The clubs Cameron Young used to win the 2026 Cadillac Championship
Orlando Ramirez
When Cameron Young changed to a prototype Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball last year, he remarked, “It makes golf easier for me.”
No kidding. With his dominating win at the Cadillac Championship, Young earned his third tour win after moving to Pro V1x prototype.
“Fitting’s tremendously important,” Young told Titleist. “I mean, at a lower level, it can make a huge difference. At our level, it makes smaller differences in a sense, but huge differences because we have so much more experience and have so much more feel than your average golfer. That all just kind of creeps into how we play. So, little, tiny changes can make a huge difference to us.”
During a visit to the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane in Acushnet, Mass., Young, who was previously playing Pro V1 Left Dot, spent a range session with Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s director of tour research and validation. Young tested early iterations of what would eventually become the ball he used to win his first PGA Tour title.
“The first time I hit it was kind of blind testing,” Young said. “Just immediately, the window it came out of was really nice. I really liked that the top of the flight looked like it just came back down. I’ve never liked to see anything floating and so that just really indicated a real consistency.”
Of course, if you change one parameter, other adjusts might be needed. Since his switch to a new Pro V1x prototype golf ball late last season, Young has worked with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s senior director of player promotions, to further dial in the top end of his bag.
After making an initial move from his 9-degree Titleist GT2 into a 10-degree GT2, Young, who had also been working through some swing changes during the off-season, thought there was an opportunity to further optimize his carry distance. Working with Van Wezenbeeck at Bay Hill, they moved to the 11-degree GT3 head and lofted down to 10.25 by using the D•1 Surefit hosel setting. That resulted in higher launch without overly impacting spin. And took his launch conditions from 9 degrees at 2,400 rpm to 11 degrees at 2,500 rpm
Young’s irons are also made just for him. The custom blades were designed with a pre-worn leading edge and a slightly wider sole to help reduce dig and improve turf interaction for Young’s delivery. Titleist R&D also moved weight lower in the head for slightly higher launch and peak height.
Which has Young reaching new heights of his own.
What Cameron Young had in the bag at the 2026 Cadillac Championship
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot
Driver: Titleist GT3 (Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX), 11 degrees
3-wood: Titleist GT1, 14.5 degrees
7-wood: Titleist GTS3, 21 degrees
Irons (4): Titleist T200; (5): Titleist T100; (6-9): Titleist 631.CY prototype
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM11 (48, 52, 57 degrees); Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (62 degrees)
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Phantom 9.5R prototype