Cameron Young

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| full_name = Cameron David Young

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|5|7}}

| birth_place = Scarborough, New York, U.S.

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| height = 5 ft 11 in

| weight = 185 lb

| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Kelsey Dalition|2020}}

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| children = 1

| college = Wake Forest University

| yearpro = 2019

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| tour = PGA Tour

| extour = Korn Ferry Tour

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| pga = T3: 2022

| usopen = T32: 2023

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| award1 = PGA Tour
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Cameron Young (born May 7, 1997) is an American professional golfer. He has finished in the top three in two major championships and has several runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour. He has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour. He was voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2021–22 season.

Early life

Young was born in Scarborough, New York. His father David Young was the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Westchester County, New York. His aunt was a teaching professional. He attended Fordham Preparatory School in The Bronx, where he was a member of the golf team.{{cite web |title=Follow Cameron Young '15 in his First Appearance at The Masters |publisher=Fordham Preparatory School |date=2022-04-07 |url=https://www.fordhamprep.org/about/news-around-the-prep/posts/~board/news/post/follow-cameron-young-15-in-his-first-appearance-at-the-masters |access-date=2024-07-24}} He would later attend Wake Forest University, where he studied Economics, graduating in 2019.{{cite magazine |last=Tremlett |first=Sam |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Young |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-cameron-young |access-date=April 17, 2023 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=May 21, 2022}}{{cite magazine |last=Tremlett |first=Sam |title=20 Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Young |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-cameron-young |access-date=8 May 2024 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=23 July 2023}}

Amateur career

In 2014, Young won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic and was selected to represent the United States in both the Junior Ryder Cup and Junior Golf World Cup. In 2015, during his freshman year at Wake Forest, he won the individual title at the U.S. Collegiate Championship and the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational; he also reached the second round of the U.S. Amateur, before being knocked out by Jon Rahm. That year, he became the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Golf Association's Ike Stroke Play Championship. He successfully defended the title in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Donelson |first1=Dave |title=Cameron Young Wins MGA Ike Again |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/cameron-young-wins-mga-ike-again/ |access-date=April 17, 2023 |work=Westchester Magazine |date=July 5, 2016}}

In 2017, Young became the first amateur to win the Metropolitan PGA's New York State Open, defeating Chris DeForest in a playoff; his 64 (7 under par) in the final round at Bethpage Black tied the course record, until Brooks Koepka shot a 63 in the first round of the 2019 PGA Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/19732/Cameron-Young-the-First-Am-to-Win-the-New-York-State-Open |title=Cameron Young the First Am to Win the New York State Open |website=amateurgolf |date=July 20, 2017}} In 2018, he won the Westchester Open.{{cite news |last1=Dougherty |first1=Mike |title=Cameron Young slams the door, wins the Westchester Open by seven |url=https://eu.lohud.com/story/sports/high-school/golf/2018/07/10/golf-cameron-young-westchester-open/771049002/ |access-date=April 17, 2023 |work=The Journal News |date=July 10, 2018}}

During his senior year at Wake Forest in 2019, Young won three tournaments, the General Hackler Invitational, the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and was the leading medallist in the Stitch Intercollegiate.{{cite web |title=2018–19 Men's Golf Roster {{!}} Cameron Young |url=https://godeacs.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/cameron-young/2167 |publisher=Wake Forest University Athletics |access-date=April 17, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Cameron Young |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/cameron-young-8406 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=April 17, 2023}}

Professional career

Young Monday qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour's Pinnacle Bank Championship in late July 2020 and tied for 11th, giving him entry to the next event; a string of four finishes of 16th or better, culminating with a tie for second at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, earned him enough points to become a special temporary member for the rest of the 2020–21 season. Towards the end of May 2021, he won back-to-back tournaments. He finished the season 19th on the regular-season points list, earning a PGA Tour card for the 2021–22 season.

In February 2022, Young tied for second at the Genesis Invitational and rose into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In May 2022, Young tied for third at the 2022 PGA Championship. In the 2022 Open Championship, he led the field after the first round with a bogey-free round of 64 (8 under par); in the final round, he eagled the last hole to finish one stroke behind the winner, Cameron Smith.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/golf/news/cameron-young-did-all-he-could-do-with-a-sunday-65-at-st-andrews-but-his-partner-shot-64 |title=Cameron Young Did All He Could With a Sunday 65 at St. Andrews, But His Partner Shot 64 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Alex |last=Miceli |date=July 17, 2022 |access-date=July 17, 2022}} In September 2022, he was selected for the U.S. team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won one, tied one and lost two of the four matches he played.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/presidents-cup-grades-spieth-scheffler-kim-scott |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Joel |last=Beall |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler |access-date=September 27, 2022}} With 94% of the vote, he won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award).{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34831227/cameron-young-earns-arnold-palmer-award-pga-tour-top-rookie |title=Cameron Young earns Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour's top rookie |work=ESPN |first=Mark |last=Schlabach |date=October 19, 2022}}

In March 2023, Young changed caddies, employing Paul Tesori, who had most recently worked with Webb Simpson. In their first tournament together, Young was runner-up in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play; he was defeated 6 and 5 by Sam Burns in the final.{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Shane |title=Sam Burns captures WGC-Dell Match Play in rout as PGA Tour says goodbye to Austin |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/sam-burns-wgc-dell-match-play-championship-cameron-young-goodbye-austin |website=Golf Digest |access-date=March 27, 2023 |date=March 26, 2023}} The following month he finished in a tie for seventh at the Masters Tournament.

In the third round of the 2024 Travelers Championship, Young shot a 59, which was just the 13th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.{{cite news |title=Cameron Young posts 59 at Travelers Championship for first sub-60 round on PGA Tour in 4 years |url=https://apnews.com/article/cameron-young-59-travelers-pga-tour-4cfff399e16e61028c436c83d5e91761 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=22 June 2024}}

Media appearances

Young appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Tee Up for 'Full Swing,' the Golf Documentary Series That Drives Plenty of Drama |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/full-swing-release-date-cast-news |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}

Amateur wins

2015 U.S. Collegiate Championship, Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational, MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship
2016 MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship
2019 General Hackler Invitational, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, Stitch Intercollegiate (medallist)

Professional wins (4)

=Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|May 23, 2021

|AdventHealth Championship

|align=right|64-69-68-68=269

|align=center|−19

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dawie van der Walt

align=center|2

|align=right|May 30, 2021

|Evans Scholars Invitational

|align=right|64-68-67-67=266

|align=center|−18

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Svensson

=Other wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Jul 20, 2017

|Lenox Advisors New York State Open
(as an amateur)

|align=right|70-70-64=204

|align=center|−9

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris DeForest

align=center|2

|align=right|Jul 10, 2018

|Westchester Open
(as an amateur)

|align=right|63-70-65=198

|align=center|−12

|7 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Pastore

Other playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|2017

|Lenox Advisors New York State Open
(as an amateur)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris DeForest

|Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

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!Tournament

!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025

align=left|Masters Tournament

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|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T3

|CUT

|T63

|T47

align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|T32

|T67

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|T31

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

=Summary=

Totals	0	1	1	2	5	5	16	10
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	3
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	3