Cameron Young’s second-place finish at the 2024 Valspar Championship helped him set a new record for most runner-up results on the PGA Tour without a win.
Young has now claimed silver on seven separate occasions since joining the US-based circuit in 2022, the highest number without lifting a title since 1983.
Colin Montgomerie and Briny Baird previously held the record after both managing six near misses without putting their name to a PGA Tour title.
The supremely talented 26-year-old has long been known as one of the best drivers of the golf ball but has regularly been unable to creep over the finish line on the PGA Tour despite putting himself in plenty of strong positions.
Young has made the cut in all nine events he has teed it up in this season, finishing third in his lone DP World Tour start (Hero Dubai Desert Classic) and T4 at the Cognizant Classic.
He has won over $14 million in total prize money, however, and has two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour in his professional trophy cabinet, so it’s not all bad.
Peter Malnati holds the Valspar Championship trophy
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On Sunday, the Wake Forest Alum began the day three shots back of leader Keith Mitchell before steadily tip-toeing his way through a chaotic leaderboard to move into a share of top spot alongside eventual champion Peter Malnati late on.
With two holes to play and an 18-foot birdie putt in front of him, Young had a chance to put his name on the trophy. Yet, after a missed attempt from the Scarborough-born player and birdie from Malnati in the group behind, momentum began to slide away.
An untimely pulled drive on 18 all but put the final nail in Young’s chances of success, as – despite a brilliant recovery shot out of the trees – he three-putted from around 50 feet for a 72nd-hole bogey.
Post-round, Young admitted it was “a bad time for a bad one” – referring to his pulled drive – and that “I realized I wasn’t going to win pretty quickly” during the last two holes but said that he was proud of the way he handled the day from a psychological point of view.
Final leaderboard @ValsparChamp 🏆1. @PeterMalnati (-12)2. Cameron Young (-10)T3. @ChandlerPhilli6 (-9)T3. @MacHughesGolfT5. @XSchauffele (-8)T5. @CarlYuanGolfT5. @RyanMoorePGAT5. @AHadwinGolfMarch 24, 2024
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