Cameron Young surprised the public with a great performance at the last PGA tournament. The 28-year-old golfer was the dominant figure of the Wyndham Championship, and after many unsuccessful attempts to reach the trophy, this time Young succeeded.
His victory caused an avalanche of reactions, and Smylie Kaufman was one of those who reacted to the American's impressive performance.
During his show, Kaufman had an interesting point, primarily surprised by Young's inconsistency.
While in some moments he acts like a golfer who can make the very top of the golf scene, in the next moment, Young experiences a huge decline.
Smylie is somewhat surprised, putting the accent on his aspects of the game.
“I had to chart this out, but I was that confused trying to figure out why Cameron Young isn’t as good as he should be, because we’ve seen all the flashes. At some point of his career, he’s been elite at something. He’s been elite at putting this year. He’s been an elite iron player. He’s been an elite driver of the golf ball,” he said, as quoted by The Golfing Gazette.
“Very good putting this year. He was average in his rookie year, so the year in which he comes onto the scene and is contending a bunch, comes second at The Open Championship, he was an average putter that year. He was a very bad putter the last couple of years. He was 145th and 154th.
It’s crazy. Every year, he’s good, average or bad at something. That’s the wild thing about this."
Smylie Kaufman talks about Cameron's statistics
Smylie reflected on Young's first year on Tour, stressing that he was an elite wedge player. However, in the previous two years, Young became average, experiencing a major decline. During the last performance, Smylie stresses, Young also did not excel when it comes to the wedge game, losing control.
Looking back at the approach game, Kaufman believes things are equal, noting that Cameron lacks consistency in his game.
Many are wondering if the 28-year-old will perform at the Ryder Cup, and the answer to such a question is difficult to give.
Smylie still isn't sure if he should be part of the team at Bethpage Black, believing that Young has a lot of positives in the game, but also negatives.
