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Associated Press
Aug 2, 2025, 07:02 PM ET
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Cameron Young ran disconnected 4 consecutive birdies connected the beforehand 9 and stretched his pb to 8 shots Saturday earlier helium settled into a bid of pars for a 5-under 65, giving him a five-shot pb successful the Wyndham Championship arsenic helium goes for his archetypal PGA Tour victory.
Young capped a bogey-free 65 successful the storm-delayed 2nd circular successful the morning. Then helium stretched his pb with his 4 consecutive birdies, including a 30-footer connected No. 4 and a two-putt birdie from 20 feet connected the par-5 fifth.
"Just played immoderate truly bully play determination for astir an hour," Young said. "Had immoderate opportunities connected the backmost nine, too, conscionable didn't marque arsenic galore putts. But benignant of cruised on with hitting immoderate mean shots done the mediate of the round, and bully to decorativeness up the mode I did."
Nico Echavarria of Colombia chopped the borderline to 4 shots with 3 birdies successful a four-hole agelong connected the backmost nine. A last birdie gave him a 64.
Young, who had gone 39 consecutive holes without a bogey astatine Sedgefield Country Club until missing a 6-foot sliding par putt connected the 14th hole, responded with a beauteous lag for a two-putt birdie connected the par-5 15th, and a 10-foot birdie connected the 17th to enactment the pb astatine five.
"I'm conscionable going to interest astir what I'm doing. As I said, effort to deed the champion shots I tin and effort to spread the putts and we'll adhd it up aft 18," Echavarria said.
Young is wide considered the champion subordinate to ne'er person won connected a main tour, a runner-up 7 times since his rookie play successful 2021. That includes a World Golf Championship and much notably the 2022 British Open astatine St. Andrews.
"I finished 2nd a bunch. I've gotten bushed a lot. I've played immoderate bully play connected Sunday successful truly each those cases," Young said. "So that's each I'm trying to bash tomorrow. I'm starting successful a bully spot, truthful I'm conscionable looking to effort to bushed 2nd spot by arsenic galore arsenic I can."
He was astatine 20-under 190, needing a 67 connected Sunday to acceptable the tourney scoring record. What matters to Young is simply a PGA Tour title, particularly present with his eventual extremity of being connected the Ryder Cup squad astatine Bethpage Black.
He was No. 9 successful the Ryder Cup standings successful 2023 and near disconnected the team.
Young grew up successful New York astatine Sleepy Hollow, wherever his begetter was the longtime caput pro. He had this Ryder Cup circled the time the PGA of America announced it was going to the Long Island nationalist course.
A triumph would lone determination him to No. 15, but it would surely enactment him successful the speech with his powerfulness and past astatine Bethpage. He became the archetypal amateur to triumph the New York State Open successful 2017, mounting a people grounds astatine the clip with a 64 astatine Bethpage Black.
"That's been a extremity this full year," Young said. "I'm trying to conscionable look astatine that to conscionable instrumentality each the tiny worldly that happens day-to-day arsenic it comes. In the backmost of my caput trying to representation myself connected that team."
Echavarria was the lone subordinate wrong 8 shots of Young.
Defending champion Aaron Rai (69), Chris Kirk (67) and Mac Meissner (70) were tied for third.
Kirk is astatine No. 73 successful the FedEx Cup standings. The Wyndham Championship is the last lawsuit successful the regular play and determines the apical 70 who beforehand to the lucrative PGA Tour postseason that starts adjacent week successful Memphis, Tennessee.
Davis Thompson (No. 78) was successful a necktie for seventh. Gary Woodland, enormously fashionable arsenic helium returns from encephalon country astir 2 years ago, is astatine No. 75 successful the standings. He changeable 70 and was tied for ninth, leaving him close connected the bubble of advancing to the FedEx Cup playoffs.
One of the biggest moves came Saturday morning. Matti Schmid is No. 70 successful the FedEx Cup and was 2 shots implicit the chopped line. But helium played his past six holes successful 5-under par for a 65 and changeable 68 successful the afternoon. He was successful a necktie for 13th.
Also inactive with an extracurricular accidental are Danish twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, who are astatine No. 71 and No. 82, respectively. Both finished 36 holes astatine 3-under 137 and figured they would miss the cut. But the chopped dropped from 4 nether to 3 under.
Rasmus Hojgaard changeable 41 connected the backmost 9 aft teeing disconnected astatine No. 10 successful the 3rd round, and past changeable 29. Nicolai Hojgaard changeable 38, and past had a 31 connected the beforehand nine. Both request a debased 1 connected Sunday, but they didn't sprout themselves wholly retired of it.
