooper (+58.7%) at #5. We have a new entrant in the Top 10: #1 in London over the Full Year 2025, the Omoda 5 lands directly in 6th place with 1.5% share. The VW Tiguan (+46.6%) and MG HS (+67.9%) also impress below. Surprise #1 in March, the Jaecoo 7 falls to #10 and #3 year-to-date.

Previous month: UK March 2026: Jaecoo 7 overall best-seller!

One year ago: UK April 2025: Peugeot (+37.9%), BYD (+654.1%) stand out in market down -10.4%

Full March 2026 Top 53 All brands and Top 10 models below.

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Source: SMMT

Smylie Kaufman has suggested whether he thinks Rory McIlroy would have had a chance of beating Cameron Young if he had been in the field for the Cadillac Championship this past week.

Young produced a stunning performance at Doral to secure his second victory of the season. The 28-year-old opened up a five-shot lead by the halfway stage and barely looked back.

Ultimately, the American finished six shots ahead of Scottie Scheffler to move back into third place in the world rankings. It was also his third PGA Tour victory.

There is a debate to be had about whether Young is the best golfer in the world right now. Of course, we have not seen Rory McIlroy in competitive action since the Northern Irishman won his second Masters title last month.

Whether Rory McIlroy would have had a chance against Cameron Young at the Cadillac Championship

McIlroy triumphed at Augusta National despite not having his A game. And Doral would have been a great fit for the 37-year-old given how important distance was.

However, Smylie Kaufman is not at all convinced that anyone would have been able to stop Young getting across the line on the Blue Monster.

Speaking on The Smylie Show about whether Young’s victory highlighted a problem with smaller field sizes, Kaufman insisted all that having all of the best players playing would have done is create just a little more drama.

“I think 120 was always the best number when it comes to competitors playing in their big events. It flowed the best as a player. And you got enough guys in to where you maybe would have a couple more guys who would have an opportunity to chase,” he said.

“But the way that Cam Young and Scottie and these guys are playing, it would have been tough, of course, to see any of the extra 40 players that you could have added would have potentially taken down Cameron Young. No one was beating Cam Young this week, and that’s just the bottom line.

“But where you could point to the bigger issue is that you need all the guys to play that are at the top, the Rory McIlroys, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre, the list goes on of players who were not there. Now those guys could have made a difference.

“Would they have beaten Cam Young again? No, no one was beating Cam, but that’s where my head’s at there.”

Smylie Kaufman left amazed by Cameron Young’s performance at Doral

It was a real statement from Young, particularly as he was alongside Scottie Scheffler for three of the four days.

It is the second time that he has won by six shots, with his maiden victory at the Wyndham Championship coming by the same margin.

Obviously, Young needs to take that quality into the majors. That is what will put him alongside the best two players in the world right now.

But Kaufman clearly thinks that he has all of the tools to win one of the game’s four biggest prizes.

“19 under par is ridiculous. This golf course is 7,700 yards, the second longest on the PGA Tour, with water that’s in play on 13 of the 18 holes. And I’m looking at his stats, and of course, Cameron Young has so many weapons,” he said.

“He’s an elite driver of the golf ball. He hits it long and straight, and his iron game has improved tremendously since making the golf ball change at Wyndham this past year. He went on to win that first PGA Tour event. The putter, this is something that we talked about with him on the podcast, he’s tremendously improved in that statistic. But the stats this week, I’m blown away by some of these numbers.

“When you have greens that are big, like the ones at Doral, you’re going to hit a couple more greens in regulation, but you’re also going to have more of those putts outside of 10 feet. So you’d love to make a couple a day if possible to shoot a low score, but a lot of guys weren’t making many putts outside of 10 feet. But Cam Young, from 10 to 15 feet this week, he was five from nine. From 15 to 20 feet, he was also five from nine. So this guy was making more than 50 per cent of the putts in that 10 to 20 feet range. This is how not only do you win golf tournaments, that’s how you blow fields away.”

Many will certainly be tipping Young to contend at the PGA Championship later this month. He appears to have absolutely everything in his game to be the man to beat at Aronimink.

