PONTE VEDRA BAY, Florida – Today the PGA TOUR announced that Cameron Young was named the 2022 PGA TOUR rookie of the year. This award was voted for by TOUR members for the 2021-22 season. Young made his Presidents Cup debut in the United States. In September, Young made his Presidents Cup debut for the victorious U.S. 19 in the FedExCup standings. Young, a Scarborough native and 2021 Korn Ferry Tour grad, will be awarded the Arnold Palmer Award for Rookie of Year. Young was chosen over Tom Kim and Sahith theegala. He received 94 percent of members’ vote. Jay Monahan, PGA TOUR Commissioner, said that Cameron Young was voted PGA TOUR rookie of the year by his peers. “Cameron has experienced a remarkable rise in his career over the past few years and he quickly became a favourite among fans last year with his style of attacking the golf course.” Jay Monahan, PGA TOUR Commissioner, said that Cameron’s popularity has increased tremendously over the past several years. Cameron’s Wake Forest ties will make it special for him to receive the Arnold Palmer Award as PGA TOUR Rookie Of The Year. Young finished second at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Genesis Invitational, Wells Fargo Championship. The Open Championship. The Rocket Mortgage Classic. Young finished fifth with five second-place finishes, which is the most ever achieved by a player in a single season in the past 40 years. Vijay Singh was the last to achieve this feat in 2003. Young also had a pair T3s at the RBC Heritage, PGA Championship and fell one stroke short of a playoff. Young’s seven top-three finishers are currently all ranked among the top 25 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Young, a Wake Forest University graduate, and Will Zalatoris, 2021 Arnold Palmer Award recipient, are the first two college graduates to win Rookie Of The Year honors in consecutive seasons. 1990). They played together for the Demon Deacons two seasons. Both earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2016-17 and 2017-18. The award’s namesake, Arnold Palmer, won two NCAA Championship titles at Wake Forest (1949 and 1950). Young, who earned $6,520,598 of Official Money in 2021-22 was the highest-paid rookie in PGA TOUR history. This record was previously held by World No. 7, seven-time PGA TOUR winner. 6 Xander Schauffele ($4,312,674 in 2016-17). No. At No. 17 in the Official World Golf Ranking, Young entered the 2022-19 PGA TOUR Season without a win in his PGA TOUR career. Scottie Scheffler, who was at that level at the beginning of the last season, won four times, including in the Masters Tournament, and rose to World No. The top spot remained unchanged at the end of the season, with No. 1 being held by Xander Schauffele on March 27. The six PGA TOUR Rookies of the Year who were named in the past five seasons qualified for the 2022 TOUR Championship. Young, Aaron Wise and Sungjae Im won the award in their rookie seasons. Zalatoris was the only exception, and he was No. 7 in the U.S. standings The Team, but withdrew his name for consideration as a captain’s choice due to a back injury. Each of the four remaining competitors competed last month in the Presidents Cup. Voting was open to PGA TOUR members that played at least 15 FedExCup events in the 2021-22 season.
Title: Cameron Young voted 2022 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year
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Published Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:30:00 -0400
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