Sunday was a long time coming for Cameron Young.
The long-bombing American had placed himself in contention numerous times since bursting onto the scene in 2022. Entering this week’s Wyndham Championship , Young had seven runner-up finishes, including at the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews. Those seven runner-up finishes were the most by any player on Tour without a win since 1983. Young’s runner-up finishes were not the product of Sunday mistakes on his end; for the most part, he had just gotten beaten by a better round.
But still that first win proved elusive for a guy with all the talent to consistently reside in the top 10 in the world.
Young struggled to start this season but found form at the Truist Championship, where he finished T7. Back-to-back T4 finishes at the RBC Ca