Cameron Young Leads by One at Doral — Championship Scores Today
championship scores today put Cameron Young on top at Trump International Doral. He opened the Cadillac Championship with a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday and took a one-shot lead. The early board is tight behind him, with Jordan Spieth and Alex Smalley right there after round one.
Cameron Young at Trump International Doral
Young made the opening round count on a course he said allowed aggressive play into the greens. He carded three birdies in his first five holes and kept the card clean from there, then said, “I think you can be pretty aggressive into a lot of the greens.”
His putter did most of the damage. Young said, “I feel like I made a billion feet of putts, which I think works most places,” after a round that never gave back a shot. He also described the day this way: “It's just one of those days that each mistake I made I was not penalized as much as I could have been.”
Spieth and Scheffler Chase
Spieth matched the pace enough to stay within one. He chipped in for eagle on the par-5 eighth hole and finished tied for second with Smalley, while Nick Taylor’s 66 left him in fourth and Nico Echavarria’s 67 put him three back.
Scottie Scheffler sat at 1 under after back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 10 and 11, a slower start than the world No. 1 would have wanted. He said, “I just wasn't capitalizing on a lot of stuff today,” and added, “Felt like I could have holed a few more putts.”
Doral Returns After 10 Years
The setting sharpened the first-round leaderboard. The Cadillac Championship at Trump International Doral carried a $20 million purse and marked the PGA TOUR’s return to Doral after 10 years, with much of the field seeing the course for the first time as pros. That left Young’s 64 as the round everyone else had to chase.
Adam Scott posted a 76 and Justin Rose shot 74, two scores that made the front end of the leaderboard look even more valuable for the players who separated early. Young’s margin is still only one stroke, but after one round he owns the clubhouse edge and the most comfortable score in the field.
