Where did Cameron Young go to college? Revisiting golf star's time in NCAA with Wake Forest

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It's been a quick path to stardom for Cameron Young.

Now 28 years old and regularly contending for PGA Tour wins, Young turned professional in 2019. Over just seven years, he's been voted as the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, won two events, and had top-3 finishes in both the PGA Championship and The Open Championship.

A New York native, Young played golf in college before he quickly emerged as a star in the pros.

Here's what to know about Young's collegiate golf career.

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Where did Cameron Young go to college?

Young attended Wake Forest University, where he studied economics and graduated from in 2019. He played four seasons of golf for the Demon Deacons, being a recipient of the Lanny Wadkins Scholarship at the school, named after the former PGA Tour star and supporting a member of the men's golf team.

Prior to joining Wake Forest in 2015, Young had been a member of the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup team and Junior World Cup teams, and he finished sixth at the Junior PGA Championship in 2014.

Young's caddie at the 2026 Masters, Kyle Sterbinsky, was a college teammate of Young's with the Demon Deacons.

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Cameron Young college career

Young played at Wake Forest from 2015-19. During his freshman season, he won the individual title at the U.S. Collegiate Championship and the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational. With those wins, he became the first Wake Forest player to win twice during the fall season since 2003-04, and the first Demon Deacons freshman to win consecutive tournaments since Curtis Strange in 1973-74.

Young also reached the second round of the 2015 U.S. Amateur, where he was knocked out by Jon Rahm. At the Metropolitan Golf Association's Ike Stroke Play Championship, he became the youngest winner ever. Over 13 events as a freshman, Young had an average score of 72.87.

As a sophomore, Young was an All-ACC selection after playing in nine tournaments with an average score of 72.81, with 12 rounds of par or better. He won the 2017 New York Open, becoming the first amateur to ever win the title after taking down Chris DeForest in a playoff.

In his third year at Wake Forest, Young was an Honorable Mention All-American, once again an All-ACC selection, and he set the third-best mark in program history with an average score of 70.11 over nine events. In five of those, Young finished within the top-5, including a second-place finish at the Stitch Intercollegiate.

Young concluded his time in college in 2018-19, earning his third All-ACC selection while playing in 12 events with a scoring average of 70.56. He broke through with three wins, the most by a Wake Forest player since 2004, including the General Hackler Invitational, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and sharing medalist honors at the Stitch Intercollegiate.

With five wins over his career, Young finished tied for fourth-place all-time by a Wake Forest player.

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