Instead of his game, the Cameron Young story at the PGA focuses on his golf ball. Why?

Cameron Young heads into the 2026 PGA Championship as one of the favorites and playing some of the best golf of anyone in the world. Yet none of the conversation surrounding him is about his game. Young confirmed Wednesday he has played with a Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball since last year's Wyndham Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

The golf ball is believed to be one that would conform to the USGA/R&A golf ball rollback that is expected to be implemented by 2030. So that 375-yard drive on the 18th hole at the Players Championship? It was with a rolled-back golf ball.

So much for these players losing distance. "I think I put it in play the same reason that everybody else plays the ball that they play," Young said Wednesday during a pre-tournament press conference. "I hit it during a ball test, one of the Titleist facilities probably close to two years ago and didn't know anything about it and just kind of say, 'hey, what's that one?

' Because I liked the flight. "Then as things progressed, I was able to test it last year at Wyndham, able to put that in play, and it's been there since. " That same golf ball has seen him win the Players and the Cadillac Championship two weeks ago.