‘I was very interested’ – Cameron Young turns down LIV Golf, Hideki Matsuyama reportedly set to stay on PGA Tour

The 2022 PGA Tour season is in the books following Rory McIlroy’s stunning win at the Tour Championship, and the focus is now likely to shift to LIV Golf with new signings set to be unveiled.

The fourth LIV event takes place in Boston this week, and there are set to be new signings confirmed.

Open champion Cameron Smith has been the highest-profile player linked with a move, but there are other names swirling in the air.

Cameron Young and Hideki Matsuyama had been strongly linked, but both are said to have turned down the chance and will remain loyal to the PGA Tour.

Young has had a stunning rookie season on the PGA Tour with a host of big performances – notably his second-placed finish behind Smith in the Open Championship at St Andrews.

“I mean, frankly, I have decided to stay,” Young said. “So, I don’t know, it’s a really difficult situation because it’s not really anything anyone wanted to happen. I think it wasn’t meant to be this hostile between the two.”

In his role as CEO, Greg Norman has been pressing hard to bring players to LIV and Young has said it was a tough decision to turn down the move.

“Throughout the whole process with [LIV Golf]”I was very interested,” Young said. “I think they have a bunch of good ideas and are doing some cool stuff.

“With some of the changes coming [to the PGA Tour]that’s kind of what really helped me decide to kind of stay and pursue those goals that I have for myself like making a Presidents Cup team and a Ryder Cup team and winning a major when all of that is just uncertain if you go.

“It’s a tough place for me because, you know, I’m very young and there are a lot of factors.”

There has been no word from Matsuyama, while all eyes will be on LIV and the announcements it makes.

“We don’t know who’s going to go after this week or next year,” Young said. “I think there’s a really nice core group of guys that are just going to stay, and a lot of them are highly ranked players in the world. I don’t think the competition on the PGA Tour is going to go downhill significantly.”