Cameron Young feels refreshed after taking one week off following a runner-up finish at the Open Championship.
No. 3 in both the FedEx Cup standings and Official World Golf Ranking, Young hopes a little bit of rest goes a long way this week when he returns to action at the Rocket Classic in Detroit.
“Yeah, I’m going to play from here through the end of the season,” Young, 29, said on Tuesday. “So I’m going to play here at the Rocket Classic and then Wyndham next week and then the playoffs. I had my time off. I was two off before the (Open Championship) and then off last week. Yeah, did my best to catch up on some rest and get some practice in to kind of prepare for a long stretch at the end of the year.”
While Young came close at the Masters (T3) and the Open Championship, he did capture two big wins this season at The Players Championship and the Cadillac Championship.
In order to secure win No. 3 this weekend, he’ll have to navigate a new-look North Course at Detroit Golf Club. The course underwent a $16 million renovation project that was completed in time for this week’s event, playing as a par 70 at 7,328 yards after being a par 72 in the past.
All in all, bunkers were added and deepened, and a pair of par-5 holes (Nos. 7 and 17) on the course were altered to long par 4s.
“Yeah, 17 never struck me as a really easy par 5,” Young said. “That tee shot, it’s one of those that it’s awkward almost in the sense that it’s so straight. There really wasn’t a ton visually out there, it was kind of just fairway as far as you could see. There’s that pole in the distance that’s kind of a good target.
“Yeah, I played it (Monday). I hit a really good tee shot and I had 5-iron in, so it’s going to be a beast of a hole.
“… I haven’t seen No. 7 yet, but that between the two of them was more a hole that I feel like I should make 4. So I’m curious to see. I was looking at the yardage book yesterday and I’ll be curious to see how it plays. I think that the scoring will certainly see a shift, just those two holes are turned from relatively not easy par 5s but gettable par 5s and they’re going to be difficult holes in relation to par.”
It didn’t take too much prying for Young to recall fond memories of playing at the Rocket Classic.
“Yeah, it’s been a great place for me to come,” he said. “I finished second, I think, my first year and sixth the second year, so I’ve played some nice golf here. I have good memories of it.”
