Say hello to Mr. 1,000, Cameron Young.
Young became the 1,000th unique winner in PGA Tour history on Sunday when he captured the Wyndham Championship.
Young’s win came 165 years after Willie Park won the 1860 Open Championship, a victory that is considered the first on the PGA Tour. Though the Tour wasn’t officially founded until late 1968, it retroactively recognizes 414 unique winners prior to its split with the PGA of America. When Dick Lotz won the Alameda County Open on Jan. 12, 1969 – the same day that Charlie Sifford took the Los Angeles Open – he became the first first-time winner under an independent PGA Tour.
Here is a deeper dive into Nos. 1-1,000:
NOTABLE WINNERS
1. Willie Park, 1860 Open Championship
10. Willie Fernie, 1883 Open Championship
25. Willie Smith, 1899 BMW C