Cam Young compared with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy after ‘scary’ third round at the Cadillac Championship

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“We had a windy day, that’s stating the obvious, but it’s blown pretty much the same direction for three straight days. And for some reason, Cam is doing this without playing the par fives well. So that means really his iron play is superb,” he said.

“The par fours here are difficult. So Cam Young really has owned this golf course, and even though he’s spluttered a bit – remember he made a six on the opening hole, the par five, he hit his second shot into the water – it didn’t bother him. He just went about his way.

“His patience is almost irritatingly good, and I think that’s what’s affecting the rest of the field. If you go back a year or two, he would take a backward step. He just kept going and going. And this was not his A game today, and I think that’s the scary part.

“Trevor [Immelman] talked about it on the broadcast, we think his ceiling is extremely high and today was one of those ones you would expect from a Scheffler or a McIlroy, it was the holding pattern. But that holding pattern, it increased the lead.”

How Cameron Young is stealing the show in almost every category at Doral

The Blue Monster at Doral has the potential to be one of the most thorough tests on the PGA Tour. It is an extremely long golf course, with hazards strategically placed on the vast majority of holes.

Few would have probably anticipated that the leader would be 15-under par with 18 holes to play.

But Young is performing well in almost every category. Unsurprisingly, he is inside the top five for strokes gained tee to green so far this week, according to Data Golf.

But of those same five players, Young is the only one who is also gaining shots on the field with his putter.

In fact, Michael Kim is the only player who is performing better on the greens this week than Young.

It is difficult to imagine that Sunday is going to be particularly exciting from a tournament perspective, but there is no question that we are witnessing an extremely impressive performance from Young.