GREENSBORO, N.C. – Cameron Young finally took his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday after the seven runner-ups finished, and he looked easy. He had five birdies early on, and he led nine and won the Wyndham Championship with 6 shots.
He became the 1000th player to win the recognized PGA Tour event, dating back to Willy Park in the 1860 British Open. Considering that it took him 165 years to win since his 2022 rookie season.
“I’ve been waiting for a while,” Young said, his voice steady and tears surfaced in his eyes. “I never thought I would be excited about it. But it’s the end of my fourth season. I have a chance, I won’t let it get rid of my chance.”
There is no doubt about this.
He followed those five nine consecutive birdies, a meaningless pair of bogeys, and it took only his chance to get a solo record in the tournament. He finished with 258 and 22 shots by JT Poston (2019) and Henrik Stenson (2017) records.
“Where am I going? I’ve never done it before,” said Young as he walked out of the 18th green.
Mac Meissner won the B flight. He shot 66 from the field and finished the game alone for $893,800, enough to move him to 86th FedEx Cup. He won’t move forward to the playoffs, but the result gave him the top 100 to stay in the top 100 in November to retain the full card.
Auburn teenager Jackson Koivun tied for fifth with a 67 shot, playing for the next PGA Tour in September. He has delayed the PGA Tour card from the accelerated PGA Tour University program until next year.
For Young, 28, the victory could not be in a better moment, his biggest goal of the year was in the Bethpage Black uniform in the Ryder Cup.
The victory allowed him to only improve his 15th place in the Ryder Cup standings, but he won two more FedEx Cup playoff events to make his case ideal for Bethpage Black, and in 2017 he became the first amateur to win the New York State Open.
“That team is the goal for many of us,” Young said. “Obviously, I hope to have a chance to play. I have more opportunities to win my own path in the team.”
Sedgefield Country Club has a lot of drama, but not at the top of the rankings.
Young’s lead was a five-shot lead and swings on the opening hole to make a bogey. But he poured an 8-foot putt into the next hole, which was the beginning of five birdies. The most convincing is the third hole, yelling and fisting as Nico Echavarria makes birds from 30 feet inside. Yang calmly responded to a 25-foot birdie putt, and the defeat was breaking out.
The Wyndham Championship was the last game of the regular season, and the season identified the top 70 in the FedEx Cup, making it to the playoffs that began Thursday.
Ultimately, only Chris Kirk was ranked fifth with his tie, and Byeong Hun A (absent) was the only one who fell.
But the last hour was just as fascinating.
Davis Thompson needed a major result to move from No. 78 in the FedEx Cup, and he had only one birdie putt that came within 50 feet of 15-15. When he reached 18th, he entered the top 70 with just 45 feet to three. Thompson missed a 6-foot PAR putt, lowering him to 71 points for five points.
“It sucks, ending the regular season this way,” Thompson said.
The last spot was Matti Schmid of Germany, who entered the last week of No. 70 and was very much there. He was on the verge of losing until he returned Saturday morning to play the second round in the last six holes under the age of 5.
Then on Sunday, after the 11th-place double bogey ranked 5 in his match, Schmid Bird took out his last three holes from the last three holes of 25-foot, 10-foot and 25-foot, which led him to take him to the Fedex St. Jude Championship next week with a $20 million wallet.
When Schmid was on the 15th videotape, he was full of hope when he projected him on No. 72.
“I think, ‘Okay, it’s not too far away.’ Then I made three birdies, so maybe I should have looked at it more often,” Schmid said.
No one exhales like a young man, a great talent, finally there is a trophy to show for it. David Duval has finished seven runner-ups before winning the game. What’s even more frustrating for young people is that there is always someone who plays better.
His final score in the runner-up was 66.7. Another was in the game, Sam Burns beat him with eight birdies in his last 10 holes.
Young made it difficult for anyone to beat him.
