American professional golfer Cameron Young was born on May 7, 1997. Along with two top-three performances in major events, he has several other PGA Tour runner-up finishes. He has also won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour and was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2021–2022 season.
Young made an entry into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) and tied for second place at the Genesis Invitational in February 2022. Young finished the 2022 PGA Championship in a tie for third place in May 2022. He had led the field in the 2022 Open Championship after round one with a bogey-free round of 64 (-8); in the last round, he finished one stroke behind the winner, Cameron Smith, after eagleing the final hole.
He was chosen to play for the United States in the 2022 Presidents Cup; in the four games he participated in, he won one, tied one, and lost two. He earned the Arnold Palmer Award for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
In March 2023, Young changed his caddie and hired Paul Tesori, who had previously worked with Webb Simpson. Following defeats by Sam Burns in finals matches six and five, Young placed second in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in their inaugural event together. The following month, at the Masters Tournament, he tied for seventh place.
How many PGA Tour wins does Cameron Young have?
Cameron Young has not yet won a PGA Tour event.
Cameron Young PGA Tour Appearances
Cameron Young has not won a PGA Tour or international title in the 55 events he competed in. He finished in second place six times and in third place twice out of 42 cuts made.
Cameron Young Professional Career Wins
Technically, Cameron Young has two professional career victories that he won at the Korn Ferry Tour; his other wins at the 2017 Lenox Advisors New York State Open and the 2018 Westchester Open were won as amateurs and are thus not considered professional wins. However, a few of the sources claim his total professional victories to be four.
Korn Ferry Tour Tour Wins
Cameron Young has a total of two Korn Ferry Tour wins.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin |
| 1 | May 23, 2021 | AdventHealth Championship | 64-69-68-68=269 | −19 | 2 strokes |
| 2 | May 30, 2021 | Evans Scholars Invitational | 64-68-67-67=266 | −18 | 5 strokes |
World Golf Championship
Cameron Young has yet to win a World Golf Championship.
Cameron Young Amateur Wins
Young qualified for the Junior Ryder Cup and Junior Golf World Cup in 2014 after winning the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic. While a freshman at Wake Forest in 2015, he advanced to the second round of the US Amateur before losing to Jon Rahm.
He also won the individual title at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational and the U.S. Collegiate Championship. He made history that year when he won the Ike Stroke Play Championship of the Metropolitan Golf Association as the youngest winner ever and defended his titles in 2016 as well.
Young defeated Chris DeForest in a playoff to win the inaugural 2017 Metropolitan PGA's New York State Open. His final-round 64 (-7) at Bethpage Black held the course record until Brooks Koepka's 63 in the 2019 PGA Championship's opening round.
In 2019, Young won three tournaments as a senior at Wake Forest: the General Hackler Invitational, the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and the Stitch Intercollegiate, where he placed first overall.
Cameron Young's amateur wins are as follows:
2015 U.S. Collegiate Championship
2015 Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational
2015 MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship
2016 MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship
2019 General Hackler Invitational
2019 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
2019 Stitch Intercollegiate (medallist)
FAQ's On Cameron Young PGA Tour Wins
A. Cameron Young has not won a PGA Tour event yet.
A. Cameron Young has two professional career wins, though a few claim it to be four.
A. Cameron Young has won two Korn Ferry Tour events.
A. Cameron Young won multiple amateur tournaments, including the U.S. Collegiate Championship and the MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship.
A. Cameron Young has competed in 55 PGA Tour events, making cuts in 42 without winning, with six runner-up finishes and two third-place finishes.
