Cameron Champ

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Cameron Champ
Personal information
Full nameCameron Mackray Champ
Born (1995-06-15) June 15, 1995 (age 29)
Sacramento, California
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Houston, Texas
Career
College Texas A&M University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 66 (July 25, 2021) [1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T10: 2022
PGA Championship T10: 2020
U.S. Open T32: 2017
The Open Championship DNP

Cameron Mackray Champ (born June 15, 1995) is an American professional golfer from Sacramento, California. [2]

Contents

College career

For the Texas A&M Aggies he won the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational and finished in the top 10 of six other tournaments. He finished second to Adam Wise in the Pac-12 Robert Brandi Invitational. [3]

2017 U.S. Open

Champ qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open through sectional qualifying, where he had to compete in a playoff. [4] It was his first major appearance. [5] After two rounds, he was tied for eighth place, [6] and was also leading the driving distance statistics. [7] Along with Scottie Scheffler, he was one of only two amateurs to make the cut. [8] Scheffler finished as the low amateur at 1-under-par, while Champ finished at even-par.

Professional career

In December 2017, Champ tied for 16th in the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. [9] This earned him a place on the Web.com Tour for the start of 2018.

During the 2018 Web.com Tour season, Champ won the 2018 Utah Championship in July 2018. [10] He earned his tour card for the 2018–19 PGA Tour season by earning $253,731 and finishing 6th in the 2018 Web.com Tour regular season. [10]

On October 28, 2018, Champ won his first PGA Tour title by winning the Sanderson Farms Championship with a score of −21. [11] Over and above his win, Champ had an excellent 2018 Fall Series, finishing T25 at the Safeway Open, T28 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T10 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and 6th at the RSM Classic. This brought his world ranking up to 97 as of November 19, 2018 and left him 6th on the FedEx Cup standings heading into the 2019 calendar year.

Champ is known for being one of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour. In 2017, Champ registered a 129.79 mph average clubhead speed in his debut at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. [12]

Champ has worked with instructor Sean Foley since age 14 and although he hits a lower ball flight than the average long hitter on the PGA Tour, Champ was the longest driver on tour for the 2018–19 season with a 317.1 yard average. For the 2018 Web.com tour season, Champ averaged 343.1 yards off the tee and led the 2017 U.S. Open in driving distance at 337 yards.

On September 29, 2019, Champ won the Safeway Open with a birdie at the 72nd hole. It was his first win in a full−strength PGA Tour tournament.

On June 23, 2020, prior to the Travelers Championship, Champ became the second PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19 after Nick Watney did the week before. [13]

On July 25, 2021, Champ scored a two stroke victory at the 3M Open after hitting a gap wedge on the 72nd hole from 127 yards to within 3 feet to save par. He had five birdies and no bogeys in his final round to shoot 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities. Louis Oosthuizen, Jhonattan Vegas and Charl Schwartzel tied for second. [14]

Personal life

Champ is of mixed black and white descent. His father is biracial (black and white), while Cameron's mother is white. [15] [16] Cameron's father Jeff played two seasons of professional baseball in the Baltimore Orioles organization. [17] Champ supports Black Lives Matter. [18]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Oct 28, 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship 65-70-64-68=267−214 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Corey Conners
2Sep 29, 2019 Safeway Open 67-68-67-69=271−171 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Hadwin
3Jul 25, 2021 3M Open 69-67-67-66=269−152 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen, Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel,
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jhonattan Vegas

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jul 15, 2018 Utah Championship 61-64-67-68=260−241 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Steven Ihm

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T32
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament T19T26T10CUT
PGA Championship T54T10CUTCUT
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00001243
PGA Championship 00001142
U.S. Open 00000031
The Open Championship 00000000
Totals000023116

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2019202020212022
The Players Championship WDCCUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20202021
Championship T48
Match Play NT1
Invitational T25T31
Champions NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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