“From one Deamon Deacon to another”- Cameron Young receives wholehearted wish from Will Zalatoris

“From one Deamon Deacon to another”- Cameron Young receives wholehearted wish from Will Zalatoris

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Cameron Young has shown promise ever since he burst onto the circuit. His impressive debut campaign for the PGA Tour was full of praises. But to make it even sweeter, Cameron has a memoir to show for his stellar performance as he won the Arnold Palmer Award for the Rookie of the Year 2022 PGA Tour.

Cameron Young succeeds his fellowmate – Will Zalatoris from the Wake Forest school who received the Palmer award last year. Before this, Young finished 5 times in a runner-up position which included the British Open. This award was awarded to him based on the votes of his peers.

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A close at 65 with a 17-foot eagle putt at the British Open, Cameron was just short of the first position finishing behind the Australian golfer Cameron Smith. Young received a thumping 94% votes of the members to clinch the award ahead of Tom Kim from South Korea and Sahith Theegala, the American.

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Young was quite thrilled to be sharing the momnt with his parents watching. A successive victory for the Wake Forest alums, Will Zalatoris couldn’t hold himself from congratulating his fellow alumni in a full – ‘from one Deamon Deacon to another’ style. Quite ecstatically expressing his happiness for Young’s victory, it showed how much it meant for Zalatoris to see someone carrying the name of his school.

“I know the namesake Arnold Palmer obviously 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,” states Young who was reminiscing his old school days remmebering how stromg of a rookie class he had. “I know it’s voted by my peers, so it’s a huge honor to be thought of in that way, just to kind of finish the year that way.”

A whopping $6.5 miilion earned, Cameron Young set a record for so much money by a rookie in a single season. PGA Tour Commisioner Jay Monahan said – “Congratulations to Cameron Young on being voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year by his peers,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a news release.”

Scottie Scheffler did the same in 2020 when he won the Rookie of the Year without a tournament victory. Currently he’s World No. 1 with multiple tournaments and a major to his name. “I’m sure you’ll see him have a breakout year and win a couple of times, be on the top of some leaderboards again,” Scheffler stated. Considering this, things are looking only on the upside for Cameron Young at the moment.

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