Cameron Young Credits Wife After Biggest Win of His Career at The Players Championship
Cameron Young won the PGA Tour’s biggest event with his family watching for the first time, and the most memorable moment wasn’t the trophy — it was his sons sprinting toward him for a hug, then getting distracted by a drone.
On March 15, 2026, Young sank a tournament-winning putt at the 18th hole of The Players Championship, widely recognized as the PGA Tour’s crown jewel.
His wife, Kelsey Dalition, and their three kids — sons Henry and John, and daughter Vivienne — were there to see it.
In a video shared by the Golf Channel on X, Young was mid-interview, trophy in hand, when one of his sons broke away and sprinted toward him for a hug. The other son followed right behind. Then both boys got distracted by a drone overhead.
That moment carried extra weight because of what happened at Young’s first career victory. He needed 94 PGA Tour starts before winning his first event at the 2025 Wyndham Championship. His wife and three kids were 2,500 miles away when it happened.
In his post-tournament news conference, Young was direct about the gap between his first win and this one.
“I’ve dreamed of having that moment with them for a long time. Last year at the Wyndham Championship happened to be one of three weeks they missed all year last year. So, they were celebrating 2,500 miles away,” he said.
Out of an entire season, his family missed just three weeks. The first win landed on one of those three.
“To get to see them after I went and did my interviews and stuff and got to actually, you know, give my boys a hug, see my wife, see my little girl, that’s something I’ll remember for a long time,” he added.
Cameron Young’s Wife Gets the Credit She Deserves
While his sons tracked the drone overhead, Young shifted the conversation to his wife.
“None of this is possible without my wife, Kelsey and my family. She works incredibly hard on all of our behalf,” Young said. “It’s constant. They travel all the time and so she holds up that part of it at home and does it all on my behalf so I can go do my job and you know, chase my dreams.”
Young turned pro in 2019. He and Kelsey tied the knot in 2021, per Us Weekly. He was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2022 before earning his first win in 2025.
His Kids Offered the Best Perspective of the Day
Young leaned into the drone moment during the press conference — his two sons being far more captivated by the airborne camera equipment than by a trophy that comes with one of the biggest purses in professional golf.
“There’s a lot going on out there. My kids are more interested in the drone than the trophy, which I think is a really nice bit of perspective on a day like today,” he said. “But really thankful to have them here.”
He returned to that thread in an interview with TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer, this time while holding the trophy.
“Honestly, it’s a blessing because they’re just happy to see me at the end of the day,” he said. “They don’t care that I’m holding the Players trophy. So, in a sense, it’s an incredible perspective.”
Then he went further. “This is amazing and I’m incredibly grateful to have played the way I did and won, but they’re what’s important and the way they view me is more important than anything,” he added.
BOTTOM LINE: Young’s Players Championship win was the biggest of his career, but the scene that followed — a family reunion his wife and kids missed the first time around — is what made it resonate.
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