Cam Young calls for the PGA Tour to make rule change after he was penalized

Cam Young was penalized during the final round of the Cadillac Championship on Sunday after he was deemed to have caused his ball to move in the fairway on the second hole.

The way that Young dealt with being handed the one-shot penalty at the Cadillac Championship was symbolic of his exceptional attitude on the golf course.

It’s worth remembering that while Young was hunting down his third PGA Tour win, he had Scottie Scheffler breathing down his neck as well.

Cam Young has been one of the standout players on the PGA Tour this season, if not the standout player.

It would be totally understandable if the rest of the PGA Tour were very worried about Cam Young right now.

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He has taken his game to another level entirely over the past nine months or so.

And what happened at Trump National Doral last week was evidence of the huge strides he has taken since his first PGA Tour win in August 2025.

Cam Young calls for the PGA Tour to make rule change

Young was disappointed after being penalized by PGA Tour rules officials, following the accidental mishap during the final round of the Cadillac Championship on Sunday.

However, he didn’t complain at the time and simply got on with his job.

Young made an appearance on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, and the 28-year-old New Yorker responded when asked to name one PGA Tour rule that he would like to see changed.

“One that I would change? Um, I don’t know. I mean, golf is strange in that way because I feel like there’s so many unique scenarios that can go on,” Young admitted.

“We’re just in the habit of calling a rules official, pretty much no matter what happens, even if it’s a very routine one that we all know, just because if they’re there, you basically can’t be faulted for it.

“So I don’t know. I mean, the ball moving one is pretty relevant right now. I mean, obviously I wasn’t I wasn’t trying to hit the ball. I didn’t try to give myself a better lie.

“I had already, we were playing lift, clean and place. So I had already put it basically up on a tee. So there was no advantage to me doing what I did to move the ball. All I did was put my club down.

“So, you know, that’s one of those ones that, you know, obviously, there was no intent to do anything that was going to help me. I already had the best lie I could ask for.

“It seems like maybe that one doesn’t need to be a penalty, but it’s just kind of how it’s always been.”

Why the PGA Tour should keep rule 9.2 despite harsh Cam Young penalty

Young is absolutely correct with his comments.

The one-stroke penalty he received after violating rule 9.2 at Trump National Doral on Sunday was extremely unjust.

However, it is a very difficult rule to change, and here’s why…

If the PGA Tour did scrap the one-shot penalty for players who’ve caused their balls to move, surely it would be open season for golfers to improve their lies and then just claim that it wasn’t intentional if they are accused of doing so.

The ruling that Cam Young fell foul of feels like a harsh penalty, but perhaps one that needs to remain in place on the PGA Tour for the foreseeable future.

Golfers will always receive bad breaks when it comes to rulings throughout their careers, and last week in Miami was Young’s time to go through that.

He still managed to win by six strokes, though. Can you imagine the confidence boost he’ll get after winning a Signature Event on the PGA Tour, with the world number one chasing him down and after incurring an incredibly unfortunate penalty during the final round?

Young may well feel bulletproof now!

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