Cameron Young Looks To Take Next Step By Claiming A Major Championship

Cameron Young has been an absolute force on the PGA Tour in 2026.

Young, the 29-year-old son of a PGA Professional, broke through for the first time at the Wyndham Championship last August. It had been a long time coming with many close calls, so the emphatic six-stroke victory was fitting. He hasn’t looked back since.

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So far this year, Young – the No. 3 ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking – has collected wins at the Players Championship (by one stroke over Matt Fitzpatrick) and the Cadillac Championship (but six strokes over Scottie Scheffler) to go along with a T3 in the Masters and a T3 at Bay Hill in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

“The results have been good,” Young said on Wednesday at Aronimink, his final day of preparation for the 108th PGA Championship beginning on Thursday. “I feel like generally I've been pretty solid across the board. There hasn't been a single -- statistically there's nothing unbelievable, but it's just solid all around. I've done a really good job taking advantage of the opportunities that I've had to finish high in tournaments and fortunate to win a couple times.”

Prior to Young’s win at the Wyndham in 2025, he had racked up nine, top-3 finishes on the PGA Tour since his first full season in 2021-22.

Because of those near misses, he said he’s been able to appreciate the success more that has come recently.

“I think any time you have to wait for something, it makes it better, you know,” he said. “I think it would be -- in a sense, it would be harder if I had won a couple times early and then went a long time without winning. Now I feel like to have kind of had several years build up to now winning a couple times pretty quickly, it makes it feel pretty good.

“I mean, to have gotten through what was at times quite frustrating and come out on the other side of it a better golfer and to have my name on a couple trophies to show for it definitely feels good.”

The next logical step in Young’s rise would be a major championship. And he’s been darn good in those too with seven top 10s in 19 starts. His best career finish in a PGA Championship was T3 in 2022 at Southern Hills Country Club.

Having been out now for a couple of practice rounds, Young likes what he’s seeing at Aronimink.

“I feel like it's very, very classic Northeast,” he said. “The grasses are very familiar. The rough is pretty thick, but I feel like it's a nice combination. The fairways, they're not super narrow, but they are firm enough that if you hit bad shots that land in the fairway, they can get in the rough or if it's shaped incorrectly. The greens are definitely tricky. You have to kind of know what slopes you're landing on. Especially if you don't get much rain, it's going to be a huge difference between landing on upslope or flat. I really liked it. I haven't been before. I'm just kind of still seeing my way around a little bit. I'll play the front nine again today. I've really liked it so far. I think, especially if we get a dry week, it could be pretty firm by the end of the week, and that will be a lot of fun.”

A win in the PGA Championship would be particularly special for Young. His father David Young, retired in 2022 as the director of golf at the renowned Sleepy Hollow Country Club Scarborough, N.Y. after a distinguished 21-year career.

“The PGA Championship, for our family is a great week,” Cameron Young said. “My dad was a PGA of America professional forever. I think kind of embraced the whole package of that. He was at a great club in New York, worked on the rules committee. So, yeah, this week is special for us. Unfortunately, he never qualified for the tour, but he was a very good player and had a number of chances to throughout his career. Yeah, it's a cool one for us just given his connection.”

Young begins his quest for a first major title Thursday afternoon with a 1:54 tee time alongside Keegan Bradley and Justin Thomas.