Cameron Young establishes scholarship for Wake Forest men's golf
PGA Tour star Cameron Young established an endowed scholarship for the men's golf team at his alma mater, Wake Forest.
Wake Forest University men’s golf coach Jerry Haas knows that "Cheaper by the Dozen," a family comedy starring Steve Martin, is an unusual movie to list as his all-time favorite but there’s good reason. Haas was watching the movie with his wife and young daughter one night when he his phone range and he read the name on the caller I. D.
of a hot recruit he had been pursuing. He ducked downstairs, answered and was blessed with the most beautiful four words he could hope to hear: “I’m coming to Wake! ” Haas put his hand over the microphone and yelled upstairs to his wife the good news: Cameron Young had just committed.
“Every time I see 'Cheaper by the Dozen' on TV or it is advertised, I think of Cameron Young and the call I got that night,” Haas said. Well, Haas has another reason to have fond memories of Young, who graduated in 2019, after he established the Cameron Young Family Men's Golf Scholarship. The endowed scholarship, established by Young and his wife, Kelsey, was made possible through his generosity and commitment to giving back to the program that helped shape his journey.
It was announced just days after Young picked up his second PGA Tour title at the Players Championship on March 15, which came with a check for $4. 5 million. "Having the Deacs behind me always means a lot," Young said in a press release.