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Cameron Young
Scarborough, New York
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePalm Beach Gardens, Florida
Spouse
Kelsey Dalition
​
(m. 2020)​
Children1
Career
College
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
2021–22

Cameron Young (born May 7, 1997) is an American

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.[2] He would later attend Wake Forest University, where he studied Economics, graduating in 2019.[3][4]

Amateur career

In 2014, Young won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic and was selected to represent the United States in both the

US Amateur, before being knocked out by Jon Rahm.[3] That year, he also became the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Golf Association's Ike Stroke Play Championship. He successfully defended the title in 2016.[5]

In 2017, Young became the first amateur to win the Metropolitan PGA's

Bethpage Black tied the course record, until Brooks Koepka shot a 63 in the first round of the 2019 PGA Championship.[6] In 2018, he won the Westchester Open.[7]

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.[8][9]

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

PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award).[12]

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.[13] The following month he finished in a tie for seventh at the Masters Tournament
.

Media appearances

Young appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[14]

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)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 May 23, 2021
AdventHealth Championship
 64-69-68-68=269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Dawie van der Walt
2 May 30, 2021
Evans Scholars Invitational
 64-68-67-67=266 −18 5 strokes Canada Adam Svensson

Other wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Jul 20, 2017
Lenox Advisors New York State Open

(as an amateur) 		70-70-64=204 −9 Playoff United States Chris DeForest
2 Jul 10, 2018 Westchester Open
(as an amateur) 		63-70-65=198 −12 7 strokes United States David Pastore

Other playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2017
Lenox Advisors New York State Open

(as an amateur) 		United States Chris DeForest Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament CUT T7 T9
PGA Championship T3 CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T32
The Open Championship NT 2 T8
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2
PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
The Open Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2
Totals 0 1 1 2 5 5 11 6
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 US Open – 2024 Masters, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice, current)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship CUT T51 T54

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2022 2023
Match Play
 T35 2
Champions NT1

1Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Champions was discontinued from 2023.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Follow Cameron Young '15 in his first appearance at The Masters".
  3. ^ a b Tremlett, Sam (May 21, 2022). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Young". Golf Monthly. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Tremlett, Sam (July 23, 2023). "20 Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Young". Golf Monthly. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Donelson, Dave (July 5, 2016). "Cameron Young Wins MGA Ike Again". Westchester Magazine. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Cameron Young the First Am to Win the New York State Open". amateurgolf. July 20, 2017.
  7. ^ Dougherty, Mike (July 10, 2018). "Cameron Young slams the door, wins the Westchester Open by seven". The Journal News. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "2018–19 Men's Golf Roster | Cameron Young". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Cameron Young". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Miceli, Alex (July 17, 2022). "Cameron Young Did All He Could With a Sunday 65 at St. Andrews, But His Partner Shot 64". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  11. ^ Beall, Joel (September 25, 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  12. ^ Schlabach, Mark (October 19, 2022). "Cameron Young earns Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour's top rookie". ESPN.
  13. ^ Ryan, Shane (March 26, 2023). "Sam Burns captures WGC-Dell Match Play in rout as PGA Tour says goodbye to Austin". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "Tee Up for 'Full Swing,' the Golf Documentary Series That Drives Plenty of Drama". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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