Cameron Young went from tied for last place on Thursday to a jaw-dropping 8-under 62 on Friday at the 2026 Tour Championship, making the fastest round of 62 or better in FedExCup playoff history. The 2026 Players champ absolutely scorched East Lake in Atlanta, carding a blistering 30 on his front nine and temporary catching first round leader Min Woo Lee after his second round heroics.
From “Contemplating Life Choices” to the Leaderboard
Young’s opening round was a completely different story, a real head-scratcher. He was one of only three players in the field to even hit a 70 on Thursday. He bogeyed three of his first five holes, and he never really recovered, even though the overall Round 1 scoring average was below 67. “I looked up and I was 2-over, and everybody was under par, and I was kinda contemplating my life choices a little bit,” he told Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. He added that Thursday “didn’t feel that bad, got off to a tough start and wasn’t in the fairway enough.” Young managed only nine fairways in Round 1 and struggled with the putter. What a difference a day makes, right?
A Solo Masterpiece at East Lake
Friday was a total flip of the switch. Young was the first player off the tee, and he just went to work. He strung together three straight birdies from holes Nos. 4 through 6, posting that insane 30 on the front nine. How? He missed just one fairway the entire round, putting him in prime positions to make an incredible 136 feet of putts. He started his back nine with back-to-back birdies, making us all wonder if we were about to see a 60 or even sub-60 score. A bogey on the par-4 12th dropped him to 6 under, where he stayed for more than an hour with five consecutive pars. Then came the grand finale: a 41-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th, a shot he called “perhaps his best of the season,” sealing the 62. Young has been hot all summer, posting a 61 at the Rocket Classic and winning the Truist in May. “You see 62 out here a lot of days, last couple of years there’s been one a lot of days and you have to be the one to shoot it on a day like to day,” he said. He even played as a single for the first time in his Tour career, calling it “one of those things you don’t really prepare for.” But it worked, being in his “own bubble” and just letting it rip.
This stunning turnaround means Young is right in the thick of it for the FedExCup championship at East Lake. Min Woo Lee, who also shot a 62 in Round 1 , tying his career low , had a somewhat similar solo experience when J.J. Spaun withdrew in their group due to a shoulder injury. Lee parred his first four holes of Round 2, but then hit a costly triple bogey. All eyes are on East Lake now. Can Young keep this unbelievable momentum going and chase down the FedExCup title? We are absolutely locked in!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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