SOUTHPORT, England — Cameron Young sat waiting, not quite knowing whether to eat, clear out his locker, call his kids or hit balls on the driving range.The longer the evening at Royal Birkdale progressed, the more likely it appeared that he would have to grind back into action. First, the final round leader Sam Burns dropped off, then Scottie Scheffler’s charge ended, and both Si Woo Kim and Lucas Herbert couldn’t find the spark to charge back into life. For a moment, Ryan Fox looked to be heading in the same direction, but then in truly dramatic fashion, the New Zealander birdied the 18th to win The Open Championship by one and Young’s wait was over.When the roars from the 18th grandstand reverberated around Royal Birkdale and onto the nearby practice area, where Young had begun preparing for what looked like an inevitable play-off, he knew his moment had passed.The walk towards the car park that followed was a sobering sight. Another close call at a major and another painful what-could-have-been story. Seeing Fox lift the Claret Jug will haunt Young forever because he’ll know it could have been his after shooting a 64, the best round of the day.On the final day of The Open, Young was at his blistering best for 17 holes, but the bogey on 18, his only drop shot of the day, became his undoing. The moment playing over in his head will not be the horribly-executed 6-iron from the fairway bunker he landed in — drawing a loud gasp of horror around the gallery — but instead the drive that put him there.“It was a really hard tee shot,” he said shortly after his round. “Driver is aggressive, but the only option to take out all the bunkers is to leave yourself like 265 yards in, which didn’t feel that smart to me either.”We played all 18 holes of the Open Championship courseGregg Evans and Rachael TindeUltimately, a bad bounce assisted by the swinging left-to-right wind put him in the bunker, and it proved to be costly. His father and coach, David, told The Athletic: “He hit a driver really good and it just trickled out, but that’s what this kind of golf course does to you.”