GOLF.com: Cameron Young's Core Advice for Amateurs Starts at Address
Cameron Young's Simple Secret: Start With Your Setup
PGA Tour standout Cameron Young appeared on GOLF.com's Warming Up podcast and offered what he called his most important advice for amateur golfers — and it has nothing to do with swing mechanics. It's about the setup.
Anyone Can Set Up Correctly
Young explained that square alignment of the feet, shoulders, and hips is something every golfer can achieve, yet it remains one of the most common errors he sees. Unlike swing technique, which demands repetition and coaching, a solid setup is immediately actionable — making it one of the highest-leverage improvements available to amateurs.
The Gap Between Feel and Real
What makes Young's insight particularly valuable is his admission that even tour professionals struggle with this. He noted that his own sense of being square often doesn't match reality, describing a tendency toward closed hips. His solution: exaggerated rehearsal swings that force him to feel a position more open than instinct suggests. He confirmed he was still working through this on the range the day before the interview.
Strokeslab Perspective
From a Strokes Gained standpoint, a misaligned setup is one of the few variables that degrades performance across every SG category simultaneously — OTT, APP, ATG, and Putting all suffer when the foundation is off. Before chasing the next swing tip, an alignment check at the start of every practice session may be the single most efficient path to measurable improvement.
From a Strokes Gained lens, a flawed setup is an upstream error that degrades every category at once — Strokeslab recommends building a consistent alignment routine before chasing any new swing fix.