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Don’t expect to see too much outward emotion from Cam Young, as even though he insisted he was delighted to win The Players Championship,<\/a> on the outside he looked anything but at TPC Sawgrass.<\/a><\/p>\n

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And for Young that means staying cool, calm and collected and showing as little emotion as he can – even if that meant no smiles, no victory fist pump or any other real celebration even after holing the winning putt at The Players Championship.<\/p>\n

“No, I think honestly, I think if you asked my wife, she would say he’s a very, very happy person,” said Young after winning The Players Championship<\/a> ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“And I am. I mean, I love my life, I love my family, I love my job. I couldn’t ask for much more. I’m healthy. I have healthy little children.”<\/p>\n

So as he spoke sitting next to the coveted Players Championship trophy, he said his rather stoic demeanour on the golf course was his preferred method to help him play his best golf.<\/p>\n

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“So I just think it’s more for me about I think that’s the best way for me to play the best. Now why am I not happy? I am. I don’t know. I’m thinking to answer questions and my brain is very tired after playing that golf course for four days. So it takes a lot for me to come up with a reasonable answer.<\/p>\n

“But yeah. I think just generally you’re not going to get a ton out of me, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not, you know, very, very happy to be sitting here with this.”<\/p>\n

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Young did crack an almost smile after smacking that incredible tee shot on the 18th, but he can’t recall what the joke was he shared with his caddie.<\/p>\n

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“Man, what did we say? I have no idea. We were just saying stuff, I think, to just kind of quiet our own minds,” said Young.<\/p>\n

“In those moments there’s a lot running through your head, and for me to have Kyle, one of my best friends, on the bag sitting there, it’s a really nice time to have something a little bit lighter in terms of conversation.<\/p>\n

“I could have stared at my feet walking all the way down the fairway or we could have looked around and had a little bit of a laugh. I think in the moment option two was a good call.”<\/p>\n

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It’s about as much positive emotion as you’ll see from Young on a golf course, and he says he will usually only break character when he’s angry at himself.<\/p>\n

“My expression doesn’t tend to change that much, except for when I’m very upset,” Young added.<\/p>\n

“I feel like that’s about the only thing you’ll get out of me out there. I’m never going to be real smiley, never going to be, you know, kind of outwardly super positive.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, today it was mostly that I just was pretty under control. I feel like I kept really good control of my mind, made really good decisions, and it didn’t have to work out that I won, but today it did.<\/p>\n

“When I am angry I just get mad at myself. You might see a frown. I don’t know. Just generally I’m relatively even keel. But if I’m playing well, you’re just going to see nothing. If I’m not making too many mistakes you’re just not going to get much out of me.”<\/p>\n