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Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy
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Rory McIlroy didn’t interact too much with his playing partner on Sunday at the Masters<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think he really wanted to talk to me today,\u201d Cameron Young told reporters<\/p>\n
The interaction echoes McIlroy’s behavior with Bryson DeChambeau during the final round last year<\/p>\n
It turns out, being paired with Rory McIlroy<\/a> while he\u2019s in pursuit of a Masters victory comes with silence, and lots of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere is not much,\u201d Cameron Young told reporters, according to the Golf Channel<\/a>, when he was asked how much he spoke to McIlroy while playing alongside him at Augusta National on Sunday, April 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he really wanted to talk to me today,\u201d Young, 28, added. \u201cSunday at the Masters in the final group, you know, don\u2019t wish anything poorly on the guy, but we\u2019re playing against each other. Not trying to be best friends out there.\u201d<\/p>\n McIlroy, 36, weathered a roller-coaster round and saw his six-shot lead dwindle but he eventually recovered to pull off a one-shot victory, defending his 2025 title.<\/p>\n Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young For his part, the golfer agreed with Young\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t a ton of talk out there,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cI think we both knew what we needed to do. I just needed to step up and execute.\u201d<\/p>\n McIlroy\u2019s and Young\u2019s lack of back-and-forth was a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2014 at least for Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last year, the LIV golfer had a similar experience when matched with McIlroy in the final round.<\/p>\n \u201c[He] didn\u2019t talk to me once all day,\u201d DeChambeau, 32, said at the time<\/a>. \u201cHe wouldn\u2019t talk to me.\u201d<\/p>\n McIlroy, on the cusp of finally winning an elusive Grand Slam, said at the time that he wasn\u2019t sure why DeChambeau wanted more.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what he was expecting,\u201d McIlroy, 36, told reporters last May when revisiting the controversy. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to win the Masters. I\u2019m not going to try to be his best mate out there.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Rory](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/93c5bd1d360a3adc35d3bc161bd8c7a4.jpeg\"\/)
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