A return to the PGA Tour if LIV Golf folds? Not for Thomas Pieters.

The Belgian signed with the league in 2023 and plays for Dustin Johnson's 4Aces this year. But amidst speculation a couple weeks ago the league was going to shutdown, Pieters said he was ready to retire before coming back to the PGA Tour.

On a recent episode of the Dan on Golf Show, Pieters explained his reasoning.

"I was ready to retire on Monday if they really pull the plug that quick, and that was OK with me," he told host Dan Rapaport. "The atmosphere was really grim. I had enough of it after 3-4 hours, everybody talking about it.

“I’m not fussed about it at this point because I feel like I still have a duty to focus on these next six, seven tournaments on LIV and then we’ll see. They’re obviously trying to get it together next year. We’ll see.”

Reports came out last week that numerous LIV players had their agents reaching out to the PGA Tour to explore avenues for returning. Meanwhile, LIV Golf has made multiple moves in the past week to continue positioning itself to survive once funding from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund ends following the 2026 season.

If LIV were to not exist after this year, however, Pieters is not one of those who would want to return to the PGA Tour.

“I’m definitely never going back to the PGA Tour," Pieters said. "I’ve never liked that life. And that’s not me having a go at the PGA Tour, it’s not for me. I tried it and I just wasn’t happy there. If (LIV) goes away, I’ll probably try and play some on the European Tour or I don’t know. I really don’t know."

LIV player meeting scheduled for May 5

There's a player meeting scheduled Tuesday for all LIV players at Trump National outside of Washington D.C., and CEO Scott O'Neil is set to meet with the media at 9 a.m. ET.

As for what players on the circuit are thinking, Pieters can only think for himself, but he has also had conversations with others wondering what LIV's future looks like.

"We are just guessing right now," Pieters said. "But if we’re playing for 5 million next year or I could play on the DP World Tour for 3 million but be close to home that’s something I’d have to look at it when it comes. Possibly there’s guys going. But I think that’s up to Scott and his team to get this thing together and we’ll just have to find out.

"I think what ever comes out officially from LIV is what we’re getting half a day before it goes out. Scott is telling us that he’s going to a broader market and trying to fund this for next year. I guess it’s a massive challenge. But we just have to wait and see.”

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LIV Golf's Thomas Pieters has no interest in returning to PGA Tour

There are no guarantees right now that LIV Golf will even be around after the end of this season.

However, what is clear is that LIV Golf will not be supported by limitless funds moving forward.

The future of LIV Golf is completely up in the air right now after Saudi Arabia’s PIF announced that they will be withdrawing their financial support from the league at the end of the 2026 season.

There have been suggestions that the end could be nigh for LIV Golf after PIF confirmed their plans for the future.

It has even been claimed that LIV Golf duo Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm have sounded out the PGA Tour about potential returns.

It would be no surprise at all if LIV golfers were making contingency plans right now, with their futures obviously uncertain.

However, one particular player is not worried at all about what the future may hold.

LIV golfer confirms he will never return to the PGA Tour

Thomas Pieters joined LIV Golf back in February 2023.

The 34-year-old represented Team Europe at the Ryder Cup in 2016 and has six DP World Tour victories to his name.

He has been speaking to Dan Rapaport on the Dan on Golf Podcast, and he responded about what he plans on doing if LIV Golf does indeed fold.

“I’m definitely never going back to the PGA Tour,“ Pieters said.

“I’ve never liked that life. And that’s not me having a go at the PGA Tour, it’s not for me.

“I tried it and I just wasn’t happy there. If it (LIV) goes away, I’ll probably try and play some on the European Tour or I don’t know. I really don’t know.

“I’m not fussed about it at this point because I feel like I still have a duty to focus on these next six, seven tournaments on LIV and then we’ll see. They’re obviously trying to get it together next year. We’ll see.”

What Scott O’Neil has told the players about LIV Golf’s future

It seems as though LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil has been very transparent with the players about what the future may hold.

