2026 PGA: Cameron Young responds to using ball that would likely conform to rollback standards
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Cameron Young does not consider himself a trailblazer, just another PGA Tour player attempting to optimize every part of his game. Nonetheless, it was that backdrop that greeted Young Wednesday morning when he met with the media at the PGA Championship following news that he has been playing a golf ball that likely would be deemed conforming under the new, rollback standard that is set to begin for elite players in 2028.
There is some speculation that threshold could be pushed back to 2030. “I was kind of surprised in a sense, but at the same time, it didn't change that I had played well with it, and I was comfortable,” Young said. “I feel like I'm playing a golf ball that's best for how I'm playing the game at the moment.
If that works out to mean that this goes into effect and I'm still playing the ball however many years from now makes it an easy change. “The manufacturers are so good. They're going to find their way to make a good golf ball no matter what the restrictions are.
It doesn't really concern me that much, frankly. ” Young said he learned “a few weeks ago” that the Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot he put in play at last year’s Wyndham Championship would likely adhere to the new standard. He won the Wyndham Championship for his first victory on the PGA Tour and has won two more titles since making the move to the new golf ball.
The more apropos statistic is that Young’s driving average last year before putting the new ball in play was 302. 7 yards. This season on Tour his driving average remains unchanged (302.