Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback?
The World No. 3 ranked 17th on the PGA Tour in driving distance at 313. 2 yards before the switch to a ball that's reported to conform under rollback standards.
His 2026 average is 312 yards.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The USGA and R&A spent three years selling the golf world on a number. First it was 20 yards, back when the 2023 proposal called for a 127-mph test speed and a model local rule reserved for elite competition.
Then it became 13 to 15 yards once the testing conditions softened to 125 mph and an 11-degree launch angle. Then bifurcation got scrapped entirely , the timeline potentially slid from 2028 to 2030 , and the rollback became a universal problem for every golfer on earth. Cameron Young has been quietly torching the whole premise for 15 months.
According to a Golf Channel report, the lower-spinning Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot that Young put in play at the 2025 Wyndham Championship—the week he broke through for his first PGA Tour victory—was built and tested to conform under the new ODS conditions. Higher clubhead speed, higher launch angle, same 317-yard ceiling (plus a three-yard tolerance). The ball reportedly passed the test, but Young had no idea.
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