{"id":60946,"date":"2026-07-31T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rocket-classic-cameron-young-surges-into-lead-with-matt-wallace-in-contention-after-second-round-in-detroit-golf-news\/31\/07\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:11:02","slug":"rocket-classic-cameron-young-surges-into-lead-with-matt-wallace-in-contention-after-second-round-in-detroit-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rocket-classic-cameron-young-surges-into-lead-with-matt-wallace-in-contention-after-second-round-in-detroit-golf-news\/31\/07\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Classic: Cameron Young surges into lead with Matt Wallace in contention after second round in Detroit | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World No 3 Cameron Young surged into a share of the lead of the Rocket Classic after a nine-under 61 in the second round in Detroit.<\/p>\n

Young climbed 68 spots to move to 10 under with his bogey-free round and shares a three-way lead with Patrick Cantlay and Patrick Fishburn.<\/p>\n

The two-time Open runner-up made seven birdies on his front nine and threatened to become just the second player, after Jim Furyk, to shoot two career sub-60 rounds.<\/p>\n

“It felt like I had a 10-footer for birdie on pretty much every hole. I made a bunch of them in a row on my first nine,” said Young.<\/p>\n

“Then the putter kind of went cold a little bit for my second nine. Just really solid golf all the way through. Happy to have kind of played my way back in the tournament a little bit after Thursday.”<\/p>\n

Young is now favourite heading into the weekend and will look to continue his great recent form that saw him finish runner-up at The Open two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old won The Players Championship and Cadillac Championship earlier this year but has not been able to put together a string of strong results.<\/p>\n

“You wonder am I missing something, why is this the way that it is, why is it not working, all those things. But when it goes well, it feels totally the opposite,” said Young.<\/p>\n

“When it goes well, it feels like you never will play bad again. It just comes and goes. You kind of have to be ready for either one.<\/p>\n

“At some point it’s going to get harder and at some point you’ll come out of that difficult period and it will feel easy again. It’s kind of just a game of being ready for whatever comes next.”<\/p>\n

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Young will fancy his chances against Cantlay and Fishburn but there are 17 other players within three shots of the lead.<\/p>\n

England’s Matt Wallace is only one shot behind after his bogey-free round of 64 and Rickie Fowler is on the same overall score of nine under.<\/p>\n

First-round leader Peter Malnati was unable to repeat his heroics from Thursday as he made one-over 71 but is one of eight players only two shots back, including two-time major champion Xander Schauffele.<\/p>\n

Watch the third round of the Rocket Classic on Saturday from 7pm, live on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports<\/a> or stream golf with no contract<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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World No 3 Cameron Young surged into a share of the lead of the Rocket Classic after a nine-under 61 in the