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Cameron Young
Young at the 2025 Travelers Championship
Personal information
Full name Cameron David Young
Born (1997-05-07) May 7, 1997 (age 28)
Scarborough, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1]
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Sporting nationality  United States
Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Kelsey Dalition
​
(m. 2021)​
Children 3
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional 2019
Current tour PGA Tour
Former tour Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins 6
Highest ranking 4 (March 15, 2026)[2]
(as of March 15, 2026)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
Korn Ferry Tour 2
Other 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T7: 2023
PGA Championship T3: 2022
U.S. Open T4: 2025
The Open Championship 2nd: 2022
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2021–22

Cameron Young (born May 7, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won two titles.

After playing collegiately for Wake Forest University, Young turned professional in 2019. He won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021 to secure promotion to the PGA Tour. Young was voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2021–22 season on the strength of five runner-up finishes, including the 2022 Open Championship. He won his first PGA Tour event in 2025 and his second at the 2026 Players Championship.

Early life

Young was born in Scarborough, New York on May 7, 1997.[1] His father David Young was the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Westchester County, New York. His aunt was a golf teaching professional. He attended Fordham Preparatory School in The Bronx, where he was a member of the golf team.[3] At age 15, Young shot a 2-under 70 at James Baird State Park Golf Course to win the Catholic High School Athletic Association New York State Championship.[4]

Young chose to attend Wake Forest University, where he studied Economics, graduating in 2019.[5] He received the Lanny Wadkins Scholarship at Wake Forest. In 2022, Young joked that he was not good enough for the Arnold Palmer Scholarship, which went to Will Zalatoris.[6]

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.[5] That year, he became the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Golf Association's Ike Stroke Play Championship. He successfully defended the title in 2016.[7]

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.[8] In 2018, he won the Westchester Open.[9]

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.[10][11]

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.[12] 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.[13] With 94% of the vote, he won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award).[14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

In August 2025, Young won the Wyndham Championship for his first PGA Tour victory after seven runner-up finishes. He became the 1,000th player to win a recognized PGA Tour event, dating to Willie Park, Sr. in the 1860 British Open. He finished at 22-under 258, tying the tournament record held by J. T. Poston (2019) and Henrik Stenson (2017).[17]

At the 2026 Players Championship, Young was in second place after 70 holes. He birdied the island green, par-3 17th hole to tie the lead held by Matt Fitzpatrick. Young then hit a 375-yard (343 m) drive on the par-4 18th and hit his approach to 15 feet (4.6 m). Fitzpatrick bogied the hole and Young two-putted to win the title. With the victory, he received $4.5 million and rose to a career-high of 4th in the Official World Golf Ranking.[18][19]

Personal life

Young married Kelsey Dalition in March 2021. They had known each other since childhood in Garrison, New York.[20] They had their first child in 2022.[6] As of 2025, they have three children and live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[21]

Young appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[22]

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 (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Aug 3, 2025 Wyndham Championship 63-62-65-68=258 −22 6 strokes United States Mac Meissner
2 Mar 15, 2026 The Players Championship 68-67-72-68=275 –13 1 stroke England Matt Fitzpatrick

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 2025
Masters Tournament CUT T7 T9 CUT
PGA Championship T3 CUT T63 T47
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T32 T67 T4
The Open Championship NT 2 T8 T31 CUT
  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 4 2
PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 3
The Open Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 3
Totals 0 1 1 3 6 6 18 11
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2023 U.S. Open – 2024 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
The Players Championship CUT T51 T54 T61 1
  Win

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

  • Junior Ryder Cup: 2014 (winners)

Professional

  • Presidents Cup: 2022 (winners)
  • Ryder Cup: 2025

See also

  • 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
  • Lowest rounds of golf

References

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  2. ^ "Week 11 2026 Ending 15 Mar 2026" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  3. ^ "Follow Cameron Young '15 in his First Appearance at The Masters". Fordham Preparatory School. April 7, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "15-Year-Old Cameron Young and Other Local Players Try To Qualify For The U.S. Open". The Examiner News. June 8, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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  8. ^ "Cameron Young the First Am to Win the New York State Open". amateurgolf. July 20, 2017.
  9. ^ Dougherty, Mike (July 10, 2018). "Cameron Young slams the door, wins the Westchester Open by seven". The Journal News. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
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  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Schlabach, Mark (October 19, 2022). "Cameron Young earns Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour's top rookie". ESPN.
  15. ^ 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.
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  19. ^ Ferguson, Doug (March 15, 2026). "Cameron Young is clutch on the island green and rallies to win The Players Championship". Associated Press News. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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  22. ^ "Tee Up for 'Full Swing,' the Golf Documentary Series That Drives Plenty of Drama". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved February 13, 2023.