Cameron Young has long been one of the greatest ball-strikers on the PGA Tour, and his performance in today’s first round of the Cadillac Championship only reinforces the idea that he is a superstar in the making.

Young has always had all the makings of a superstar: top-tier ball striking, exceptional driving, and an elite short game. Yet, since his debut, he’s always had an asterisk next to his name. That asterisk was the inability to win.

He finally erased that asterisk last year at the 2025 Wyndham Championship. Young delivered rounds of 63, 62, 65, and 68, pulling away for a six-shot victory.

Welcome to the winner’s circle, Cameron 🏆 pic.twitter.com/nvt6eR0OAU

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 3, 2025

It felt like a weight lifted off his shoulders that day, and since then, Young has started to look like the player many believed he could become.

In the 13 starts following his 2025 Wyndham Championship triumph, Young has tallied 8 top-10 finishes, including an epic come-from-behind victory at the 2026 Players Championship.

And he is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Young opened up his 2026 Cadillac Championship campaign with a bogey-free 64, beating playing partner and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler by 7 strokes. Despite only hitting 7/14 fairways, Young showed maturity around the greens, going 8/8 on scrambling for the day.

No trouble around the greens 💪

Cameron Young’s scrambling kept him bogey-free for an 8-under 64 @Cadillac_Champ.@Titleist pic.twitter.com/8vca2EQFVX

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 30, 2026

But perhaps his greatest achievement of the round came on Doral’s historic putting surfaces. Young finished his round with just 25 putts. If he can get the putter to cooperate for the rest of the week, we could see him become the 3rd two-time winner on the PGA Tour this season.

If this version of Cameron Young is here to stay, the question has to be raised: Is Cameron Young on track to become golf’s next superstar?