“We got paid. We are getting paid. It was a week late. Some got it early, some got it a week late, but I’m not sure these guys check their bank accounts every two seconds,“ Pieters admitted.

“I think whatever comes out officially from LIV is what we’re getting half a day before it goes out. Scott is telling us that he’s going to a broader market and trying to fund this for next year.

“I guess it’s a massive challenge. But we just have to wait and see.

“We are just guessing right now. But if we’re playing for 5 million next year or I could play on the DP World Tour for 3 million but be close to home that’s something I’d have to look at it when it comes.

“Possibly there’s guys going. But I think that’s up to Scott and his team to get this thing together and we’ll just have to find out.”

Michael Kim has revealed what the players thought about the Blue Monster course at Doral in light of some fans complaining about how exciting the Cadillac Championship was.

Doral made a long-awaited return to the PGA Tour schedule this year after a decade away. It had previously hosted the Doral Open, as well as the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

The Blue Monster often attracted an incredibly strong field, with the event widely seen as the unofficial start of the season.

Michael Kim reacts to criticism of Doral after the Cadillac Championship

It seems that the nostalgia was not strong enough to win everyone over at the latest signature event on the PGA Tour. It was notable that there were some underwhelming crowds on Sunday as Cameron Young secured his second victory of the season.

There are plenty of reasons for that. Young’s performance removed almost all of the drama, with the 28-year-old winning by six shots.

Meanwhile, there was also some poor weather around, with the tee times for the final round being moved on a couple of occasions.

But it does appear that the golf course did not capture the imagination. That has prompted Kim to defend the venue on social media.

He said: ‘I know many complain about how boring of a course Doral is on TV but playing it is definitely different. I thought it was a serious and unique challenge with the number of hazards in play and green designs. 18 is an absolute monster. Holes like 11, 14 were very good I thought.’

What Cameron Young said about Doral after his Cadillac Championship victory

Someone who would agree with Kim’s assessment is Young himself.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that he is a fan of the golf course having opened up a commanding lead in the early stages and not looking back.

But after his win, he suggested that he really enjoyed tackling the Blue Monster.

“It’s just undeniably a big, difficult championship golf course. That’s I think what a lot of us like out here on tour. For me personally I prefer a difficult golf course to an easier one, I think. Just that’s the kind of golf I like,” he said.

“To have another place like that on the schedule, we got a pretty easy day here today, but if you get a few days out here where it blows all day as opposed to just in the afternoon, the scoring could be radically different. I just, I like having one more place on the schedule that’s more that style of golf.”

It is a shame that Doral made a largely underwhelming return to the PGA Tour schedule this year. However, the players are clearly optimistic that it will prove to be a welcome addition in time.

LIV Golf is continuing its fight for survival by bringing in even more financial experts and advisors in the wake of losing its funding from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

LIV announced Monday morning that it had retained U.S.-based Ducera Partners as its investment banking advisor “to guide the league in its efforts to secure long-term investment partners and support its evolution into a diversified, multi-partner investment model.”

The league is seeking new investors as its sole backer, the PIF, prepares to exit following the 2026 season, which runs through August. The PIF’s total spend on LIV is expected to surpass $6 billion by the end of this year; the sovereign wealth fund provided the majority of capital for LIV’s operational budget and tournament prize money.

Ducera was founded in 2015 by longtime investment banker Michael Kramer, who has previously served as an advisor for some MLB and NHL franchise transactions, according to LIV’s announcement. Kramer is also the owner of the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks, which he purchased in 2021. Ducera says it has advised on more than $850 billion in transactions across industries, including media, entertainment, and sports.

The most recent sports deal Ducera worked on was serving as investment banker for Tom Dundon’s Pickleball Inc., which last week received a $225 million investment and now serves as the parent company of both the Professional Pickleball Association and Major League Pickleball. Apollo Sports Capital led the funding, and Dundon also contributed. 

In the past year, Ducera has also advised on several multibillion-dollar company sales and bankruptcy restructuring processes outside of sports.

