New Headline: "Golf Guru Shares Secret to Cameron Young's Success

Cameron Young has a unique all-Titleist gear setup. Jack Hirsh/GOLF Just seven months after he finally broke through at the Wyndham Championship, Cameron Young notched his first marquee PGA Tour victory at the Players Championship. Young plays a full set of Titleist clubs, but it has become one of the more unique ones on their staff .

Last week, Young made a change, going from the Titleist GT2 he used at the Wyndham to a new, 11-degree GT3. The higher loft of the lower-spinning GT3 head helped him further optimize his numbers, just as switching to the Pro V1x Double Dot Prototype did last summer. The prototype Double Dot flies lower than his previous Pro V1x, so Young worked with the Titleist team to see what he needed to do to optimize the carry with his driver, Titleist Director of Player Promotion J.

J. Van Wezenbeeck said. Balls Inside Bryson DeChambeau’s Titleist prototype golf ball By: Jack Hirsh Working together with Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation, Fordie Pitts, the team determined Young needed a touch more launch.

The 11-degree GT3 (lofted down by . 75˚ in the D1 setting) succeeded in raising the launch from 9 degrees to 11 while only increasing the spin from 2400 to 2500 rpm. Young was one of the first players to switch to the Double Dot last summer, taking advantage of its low-spinning properties.