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'Golf mecca:' Palm Beach County residents on PGA Tour winning streak

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Seven of the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking released after the Cadillac Championship, 18 of the top 50, live in Palm Beach County.

When Cameron Young hoisted the Cadillac Championship trophy May 3 after cruising to a six-shot victory at Trump National Doral, it continued a trend that began more than two months earlier. Nico Echavarria's victory at the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches started a 10-tournament stretch which nine were won by golfers living in Palm Beach County. Golfers such as generational superstar Rory McIlroy winning the Masters .

The hottest players on Tour the last two months, Young and Matt Fitzpatrick, combining for five of those wins. Ascending star Akshay Bhatia slipping on the red cardigan that goes to the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Gary Woodland providing the most inspirational story of the season with a victory at the Texas Children's Houston Open.

And then there was Echavarria, who wasn't even settled into the area when he became a made man in Palm Beach County golf circles. Echavarria's wife, Claudia, was closing on their Palm Beach Gardens home during the second round of the Cognizant. The next two days, her husband posted a pair of 66s to take home the trophy and start the county run.

Ten tournaments. Nine champions residing in Palm Beach County. The only outsider being J.

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