Kramer said in Monday’s announcement that Ducera sees “significant value” in what LIV has created. “We are focused on helping the league identify the right long-term partners to unlock that value and power its next phase,” Kramer said.

Financial Advice

LIV bringing on Ducera follows last week’s creation of a new independent board led by two corporate restructuring experts, Pirinate Consulting Group CEO Eugene Davis and Jon Zinman, the founder of consulting firm JZ Advisors.

Additionally, LIV has reportedly hired more restructuring experts at the consulting firm AlixPartners, according to Sky Sports. AlixPartners is based in New York, but also has offices in Europe and the Middle East, among other international locations. 

The league will be back in action this week for its LIV Golf Virginia event, which tees off Thursday at Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.

The post LIV Turns to Investment Bank With Sports Ties As PIF Exit Looms  appeared first on Front Office Sports.

Cameron Young was asked what it was like to get a thumbs up from President Donald Trump after his victory Sunday at the Cadillac Championship:

"It’s very unique. 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… pic.twitter.com/CjwvhBIxZC

— Cameron Jourdan (@Cam_Jourdan) May 3, 2026

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Cam Young dominated the Cadillac Championship at President Donald Trump’s golf course this week.

Young finished up on 19-under par at the Cadillac Championship, six strokes clear of second-placed Scottie Scheffler.

President Trump was in attendance as the 28-year-old New Yorker holed his winning putt on the 18th green at the Blue Monster.

And it would have been impossible for Donald Trump to not have been impressed by the golf that Cam Young produced at the Cadillac Championship this week.

Even a one-shot penalty incurred by Young on Sunday at the Cadillac Championship on the second hole was not enough to derail him.

Cam Young’s attitude after receiving the one-stroke penalty having been deemed to cause his ball to move in the fairway was hugely impressive.

It’s little wonder he has become such a consistent performer over the past year.

He has a sensationally good golf game and quite clearly has an incredibly strong mentality to match.

Cam Young comments on President Donald Trump after Cadillac Championship win

The now three-time PGA Tour winner has been in exceptional form over the past nine months or so, and he’s now ranked as the world’s third best golfer.

After his win at the Cadillac Championship, Young responded when asked what it felt like to shake the President’s hand following the final round.

“Yeah, 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.“

While Donald Trump may be a divisive character in the United States, and indeed all over the world, receiving congratulations from the President clearly meant a lot to Cam Young.

Cam Young reveals what President Trump said to him after his Cadillac victory

Young was asked by reporters what Trump told him when he shook his hand following the final round in Miami on Sunday.

“Yeah, no, he was just very complimentary,” the 28-year-old said.

“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.

“So really just hugely complimentary and I of course thanked him for hosting us and that was about it.“

The new world number three obviously impressed the President of the United States with his performance at the Blue Monster this week.

And receiving praise from Donald Trump was clearly the icing on the cake for Cam Young after his win at the Cadillac Championship.

Scottie Scheffler posted a final round 68 at the Cadillac Championship on Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to stop Cam Young from running away with the trophy.

Scheffler has experienced a really strange season on the PGA Tour so far in 2026.

By most players’ standards, it would have been an all-time season, with one win, three runner-up finishes and six top-fives to his name.

However, Scottie Scheffler has clearly been nowhere near his best and in fairness, he probably had his ‘C’ game at the Cadillac Championship this week.

Cam Young has been in sensational form this season, and it’s fair to say that he could well be Scheffler’s main challenger.

In fact, given current form of both players, it could be argued that Cam Young is a better player than Scottie Scheffler right now.

Even Scheffler himself has admitted that he has been blown away by the quality of Young’s game.

Scottie Scheffler makes statement on Cam Young after Cadillac Championship win

Scheffler spoke to reporters on Sunday afternoon after securing his third consecutive runner-up finish on the PGA Tour.

The world number one was actually fairly happy with his own game, but he admitted that he just couldn’t compete with Young at Trump National Doral this week.

Scheffler responded when asked to share his verdict on Young as a golfer.

“Cam played fantastic golf all week,“ the world number one exclaimed.

“I played with him three out of the four days and he was hitting a lot of quality shots and making putts from anywhere. He was going to be to be a tough man to beat this week.

