PONTE VEDRA COASTLINE, Florida– The PGA excursion revealed today that Cameron Youthful has actually been called the 2022 PGA Trip Newbie of the Year as elected by the excursion’s subscription for the 2021-22 period. Youthful, that made his Head of states Mug launching for the triumphant united state Group in September, gained 5 runner-up coatings as well as finished his novice period No. 19 in the FedExCup standings.
Youthful, a 25-year-old local of Scarborough, New York City, as well as a 2021 Korn Ferryboat Scenic tour grad, will certainly obtain the Arnold Palmer Honor for winning Newbie of the Year. He was picked for the honor over Tom Kim as well as Sahith Theegala, obtaining 94 percent of the subscription ballot.
” Congratulations to Cameron Youthful on being elected PGA excursion Newbie of the Year by his peers,” claimed PGA excursion Commissioner Jay Monahan. “Cameron’s profession has actually seen an impressive increase over the last numerous years, as well as he promptly ended up being a preferred amongst followers last period with the design in which he strikes the fairway. As well as certainly, offered Cameron’s Wake Woodland connections, obtaining the Arnold Palmer Honor as PGA Trip Newbie of the Year will absolutely hold an unique value for him.”
Youthful’s runner-up coatings on the period came with the Sanderson Farms Champion, The Genesis Invitational, Wells Fargo Champion, The Open Champion as well as Rocket Home Mortgage Standard. With 5 second-place outcomes, Youthful linked one of the most by any kind of gamer in a solitary period over the last 40 years, with Vijay Singh in 2003 the last to achieve the task. Youthful likewise videotaped a set of T3s at the RBC Heritage as well as PGA Champion, dropping one stroke out of a playoff in each. The 9 gamers that completed in advance of Youthful in his 7 top-three outcomes are all presently rated in the leading 25 of the Authorities Globe Golf Position.
Youthful, a 2019 grad of Wake Woodland College, as well as 2021 Arnold Palmer Honor champion Will certainly Zalatoris are the very first set from the exact same university to win Newbie of the Year honors in back-to-back periods (est. 1990). Both played with each other for the Devil Deacons for 2 periods as well as both gained All-Atlantic Coastline Seminar honors in those years (2016-17 as well as 2017-18). Arnold Palmer, the name of the honor, won 2 private NCAA Champion titles while at Wake Woodland (1949, 1950).
With $6,520,598 in Authorities Cash in 2021-22, Youthful gained one of the most cash in a solitary period by a newbie in PGA excursion background, a document formerly held by seven-time PGA excursion champion as well as existing Globe No. 6 Xander Schauffele ($ 4,312,674 in 2016-17).
At No. 17 in the Authorities Globe Golf Position since September 15, Youthful got in the 2022-23 PGA Trip Period as the highest-ranked gamer without a success in his PGA excursion profession. Scottie Scheffler remained in that placement at the beginning of last period as well as took place to win 4 times, consisting of the Masters Event, as well as transferred to Globe No. 1 on March 27, holding the leading area with completion of the period.
Each of the last 6 gamers called PGA excursion Newbie of the Year gotten approved for the 2022 excursion Champion, with Xander Schauffele, Aaron Wise, Sungjae Im, Scheffler, Zalatoris as well as Youthful winning the honor in their corresponding novice periods. With the exemption of Zalatoris, that was No. 7 in the standings for the united state Group however withdrew his name from factor to consider for a captain’s choice because of a back injury, each of the last 4 contended in last month’s Head of states Mug.
PGA excursion participants that dipped into the very least 15 main FedExCup occasions throughout the 2021-22 period were qualified to elect.
