Cameron Young

Developed the pronounced pause at the top of his backswing as he began to climb the junior golf ranks. According to his father, David, Cameron wanted to eliminate any re-routing or sideways movement of the club in transition, hence the pause. It was Cameron's way of ensuring the club started down in the direction he wanted. Cameron says he doesn't even notice the pause anymore. The pause became more and more pronounced through the years, and it is noticeably longer than it was during his college years at Wake Forest.

Young is riding the wave of his best PGA Tour season to date, having already won twice, most recently prevailing by six strokes at Cadillac Championship in early May. He captured The Players Championship in March by one stroke over Matt Fitzpatrick.

Father, David, is a PGA of America Golf Professional who retired in fall 2022 after a 21-year run as the head professional of Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, New York.

Played The Old Course at St. Andrews in 2010 as part of a golf trip with his parents when he was 13 years old. They played "eight or nine courses in six days." Cameron remembers playing The Old Course, The New Course, Kingsbarns Golf Links, Carnoustie Golf Links, Gullane Golf Club, and Crail Golfing Society.

In March 2026, following his victory at THE PLAYERS Championship, Wake Forest University announced the Cameron Young Family Men's Golf Scholarship. Young said of the scholarship, "Wake Forest gave me an unbelievable foundation, not just in golf but in life. This scholarship is about giving others the same opportunity I had."

Played four seasons at Wake Forest (2015-19) as a Lanny Wadkins Scholarship recipient, winning medalist honors at five events (three as a senior in spring 2019, and two as a freshman in fall 2015). He was a 2019 All-America Second Team selection as a senior, and a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection (2017-19).

As a freshman in fall 2015, won the U.S. Collegiate Championship and the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational, becoming the first Demon Deacon to win twice during the fall season since Bill Haas in 2002-03. His winning streak also made him the first Wake Forest player to win consecutive tournaments since Haas in 2002-03, the first Wake freshman to win consecutive tournaments since Curtis Strange (1973-74) and the first Deacon to win twice as a freshman since Gary Hallberg (1976-77).

Won the 2019 General Hackler Invitational at Dunes Golf and Beach Club, host of the PGA TOUR's ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic.

Qualified for match play at five U.S. Amateur Championships (2014-17, 2019) and faced a handful of notable opponents. Reached the quarterfinals in 2014 and lost to eventual champion Gunn Yang. The following year, Young defeated Yang in the Round of 64, then fell to Jon Rahm in the Round of 32. In 2016, Young defeated Scottie Scheffler in the Round of 64, but fell to eventual champion Curtis Luck in the Round of 16. In 2017, lost to future PGA TOUR winner Robert MacIntyre in the Round of 64.

Represented the United States at the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup alongside future PGA TOUR winners Sam Burns and Davis Riley. Young and Riley were paired together for a match and notched a 1-up victory.

Represented the United States at the 2014 Junior Golf World Cup contested just outside of Nagoya, Japan. Roughly a month after his 17th birthday, Young helped the United States earn a silver medal, tying for second and finishing behind a Norway team led by Viktor Hovland, who turned 17 roughly three months after the event.

Won the 2017 New York State Open -- contested at the Bethpage State Park Black Course -- and became the first amateur winner in the event's history; he defeated Chris DeForest on the second playoff hole, but could not accept the top prize of $17,500. Cameron said of the money, "Hopefully that check will be a lot bigger someday."

Won the 2013 Polo Golf Junior Classic, an AGJA event contested at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, which annually hosts the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. The opposite half of the match play bracket included Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.

Was a dominant figure on the Metropolitan Golf Association circuit as an amateur, notably becoming the youngest winner of the Westchester Amateur Championship at age 14 (he won in 2011, and said it was one of his favorite victories because it was the first one against players who weren't his age), the youngest winner of the Ike Championship (he won as an 18-year-old in 2015, then repeated as champion in 2016), and the first amateur to win the New York State Open in 2017.