“I’ve always been very impressed with Cam’s game. Every time I played with him throughout — I mean, I’ve known him a long time.

“Every time I’ve played with him I’ve always been impressed with his game. This week he hit a lot of quality shots. A lot of quality iron shots, quality tee shots, especially on the holes where it really matters.

“There are some tee shots out here that are really difficult and he stepped up and hit the shots. On the greens he was unbelievable this week.

“First 27 holes I don’t think he missed anything really. It was nuts. Guy was just holing everything.

“When you’re hitting really good shots and holing a lot of putts that’s a recipe to run away with a golf tournament.“

Scottie Scheffler comments on his game at the Cadillac Championship

Scheffler responded when asked by reporters to sum up his performance on Sunday at the Cadillac Championship.

“I felt like I couldn’t really get anything going,“ he replied.

“I was hitting it decent enough. Just putts were going kind of around the hole. Tough to get a lot of momentum. I hit it pretty nice to start, just didn’t hole the putts I needed to.

“Got kind of a tough break there on 7. Landed almost in the fairway and then you can’t even advance the ball more than 50 yards. That’s kind of tough. Not many spots on the course where that happens, but it happened there. Ended up making bogey there.

“Birdied 8. Then make a little bit of a sloppy bogey on 9 where I felt like I hit a good bunker shot and a good putt and just little stuff like that. Just didn’t really get enough momentum going.

“Wasn’t hitting it close enough and wasn’t holing those 15- to 20-footers when I needed ’em. Overall, some good takeaways from this week.“

Cameron Young blew the entire field away at the Cadillac Championship this week, and Scottie Scheffler just couldn’t apply enough pressure on him on Sunday.

Still, three consecutive runner-up finishes for the world number one is nothing to be sniffed at, and he will undoubtedly win again soon.

Adam Scott will rue a ‘silly thing’ he did on Thursday – playing the wrong ball – but he rallied with an impressive performance on the weekend, including a final-round 8-under 64 on Sunday at the Cadillac Championship, and all but assured he will make his 100^th straight start at a major later this year.

Scott, 45, won at Trump National Doral in 2016, the last time a PGA Tour event was played at the course, but opened with 4-over 76 on Thursday. That included a two-stroke penalty for playing the wrong ball on the eighth hole, a violation of Rule 6.3 (c). 

“It's such a silly thing to do. I think it's the first time I've ever done it in my career. That's probably one of those things everyone ends up doing once,” Scott said on Saturday. “An odd set of circumstances leading up to me not checking it, which I think I've done thousands of times. To take two lumps there was, is tough, especially as you sit here now in the weekend and thinking if you're two better you would be doing so well in the tournament. But golf can be cruel at times.”

He bounced back with a 71 on Friday but struggled with his putting. Past Masters champ and current CBS lead analyst Trevor Immelman serves as a second set of eyes to Scott and suggested a small tweak.

“I was so disheartened after Friday's round, my putting was just so bad,” Scott said. “He noticed a little something with my left elbow I think for quite awhile that we just haven't really focused on it. It gave me something to focus on and probably improved my path and face and all the things that you need to do without really having to stress too much about it. So a few more went in, thank you, Trev.”

Indeed, they did. Scott played a bogey-free weekend for the first time since 2017, posting rounds of 66 and 64 to finish at 11-under 277.

Scott already is in the PGA Championship in two weeks, which would his 99^thconsecutive start in a major but he still had work to do to earn a berth in the U.S. Open in June. Scott’s strong finish at Doral should lock up a spot at Shinnecock Hills next month. Scott entered the week at No. 54 in the Official World Golf Ranking and should be assured being inside the top 60 at the cutoff to make the U.S. Open field. Scott’s streak is surpassed only by Jack Nicklaus, who reached 154 straight starts at majors, a streak spanning from the 1957 U.S. Open through the 1998 U.S. Open. Scott, who won the 2013 Masters, wasn’t sure what to make of his own streak. 

