The phrase "astute young man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a young man who is perceptive, clever, and able to make good judgments.
Example: "The astute young man quickly identified the flaws in the proposal and suggested improvements."
Alternatives: "shrewd young man" or "perceptive young man".
"He was a very astute young man".
"Graduating from college and impending unemployment," said a sadly astute young man dressed in cap and gown.
(One astute young man pointed out that since Ms. Sun was getting the award in part due to student results, shouldn't they get a share of the prize money? A pizza party was promised).
In the wake of the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in London last week, an astute young man told a BBC reporter of how he and the rest of his community felt as if they were a burden to their wealthier neighbors, and that their homes were viewed as an eyesore.
An astute, composed young man with a wonderfully instinctive touch on the ball and a perceptive passing ability, Gauld is not a typical product of Scottish football.
I don't know his name and I don't have a clip to prove how articulate and astute that young man was.
Thanks to countless hours at her father's knee, she was also "as trained and astute a politician as any young man her age".
"We picture a charismatic young man, authoritarian, politically astute and precocious and ambitious," Cheong Seong-chang, a researcher at the Sejong Institute, near Seoul, said at the time.
It is run by the engaging Anthony Arniee" Farnell, a former boxer himself, and the trainer charged with turning light-welterweight Frankie Gavin – the only British fighter ever to hold a world amateur title and a young man considered by some astute judges to be potentially the best of his generation (a generation that includes Amir Khan) – into a professional world champion.
