“Well deserved!” Cameron Young sweeps PGA Rookie of the Year award after finishing inside top 3 at two majors
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American golfer Cameron Young has been named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in what is being described as an overwhelming, obvious choice given the 94 percent vote he received for the award from fellow players.
Even as a rookie, Young recorded some big achievements this year befitting pros as he finished in the top three of two major tournaments — the PGA Championship and the Open Championship.
Young, who earned close to $6.5 million in prize money this year, was once heavily linked to the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV golf league.
“It’s very special. I know the namesake, Arnold Palmer, was a giant in the game of golf and we have him to thank for a lot of what we do today, what the PGA Tour is,” said the 25-year-old golfer. The rookie award in the PGA Tour is named after Palmer.
Cameron Young’s first shot in the President’s Cup was so good that it may go down as the all-time best
At the 2022 President’s Cup tournament, the rookie of the year let fly a brutal cut which averaged 319.3 yards per pop and gained nearly a full stroke off the tee per round. This shot was second only to Spanish professional golfer Jon Rahm.
It was then that Young revealed how he was approached by LIV golf.
“I mean, frankly, I have decided to stay (at the PGA),” Young said. “So, I don’t know, it’s a really difficult situation because it’s not really anything anyone wanted to happen. I think it wasn’t meant to be this hostile between the two.”
In fact, according to media reports at the time, Young was quite close to joining the Saudi-backed league but he wanted to represent his country at the President’s Cup and possibly made the right decision too.
“Obviously it’s the elephant in the room for everyone. Frankly, throughout the whole process with (LIV Golf), I was very interested. I think they have a bunch of good ideas and are doing some cool stuff,” explained Young.
“With some of the changes coming (to the PGA Tour), that’s kind of what really helped me decide to kind of stay and pursue those goals that I have for myself like making a Presidents Cup team and a Ryder Cup team and winning a major, when all of that is just uncertain if you go. That’s a tough place for me because, you know, I’m very young and there are a lot of factors,” he added.
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