“Part of me doesn't want to be the guy yet who just has all these other things that aren't based around winning events,” he said on Tuesday when asked about potentially reaching 100 straight starts. “I would rather win some stuff, and let's celebrate winning the U.S. Open than just playing in it. I feel like that, but, you know, I can give myself a pat on the back for hanging in there and playing all these events. I think there's some luck in it, but I think I've had generally great advice around me from a physical and training standpoint that's kept me healthy and pretty much injury free. I don't really have niggles and things that are concerning.”

On Sunday, he added: “To win a major I'm going to need to put four days together, not just a weekend coming from behind. I feel like my game is there. I'm doing all the things that I think I need to do to be in that kind of condition. So next week (at the Truist Championship) is important to keep this confidence going and hopefully arrive at the U.S. PGA full of confidence and four good days and you just never know.”

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Adam Scott rallies after penalty at Cadillac, eyes 100th major

The PGA Tour's return to the Blue Monster is almost in the books.

Cameron Young has a commanding lead on the back stretch, but he's in position to earn another big pay day and push his earnings past $10 million for the year with a win at the 2026 Cadillac Championship.

The first-place prize at Trump National Doral is $3.6 million from a $20 million purse, the second of three PGA Tour signature events in a four-week span.

Here's the breakdown of how much money each PGA Tour player will earn from at the Cadillac Championship.

Cadillac Championship 2026 prize money payouts

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Cadillac Championship 2026 payouts, prize money for PGA Tour players

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.

Cameron Young called a one-stroke penalty on himself on No. 2 Sunday @Cadillac_Champ after causing his ball to move at address.

He still saved par and maintains a five-shot lead.

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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 3, 2026

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.

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

There has been plenty of debate surrounding the future of Jon Rahm following the news that LIV Golf is facing a fight to secure funding from the end of the 2026 season.

There are real doubts over where LIV Golf will be in the coming years, with the news that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia plan to withdraw their financial support for the league by the end of the year.

Given the money invested so far, it looks set to be incredibly difficult for Scott O’Neil to keep LIV alive. It is an extremely hard sell when you consider what the PIF spent for little reward.

Jon Rahm has a chance to prove just how much faith he has in LIV Golf this year

Bryson DeChambeau handed LIV a boost by claiming that he is planning to stay for as long as the league continues to exist. But many are waiting to see what Jon Rahm decides to do.

Rahm made no secret of the money being a factor in his decision to leave the PGA Tour. However, he now has an opportunity to prove just how much belief he had in the league when he shocked the world by signing in December 2023.

Certainly, his comments to David Feherty at his unveiling look very interesting now.

“I think the innovation and the vision of LIV Golf is what pushed me over to at least give it a chance and hear the pitch out. Ultimately, it ended up being what I guess I wanted to hear. I believe in the growth of the game of golf. I’ve largely spoken about how Seve improved the game of golf in Spain and how I would like to do the same thing over there. If I can reach a bigger audience there, it would be amazing. I do believe this process will help me do that,” he said.

“Even though it’s not a part of this sport, it is now, it’s the team aspect of things. Some of the biggest sporting events for the most part, people are following their teams. I myself growing up being a massive Athletic Bilbao fan, I realise that has a bit of an appeal, much more than I give credit to.”

Rahm’s decision could silence a lot of speculation about how much players care about LIV Golf

It has always been difficult to know just how genuine LIV golfers are being when they heap praise on the league. Many will have seen Graeme McDowell produce one of the most laughable comments in LIV history this week when discussing Smash’s rebrand to OKGC.

Some of the players clearly feel obliged to defend LIV at every opportunity. They bizarrely see themselves as some sort of underdog when it is surely the case that most would not have looked twice at signing had it not been for the astronomical riches on offer.

But the issue with that is it is nearly impossible to decipher what is true praise and what is bluster simply for the benefit of those who criticise the league.

Rahm has the chance to prove that the money was indeed not the main reason that he decided to sign with LIV. If he has a true belief in the league’s potential, he will surely follow DeChambeau’s lead and make sure that they look after the younger players who made a much riskier move.

