Cameron Young

The Open Championship leader wanted to make sure that people understood his success story wasn't as surprising as it may look on paper.

He was in contention at the PGA Championship and is now out in front at The Open. "I lived on the lower course out there," Young explained. He shot a bogey-free round and carded a sterling 64 to put him at 8 under for the tournament.

Cameron Young has one of the best swings in golf, and he seized the early lead at the 2022 Open Championship.

“It meant he had pretty good mechanics from a young age. “Anybody who wants to get good at golf, they should make them play hockey,” he says. “Obviously there is also lots of hand-eye coordination and physical fitness stuff that comes with playing other sports but is hard to train.” In fact, it has the opposite to do with golf. It all started with his father and coach David Young, the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club and an accomplished player in the MET section PGA in his own right. Young has come in for a lot of plaudits this season, and for good reason.

After a third place finish at the PGA Championship a couple months ago, Cameron Young might have been on the radar of bettors this week at The Open ...

Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Only 10 opening-round leaders in the past 10 years failed to finish in the top six, and two ended up winning — Jordan Spieth in 2017 and Rory McIlroy in 2014. Louis Oosthuizen, who shot a 64 last year, is the only other player in the last 10 years with an opening round score as low.

Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Cameron Smith, Ernie ...

Earlier in the day, Ernie Els was tied with Smith and McIlroy for second place. In fourth place, Lee Westwood is in a six-way tie with amateur Barclay Brown, Kurt Kitayama, Brad Kennedy, Victor Hovland and Paul Casey at 4 under. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Rory McIlroy holds the sole spot in second after birdieing the final hole to shoot a 6-under 66.

Cameron Young, the 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Westchester, is leading the British Open.

“I think it’s a very unique experience compared to what we’re used to in the States. Yeah, I have a lot of good memories from that trip from playing in the rain and the wind and the cold. But I think there’s a picture of me hitting there with a bunch of those guys watching. I feel like I’ve been around, even though it’s only been most of the year, I’ve been around the lead a good bit, and I think we’ll just take (Friday) as it comes. “I mean, it might change how I feel on the first tee a little bit (Friday), but I’ll forget about it very quickly.” “So, when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly.

A reporter clearly didn't do much research before asking the British Open leader about his background.

To reiterate, Cameron Young is not from the streets of New York. He grew up one one of the best golf courses in the country. He's not a country club kid in the true sense of the definition, but he literally lived at a country club all through his childhood. But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story! If you watched any of those events—especially the PGA—you would be aware that Young's dad, David, is a PGA professional. He's the longtime head pro of Sleepy Hollow Country Club, a historic C.B. Macdonald track that's No. 62 on Golf Digest's latest list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. NBD. And mind you, it's been a pretty well-documented background with him contending in so many tournaments during his rookie season, including the PGA Championship in May.

PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young made his Open Championship debut with an 8-under 64 at St. Andrews. Rory McIlroy shot a 66 and is in second after the first ...

"Xander and I talked about it. Scheffler tried to explain just how fast the links were playing by suggesting the ball was rolling faster on the fairways than on the greens. "It's the way the golf course is set up. He has had one of the better rookie seasons on the PGA Tour, and the 25-year-old New Yorker is not the least bit daunted by the stage. McIlroy looked free as ever at St. Andrews, his first time back for the Open since 2010. Young played smartly and took advantage of the birdie chances. Defending champion Collin Morikawa struggled with his putting and had a 72. "The way the golf course is designed ... to get better angles and better lines, you've got to hit across all the fairways. Just two months ago, he contended into the final hour of the PGA Championship until finishing one shot out of a playoff. "It's the fiddliest Open that I've played. "OK, the 18th at Carnoustie was like a runway, that fairway. Young and McIlroy didn't have to contend with as much wind in the morning, though St. Andrews has seen far stronger gusts over its centuries of golf.

He's not even sure he played his best for his opening round. His tee shots weren't always going where he was looking. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, ...

He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. "You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. But he three-putted for par on the 14th. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. "Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is," Young said. Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13.

Cameron Young set a blazing pace on Thursday at the Open Championship, shooting 64 en route to an early Thursday lead.

From the LIVers: Phil Mickelson ( t-shirt and all) kept himself in the mix on Thursday, shooting an even-par 72 as part of the early wave. The 2014 Open winner dazzled at the Old Course, raking in seven birdies to only a single bogey. If the best players in the world are bunched together, competing on what is broadly considered a fair and reasonable test of their competency, what difference does it make if the scoring average is 69 or 76? On Thursday at the Open, though, the opposite seemed true. Matthew Fitzpatrick‘s round started with a chunked snap-hook off the tee and never quite recovered. With the majority of the field going low on Thursday, it was a disappointing afternoon for team Woods, though the Scottish faithful followed him reverentially. The fairways are baked-out, bouncy and a devilish hue of brown. “I think the streets of New York is probably a stretch,” he said with a chuckle, remembering his days as a student in the New York City catholic school system. “I shot a million last week, and this week all of a sudden I’m pretty comfortable,” he said. “Fordham Prep is on the Fordham University campus. Now, Young is in the driver’s seat to see if it’s been enough to pay major championship winning dividends. But if posting eight-under 64 on the first day of deeply historic tournament had gotten to his head Thursday morning, he hardly showed it.

Cameron Young shot 64 Thursday morning at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. See the clubs the American used.

By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The first time Cameron Young played the Old Course at St. Andrews was one of his best moments in ...

He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. But he three-putted for par on the 14th. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine. Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. A record score at St. Andrews on a good day for scoring was within reach. “Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. He's not even sure he played his best for his opening round.

A long, windy and fast day at St. Andrews has recalibrated expectations entering the final 54 holes at the Old Course.

This was not a young Cat, pacing up and down the side of the sea, readying for the kill. 9. Tiger at sunset: Walking the final three holes with Tiger Woods on Thursday -- as the sun bowed below the Old -- was quite an experience. Irishman Paul Dunne led after 54 holes in 2015, and American Jordan Nieburgge went on to finish in the top 10 that same year. Some of that was because the Old baked as the day advanced, and some of it was because the wind whipped late and it was legitimately cold by the time the last group was finishing. "I think the media are stoking it up and doing as much as they can to aid that," he said. "I think the general public just want to go out there and see good golf no matter where it's being played or who's playing it." "It's the way the golf course is set up. 3. Wave on wave: The Old Course played harder and harder and harder as Thursday wore on. "I don't know [if experience in contending at the PGA Championship helps]," said Young. "I think any time you're around the lead in a major championship or any PGA Tour event, frankly, you get more and more comfortable every time. Scheffler to be feared at the top of the leaderboard. That changes with a win at St. Andrews given Scheffler would join Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods as the only golfers with five wins including the Masters and The Open in the same year. The big-bopping former Wake Forest Demon Deacon contended at this year's PGA Championship and has been one of the best neophytes on the PGA Tour all season.