Cameron Young's good fortune came to a halt in Masters final round

AUGUSTA, Ga. | Cameron Young's luck ran out at the ninth hole of the Augusta National Golf Club in the final round of the Masters Tournament on Sunday, April 12, after benefiting from several breaks during the weekend rounds. A tee shot into the trees that, for once, didn't kick back into the fairway and a punch shot that landed in the middle of a large divot were the beginning of the end for Young's major championship hopes.

He finished with a 73 and a 10-under 278, tied for third and two shots behind winner Rory McIlroy . "I feel like I played the golf I needed to," he said. "There is no negative to take away, other than I obviously would have loved a different result.

In terms of the golf, I played plenty well enough to win today and plenty well enough to win by a couple, I think. So just one of those days. " Cameron Young nearly pulled off the Players-Masters combo Young was trying to become the third consecutive Players Championship winner to win the Masters a month later, and he was also hoping that, after six top-10 finishes in major championships, he could capture his first at the age of 28.

Playing with McIlroy in the final twosome at Augusta was about as intense a pressure cooker in which Young could have found himself. He acquitted himself well, hitting 10 fairways and 13 greens, and holding a two-shot lead over McIlroy through five holes, the combination of a birdie at No. 2 and McIlroy making a double bogey at No.