The likes of Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood can continue to bang the drum for LIV. Their days of playing on the PGA Tour are surely over now, whatever happens next.

But Rahm could be about to face a decision that defines his career.

If he truly believed everything he said about LIV back in 2023, that decision is going to be a lot harder than many would think.

It's going to be a soggy Sunday at the Blue Monster.

The final round of the 2026 Cadillac Championship was delayed due to thunderstorms in the Miami area on Sunday morning. Tee times were originally moved up and set to begin at 7:30 a.m. ET in an effort to complete play early afternoon, but an early-morning wave of storms forced PGA Tour officials to delay the start of Sunday's action.

Sunday weather forecast for the Cadillac Championship pic.twitter.com/BMaPd8vcL3

— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) May 3, 2026

The forecast for the remainder of Sunday is not promising, either. While rain chances decrease slightly during the middle of the day, they shoot up into the late afternoon and evening. The forecast calls for between 1 to 2 inches of rain.

If play is not able to be completed Sunday, the Monday forecast shows better conditions, though rain may still persist in the Doral area. The PGA Tour, as of 8:30 a.m. ET, has not announced when play will begin.

Cameron Young has a six-shot lead after the third round on Scottie Scheffler, Si Woo Kim and Kristoffer Reitan. Young sits at 15 under and is in search of his second win this season, also having won the Players in March.

The last PGA Tour event to be reduced to 54 holes was the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which Wyndham Clark won after a stellar 12-under 60 in the third round.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Cadillac Championship 2026 final round delayed by storms at Doral

Cameron Young appears to have one hand on his second PGA Tour title of the season, with the American going into the final round of the Cadillac Championship with a six-shot lead at Doral.

Young took charge of the tournament with a 64 in the opening round on the Blue Monster. And he has not looked back, with the 28-year-old five shots clear at the halfway mark.

The Players Championship winner will be wary of getting carried away. However, it is extremely difficult to see anyone else coming through and winning the latest signature event on the PGA Tour.

Cameron Young’s performance at Cadillac Championship has been compared to Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy

The biggest 54-hole lead that has been thrown away so far this year is three shots. On that occasion, Ludvig Aberg opened the door for Young to go on and win at TPC Sawgrass.

The worry for the chasing pack is that Young’s performance during Saturday’s third round has been compared with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.

He bounced back from a bogey on the opening hole to post a 70 and extend his advantage. With that, Frank Nobilo told Scorecard on CBS Sports that Young sent out an extremely ominous message to the rest of the field.

“We had a windy day, that’s stating the obvious, but it’s blown pretty much the same direction for three straight days. And for some reason, Cam is doing this without playing the par fives well. So that means really his iron play is superb,” he said.

“The par fours here are difficult. So Cam Young really has owned this golf course, and even though he’s spluttered a bit – remember he made a six on the opening hole, the par five, he hit his second shot into the water – it didn’t bother him. He just went about his way.

“His patience is almost irritatingly good, and I think that’s what’s affecting the rest of the field. If you go back a year or two, he would take a backward step. He just kept going and going. And this was not his A game today, and I think that’s the scary part.

“Trevor [Immelman] talked about it on the broadcast, we think his ceiling is extremely high and today was one of those ones you would expect from a Scheffler or a McIlroy, it was the holding pattern. But that holding pattern, it increased the lead.”

How Cameron Young is stealing the show in almost every category at Doral

The Blue Monster at Doral has the potential to be one of the most thorough tests on the PGA Tour. It is an extremely long golf course, with hazards strategically placed on the vast majority of holes.

Few would have probably anticipated that the leader would be 15-under par with 18 holes to play.

But Young is performing well in almost every category. Unsurprisingly, he is inside the top five for strokes gained tee to green so far this week, according to Data Golf.

But of those same five players, Young is the only one who is also gaining shots on the field with his putter.

In fact, Michael Kim is the only player who is performing better on the greens this week than Young.

It is difficult to imagine that Sunday is going to be particularly exciting from a tournament perspective, but there is no question that we are witnessing an extremely impressive performance from Young.