{"id":263497,"date":"2026-04-12T04:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263497\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:07:16","slug":"cameron-young-delivers-surprising-rally-ties-mcilroy-at-the-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263497\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Young delivers surprising rally, ties McIlroy at the Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AUGUSTA, Ga.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The most unexpected of revelations unfolded Saturday at the Masters.<\/p>\n

It became a golf tournament.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy<\/a>, who built the biggest 36-hole lead in history<\/a>, wobbled and wilted \u2014 one shot in the water, another in the woods \u2014 while others surged and made a run at the reigning champion.<\/p>\n

Cameron Young<\/a>, who was eight back of McIlroy to start the day, overtook the Grand Slam winner late in the day. McIlroy briefly reclaimed a one-shot lead but gave that back with a bogey on 17, bending over in exasperation when he left a par putt just short.<\/p>\n

\"Cameron <\/p>\n

Cameron Young fist bumps his caddie, Kyle Sterbinsky, on the 18th green during the third round of the Masters on Saturday in Augusta, Ga.<\/p>\n

(Jared C. Tilton \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Young, whose first PGA Tour victory came last August, heads into the final round tied atop the leaderboard with McIlroy at 11 under par.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old from Westchester County, N.Y., is going to take a business-as-usual approach to the biggest day of his career. He plans to start the day with Mass at a nearby church \u2014 before taking on Amen Corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be difficult to go undetected, but it\u2019s not going to stop us,\u201d said Young, who has three children younger than 5. \u201cWe\u2019ll find somewhere and take the kids. We\u2019ll be out in full force just like usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday was a remarkable turnaround for Young, who was all but cooked on Thursday, playing the first seven holes in four over par. He bounced back strong with a 67 on Friday, and a 65 on Saturday, collecting a combined 14 birdies over those rounds.<\/p>\n

\"Rory <\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy reacts in frustration on the 18th green during the third round of the Masters on Sunday in Augusta, Ga.<\/p>\n

(Maddie Meyer \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t get the sense I\u2019ll be the fan favorite,\u201d Young said. \u201cRory\u2019s kind of a world favorite in the golf world. A year ago if I\u2019d been in the same situation, there would have been very little [fan support], and now there\u2019s probably a little more. So I\u2019ll take what I can get.\u201d<\/p>\n

A host of other competitors moved within striking distance of their first green jacket \u2014 Sam Burns, Nick Lowry, Jason Day and Justin Rose.<\/p>\n

Lowry had a hole-in-one on No. 6, a decade after acing the 16th. He became the first player in Masters history to record multiple holes-in-one.<\/p>\n

Scottie Sheffler, ranked No. 1 in the world, started the day at even par but shot 65 to climb into the mix at four shots back, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m out of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Day, the key to his 68 was staying patient. He three-putted the opening hole for bogey but kept his cool.<\/p>\n

\u201cStatistically I average around four to five birdies a round, so I just knew they were going to come,\u201d he said. \u201cI just didn\u2019t know when they were going to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

He got hot from the 12th through 15th holes, stringing together four birdies in a row.<\/p>\n

Day has been in contention at the Masters several times, finishing second in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like the guys that are leading right now have all the pressure,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just kind of the chaser. Usually the chasers don\u2019t really have a lot of the pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Collin Morikawa<\/a> is even relevant at this point is stunning, considering the physical battle he\u2019s enduring. The two-time major winner shot 68 on Saturday despite issues with an injury \u2014 possibly his back \u2014 affecting his legs. He said he\u2019s swinging at roughly half-speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy legs aren\u2019t moving the way they used to,\u201d he said. \u201cSo then I\u2019m throwing my arms, and I\u2019m having to time up my arms. So, like, every swing I\u2019m putting at, I am essentially just throwing my arms at the ball hoping that it squares everything up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morikawa was six shots back along with former UCLA standout Jake Knapp and one behind another former Bruin, Patrick Cantlay (five back).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA, Ga.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The most unexpected of revelations unfolded Saturday at the Masters. It became a golf tournament. Rory McIlroy,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4667,87609,115585,217,88937,418,77696,48,52,51,47,50,49,30148,115587,18158,1594,115586,88938,595,8074],"class_list":["post-263497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-back","tag-birdie","tag-cameron-young","tag-day","tag-final-round","tag-history","tag-justin-rose","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-masters","tag-nick-lowry","tag-no","tag-other","tag-par-putt","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-saturday","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}