Young gets first PGA Tour win; Yamashita grabs maiden LPGA major crown
It was an emotional win for Young, whose seven career runner-up finishes included the 2022 British Open at St. Andrews.
He started the day with a five-stroke lead and after an opening bogey reeled off five straight birdies -- a run that included a 26-foot bomb at the third hole.
A pair of bogeys at 16 and 17 were immaterial and Young tapped in for a par at the 18th to cap a two-under par 68 that gave him a 22-under total of 258.
'I've been waiting for it for awhile,' Young said. 'I never thought I'd really be that emotional about it, but it's the end of my fourth season and I've had my chances. Never quite like this -- and I wasn't going to let it get away from me today.'
The win at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, had a little extra resonance for Young, who played college golf at North Carolina's Wake Forest University.
He was also hoping the win might catch the eye of US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley with the biennial match play showdown with Europe coming up in September.
'Obviously that team is a goal of many of us,' the world number 44 said.
Fellow American Meissner had five birdies in his four-under 66 to take second on 16-under 264.
Sweden's Alex Noren and American Mark Hubbard shared third on 265 while US amateur Jackson Koivun shared fifth place with American Chris Kirk and England's Aaron Rai.
Sunday's round marked the end of the PGA regular-season with the top 70 on the points list advancing to the playoffs which start next week at the St. Jude Championship.
Of the players hoping to play their way in this week, Kirk's finish was enough to move him up from 73rd in the standings to 61st.
Yamashita wins Women's British Open: Japan's Miyu Yamashita won the Women's British Open by two strokes at Royal Porthcawl on Sunday to clinch an emotional first major title.
Yamashita carded a two-under par final round to hold off a strong challenge from England's Charley Hull on the Welsh links course.
She finished on 11-under par for the tournament, with Hull and Japan's Minami Katsu ending in a tie for second place after final rounds of 69 left them on nine under.
Just a day after turning 24, Yamashita became the third Japanese woman to win the British Open after Hinako Shibuno in 2019 and Ayako Okamoto in 1984.
She joyously swigged from a bottle of champagne on the 18th green before wiping away tears of joy after sealing her victory.
'To win such a historic tournament in front of all these amazing fans is such an incredible feeling,' Yamashita said.
'The course is set up to be very difficult but also in a brilliant condition. The amount of people supporting me today really pushed me towards the victory and this is for them.'
Yamashita's previous best performance in a major was a tie for second place at last year's Women's PGA Championship.
She survived a stern test of her temperament on the last day after resuming with a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Kim A-lim.
Having posted a bogey-free 65 on Friday, she had carded a two-over par 74 marred by erratic driving off the tee and struggles on the greens in the third round.
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