Cameron Young told wife and kids not to attend Cadillac Championship due to Donald Trump’s presence

Cameron Young admitted he initially advised his wife not to bring their children to Doral given Donald Trump’s security presence before winning by six shots

Cameron Young told his family not to come to the final round of the Cadillac Championship(Image: Getty)

Cameron Young won the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday by six shots, collected $3.6 million, and received a thumbs-up from the president of the United States. He also very nearly told his family to stay home.

Young went wire-to-wire to claim his second PGA Tour win of the season following his Players Championship victory in March.

He then admitted after his final round of 4-under 68 that the security implications of President Donald Trump’s attendance had given him pause about whether to have his wife Kelsey and their two children make the two-hour drive down from Jupiter, Florida, to watch him close out the tournament. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy has confirmed he’ll be playing for the first time since winning his second straight Masters Tournament.

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“I had kind of told my wife, maybe it’s not the best idea to stick the kids in the car for two hours here and two hours back with all the security with the president here and everything,” Young said after the round.

Kelsey came anyway, arriving later in the day, and Young was glad she did. “Really grateful that they did come down. I was really happy to see them at the end of a day like that.”

It was not a typical Sunday on the PGA Tour. Trump arrived with several family members, including granddaughter Kai Trump, who plans to play golf at the University of Miami, shortly after noon local time, following a two-hour weather delay that had already disrupted the day’s schedule.

Young celebrated his impressive Cadillac Championship win, though Donald Trump did not join the festivities(Image: GETTY)

He stayed through the final putt, stood for the ovation as Young walked up the 18th fairway, and exchanged a handshake and a thumbs-up with the champion afterward.

Young described what it felt like to navigate the logistical reality of a Secret Service-protected venue in his post-round press conference. “Once you get out there, you’re out doing your job, but everything that leads up to that — the place is obviously crawling in Secret Service, and security and police, and it has a definitely different feel,” he said.

“I came out to go down to the side door where we’ve been coming in the clubhouse all week and kind of had two guys step together and say, ‘Hey, we’re not letting anybody through this way right now.’ So I was just walking in toward the locker room toward dining and had to turn around and walked all the way around the clubhouse to get back to that door. There are little things like that that’s obviously different with the President here, and it changed the rhythm of the day a little bit to start,” he added.

Young has three children with wife Kelsey(Image: Getty Images)

Young met Trump briefly after securing the trophy and described the interaction with warmth. “He was just very complimentary,” he continued. “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.”

Young elaborated further on what it meant to play in front of the president. “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.”

The golf itself was dominant. Young finished at 19 under, six shots clear of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who shot 68 and finished second for the third consecutive tournament start.