It couldn’t have gone any other way. Cameron Young’s first PGA Tour victory came much later than expected, but in spectacular fashion—absolutely monstrous. The 28-year-old New York–born golfer didn’t just break the scoring open; he blasted it wide open. He began the final round of the Wyndham Championship with a five-shot lead and extended it to nine through the first third of the day. Zero suspense. Endless story.
Surely, Cameron Young’s victory this Sunday at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro is the most anticipated in recent years on the American circuit. No one smelled more like a winner since that February in 2022, when he had just landed in the top elite and finished second in the Genesis Championship. From there, seven more second places followed, but the victory eluded him. Interestingly, it was in 2025, the first year of his career without at least a second place since 2020, when the long-awaited victory came.
Paradoxically, Young’s final round began with a bogey on the 1st hole. A bad bogey at that. He missed the fairway to the left with an iron, didn’t hit the green from the rough, his approach was very poor, and he missed a long par putt. An ugly bogey, the kind that leaves you scratching your head and fuels the most catastrophic theories among the crowd. Here goes Cameron messing up on the last day again, was heard among the giant trees of North Carolina.
But no. Not at all. Young’s response was swift and exuberant. He made a very good birdie on the 2nd, sinking a putt of nearly three metres. He followed with another birdie on the 3rd, holing from nearly eight. Game over. Just in case, because Cameron no longer trusts anything or anyone, he was clear that ghosts must be killed off properly so they don’t reappear. And that’s what he did. He signed three more birdies on holes 4, 5, and 6 and wrapped up the tournament quickly. The rest was a pleasant stroll. It’s his first victory, but he’s enjoyed it more than anyone on the PGA Tour in recent times.
He was on his way to breaking records. The documentation services were in overdrive. They were looking for the largest margin over the second place, the lowest score of all time on the circuit, the lowest of the Wyndham itself… In the end, none of that happened. Young called it a day and focused on playing it safe. If a long putt went in, fine, but he wasn’t going to force things. The lack of concentration knowing he had the tournament won led him to make two bogeys on holes 16 and 17. He really didn’t suffer at all. He only made one delicate par putt, on the 10th, the rest was plain sailing. Rather, the problem was that his putter cooled down, otherwise he could have finished with a score close to -30.
Cameron Young already has his first, and as fans and journalists are insatiable, we wonder what will come after this. His golf is immense, and if he maintains the level of putting shown this week, one must think he could even be a factor in these FedEx Cup Playoffs. But there will be time to talk about that. Meanwhile, let’s allow this man to enjoy the victory. He was always calm in defeat, almost circumspect and not exaggerated at all. He was the same in victory. He even managed to laugh at himself. Looking at the camera, just after holing his last putt, he said: “and now where do I have to go, it’s the first time I’ve done this”.
It certainly looks like it won’t be the last.
