Cameron Young

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

This article is about the golfer. For the basketball player, see Cameron Young (basketball).

Cameron Young
Personal information
Born (1997-05-07) May 7, 1997
Scarborough, New York
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality United States
Spouse
Kelsey Dalition
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(m. 2020)​
Career
CollegeWake Forest University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking15 (October 2, 2022)[1]
(as of April 2, 2023)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT3: 2022
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019, 2021, 2022
The Open Championship2nd: 2022
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2021–22

High school and amateur career

In high school, Young played on the golf team at Fordham Preparatory School[2] in The Bronx.

Young would later commit to Wake Forest University.[3]

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 lead 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.[4] 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.[5] With 94% of the vote, he won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award).[6]

In March 2023, Young changed caddie, 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.[7]

Media appearances

Young appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[8]

Professional wins (3)

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 (1)
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

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
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 20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T3
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship NT 2
  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

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20222023
The Players Championship CUT T51

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20222023
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

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 40 2022 Ending 2 Oct 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  2. "Follow Cameron Young '15 in his first appearance at The Masters".
  3. "Cameron Young - Men's Golf - Wake Forest University Athletics". GoDeacs.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Schlabach, Mark (October 19, 2022). "Cameron Young earns Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour's top rookie". ESPN.
  7. 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.
  8. "Tee Up for 'Full Swing,' the Golf Documentary Series That Drives Plenty of Drama". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
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