Cameron Young

Cameron Young looked set for a play-off at The 154th Open only for Ryan Fox to birdie the 18th hole at Royal Birkdale and claim the Claret Jug in dramatic fashion.

Young had to settle for second place at the Championship, the second time he has done so having also been runner-up at St Andrews in 2022.

In his Open debut at the home of golf he fired a closing 65 and was denied the Claret Jug only by Cameron Smith’s 64 for a one-shot victory.

That came two months after he tied for third at the PGA Championship.

Young recorded another top-10 result at Royal Liverpool 12 months later, and also at the 2023 and 2024 Masters, before finishing T3 at Augusta in 2026.

After a glut of runner-up finishes, he claimed his maiden PGA TOUR title by romping to victory in the Wyndham Championship in August 2025 – in doing so becoming the 1,000th player to win a recognised PGA TOUR event.

His second PGA TOUR victory came in the prestigious Players Championship in March 2026 when he pipped Matt Fitzpatrick by a single stroke. He then continued his fine run of form with victory at the Cadillac Championship the following month.

He was the winner of back-to-back titles on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021 and made his PGA Championship debut was the following May. He was in contention before a double-bogey on the 16th hole dropped him to joint-third only one shot away from the play-off in which Justin Thomas beat Will Zalatoris.