With a 375-yard bomb on the 72nd hole of the 2026 Players Championship, Cameron Young earned the biggest title of his career. But where does Cameron Young get his power? Why does he pause at the top of his swing? In this episode, we dive into both those questions. With the help of our host Luke Kerr-Dineen and Young’s father and coach, David Young, we will explain Cameron’s power move and how you too could use the principals to swing faster and more efficiently. Enjoy!
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28 Comments
Any time LKD is on my screen I know it’s going to be a banger
This might have been your best video!
An underrated part of this is how he's able to still keep his head BEHIND the ball and not leak too far forward, and can still hit up at the moment of impact. At least with his drive, anyway.
When the next „every hole at”?
And if you want to do any of that then do step drills.
“And, no, you should think about all this during the swing!”
Everyone watching: will think about all this during the next swings.
Shoutout Ben Kruper
I’m about to get the yips watching his tempo.
Go see Saguto….keep it simple unless you can practice 5 hours a day. Shift at your setup
As always, comment and let us know what subject we should pick for our next Film Study episode?
We love your feedback and ideas.
I played D1 baseball before picking up golf after graduating and the turn vs shift issue really is so key. We take a step with the front foot in baseball so changing that to a stationary stance is extremely weird to adjust to but once it clicks, you drop about 10 strokes instantly. Truly changed my game when I understood this through the pause drill. Shoutout to my fellow NY’er Cam!!
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Titlest Tpi channel talked about this many many times.
1- Lateral shift
2- Drop shoulder
3- rotate
4- push left leg
Can you do a video on Cam Young's caddie Kyle Sterbinsky? That man is a master green reader.
I adopted the pause a few years ago and it's improved my game immensely.
I'm gonna shamelessly admit that I decided to pause thanks to Ben Kruper (the youtuber), but CY and Hideki also inspired me 😂
Great job using Cam to display the kinetic chain!
Luke, has your handicap gone down since starting this series?
This and Paddy's channel are the best on YouTube. Yet idiots with boring challenges get more views. Go figure.
Next subject Marco penge please
Great video. Ya so the real secret is that it's not really a total pause. He looks like he's just chilled up there for a sec, like a baseball hitter staying back to wait for a curveball. But while he's doing that, his whole body is actually falling back to the left like you said at the beginning. So that he can use his left leg to unleash that stored up power. When I was a stupid kid I used to think great players who 'paused' like that were stopping at a red light and then waiting till the light turns green. It's anything but that.
Kenny Perry had the power pause
Brilliant! 👏👏 Thanks for doing. 👊👊
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3:29 or, Kids who play both, and have practice, and games more often than they're hitting the range/course. (it me~~~.)
You build up one muscle memory and your body cheats and uses the one it knows vs the one that works best for its sport.
Breaking down elite performance to its finest details. The pause isn’t hesitation, it’s control, timing, and pure efficiency. Cameron Young shows how power is not just generated, but perfectly sequenced. This is where technique meets precision.
375?! Roll the ball back for professionals. Every other sport is bifurcated. Golf is already bifurcated. Professionals don't ride carts or use rangefinders. They use the one-ball rule. All other sports have different rules for professionals vs everyone else
So what exactly is the order after the pause? Squat into lead foot, turn hips then chest as the hands naturally fall, and then hit the brakes before you hit the ball? Idk if I’m missing something but I felt like the order was alluded to but never mapped out.