They may be famous but in reality they already are. Cameron Young and Linn Grant are top 2022 rookies on PGA and Ladies European Tour. The American won the Arnold Palmer Award for the 2021/22 season. A year that saw him protagonist with five second places, arriving respectively in the Sanderson Farms Championship, The Genesis Invitational, Wells Fargo Championship, The Open Championship and Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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Only close to victories but important placings that led him to win the coveted prize thanks to the almost plebiscite (94% of the preferences) reserved for him by his colleagues. For the second consecutive year (in 2021 he went to Will Zalatoris) the best rookie on the PGA Tour is a former student of Wake Forest University.
“It is a special achievement, a great honor and a starting point”, the satisfaction of Young, 25 years old from Scarborough (New York). On the European side, the Swedish Linn Grant is almost incredulous to be able to share this title with compatriots like Annika Sorenstam and Anna Nordqvist.
“It is the culmination of a special year, where I have collected many successes, all very special. I’m looking forward to finishing the season in Spain to try to win the Race to Costa del Sol, ”says the 23-year-old from Helsingborg.
Linn Grant since last March has managed to win four times on the Ladies European Tour, the highest female continental circuit, also finding two affirmations on the Ladies Sunshine Tour, in South Africa. Among Grant’s poker of affirmations also the success at the Scandinavian Mixed, leaving a certain Henrik Stenson at nine strokes.
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American golfer considered one of the greatest players in the history of professional golf. Since 1955 he has won many tournaments and competitions, both in the PGA Tour and in the Champions Tour.
Nicknamed The King, he was one of the most popular characters in the world of golf, as well as one of its main innovators, since he was the first star of the television era of this sport, which began in the fifties. With Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player he was one of the trio of great players who are credited with making golf popular around the world.
In 1974 Palmer was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. With a fortune of 675 million dollars, he was the richest sportsman in the world.
Source: Tennis World USA