But still that first win proved elusive for a guy with all the talent to consistently reside in the top 10 in the world. <\/p>\n
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 Canadian Open and U.S. Open came in June, but Young arrived at the regular-season-ending Wyndham Championship fresh off a missed cut at the Open and still searching for his first win. <\/p>\n
Teeing it up in his adopted backyard \u2014 Young starred at Wake Forest in college \u2014 the 28-year-old blitzed Sedgefield Country Club with a combination of power and a hot putter. Young took a three-shot lead into the weekend. That grew to five after Saturday\u2019s third round, and his lead stretched to nine midway through Sunday after he birdied five holes in a row near the start of his round. With everyone else fighting for second and focusing on their spot in the FedEx Cup standings, Young was able to coast to a six-shot victory over Mac Meissner<\/a>. Young shot rounds of 63, 62, 65 and 68 to finish the week at 22 under par and celebrate his first win with his father in attendance. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for it for a while,\u201d Young told CBS\u2019 Amanda Balionis after the win. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d really be that emotional about it. But it\u2019s the end of my fourth season. I\u2019ve had my chances, never quite like this, and I wasn\u2019t going to let it get away from me today.\u201d<\/p>\n After the win, the mild-mannered Young insisted that his search for win No. 1 hadn\u2019t weighed on him. He had played good golf and lost many times. That\u2019s no reason to despair. You just have to pick yourself up and go again. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not like a burden that I hadn\u2019t won, it\u2019s just something that I hadn\u2019t done and I\u2019d like to,\u201d Young said. \u201cAt times it hurts to have played some really good golf and not had that happen, but in all those cases, there were really no times that I had it in my hands and lost. So it\u2019s different I think than having a burden. It wasn\u2019t really like that. It was more just, you know, when is it going to be my time here, because it just felt like a lot of those tournaments weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n \u201cNot a burden in the traditional sense. Today was a different situation than I\u2019ve ever been in. You know, it was our goal today to come out and see how many I could win by if I stuck to our plan.\u201d<\/p>\n Young\u2019s plan delivered a rout in Greensboro that was an example of how the man from Scarborough, New York, can overpower a course when he\u2019s firing on all cylinders. The combination of Young\u2019s dominant display, his skillset and his history in the state of New York had everyone turning their attention from a Wyndham Championship win to another event looming in the distance. <\/p>\n What about the Ryder Cup?<\/p>\n With the win in Greensboro, Young, who won the New York State Open at Bethpage Black in 2017, joins a crowded list of fringe candidates for Team USA, including the likes of Jordan Spieth<\/a>, Sam Burns and captain Keegan Bradley<\/a>. <\/p>\n As Young finished his torching of Sedgefield on Sunday, two Ryder Cup assistant captains, Webb Simpson and Gary Woodland, fielded the most pressing question of the day, which was deemed a coronation of Young by CBS\u2019 Jim Nantz.<\/p>\n \u201cMan, I mean, Cam\u2019s a New Yorker, I know he loves that golf course,\u201d Simpson, who is close with Young, said. \u201cAnytime you\u2019re about to win by 10, you\u2019ve got to talk about him. And he certainly has the right game for that golf course. He\u2019s just adding his name to the list of many guys that are hard for us to say no to.\u201d<\/p>\n Added Woodland: \u201cI mean, the way he drives the golf ball, his putting stats this year are really good as well. Cam\u2019s got a lot of talent and anytime you can bring a lot of talent, it helps everybody. I\u2019m happy for him. Like I said, I think it\u2019s just the start for him.\u201d <\/p>\n On Saturday, 24 hours before finally becoming a PGA Tour champion, Young talked about being scarred and frustrated by the 2023 Ryder Cup process that saw him be the highest player on the points list (ninth) to be left off the team. His goals for the year could be boiled down to two things \u2014 win and make the Ryder Cup team. <\/p>\n \u201cI think that that location is, first of all, one of my favorite golf courses in the world,\u201d Young said of the host site, Bethpage Black. \u201cI have a lot of good memories there playing the New York State Open and I\u2019m sure a New York crowd would be I at least hope on my side to some extent. So yeah, that\u2019s been a goal this whole year. I\u2019m trying to just take all the small stuff that happens daily as it comes with \u2014 in the back of my mind, trying to picture myself on that team.<\/p>\n \u201cSet out the year to give our captain no choice, and I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m in a position to do that or not, but it would take some really good golf between now and then. But if I\u2019m in the question, that\u2019s been a big goal of mine and I\u2019d love to put myself there anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n Young played really good golf this past week in North Carolina. He has the power and improved putting to be a weapon for Team USA come September. At the very least, Young\u2019s blistering play has made Bradley\u2019s pending decisions much tougher as the captain tries to assemble the best 12-man team to protect home soil at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n \n Cameron Young becomes 1000th unique winner on PGA Tour\n <\/p>\n Josh Schrock<\/p>\n Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for Golf.com. Before joining GOLF, Josh was the Chicago Bears insider for NBC Sports Chicago. He previously covered the 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area. A native Oregonian and UO alum, Josh spends his free time hiking with his wife and dog, thinking of how the Ducks will break his heart again, and trying to become semi-proficient at chipping. A true romantic for golf, Josh will never stop trying to break 90 and never lose faith that Rory McIlroy\u2019s major drought will end (updated: he did it). Josh Schrock can be reached at josh.schrock@golf.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday was a long time coming for Cameron Young. 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