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Patrick Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional
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er. He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the
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for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the
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as well as the 2021
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. He is a member of the 2022 class of the
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.


Early life and amateur career

Cantlay was born in
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to Steve and Colleen (Naylan) Cantlay, He has a sister, Caroline, and two brothers, Nick and Jack Cantlay. He attended Servite High School where he won the California State High School Championship as a senior. In his freshman year at UCLA, Cantlay won four tournaments and won the
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as the most outstanding college golfer in 2011. He was also named the
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(GCAA) Division I
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National Player of the Year. Cantlay also won the
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Award as the GCAA National Freshman of the Year in addition to being the
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Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. He also won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked amateur in the world at the end of the 2011 season. This award earned him an invitation to the
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. Cantlay qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open through sectional qualifying. He was one of three amateurs to make the cut along with
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and
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. Rounds of 70 and 72 over the weekend ensured he was low amateur. His back nine 30 was the best in the tournament and he finished in a tie for 21st. The following week, on June 24, Cantlay shot the lowest round in PGA Tour history by an amateur when he shot a course record 60 at the
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. The following week, he finished as the low amateur at the AT&T National, finishing in a tie for 20th place. The following week, Cantlay won the Southern California Amateur at the San Gabriel Country Club. He was also low amateur at the 2011
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in July, finishing in a tie for ninth place. On August 6, Cantlay lost to Ethan Tracy in the Western Amateur final at the North Shore Country Club in
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. On August 28, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, he lost in the final of the
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to Kelly Kraft. Making the finals earned him a spot in the 2012 Masters Tournament, where he finished in a tie for 47th, making him the low amateur. On March 23, 2011 he became world number 1 in the
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. He holds the records for most consecutive weeks at number one, 54, and held the record for most total weeks at number one, 55, until
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eclipsed him in 2016. Cantlay represented the United States at the
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, where he posted a 2–1–1 record.


Professional career

In June 2012, Cantlay decided to forgo his final two years of college to turn professional. The decision to go professional meant forfeiting his spot at the
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. His professional debut was at the 2012
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, where he missed the cut. Prior to the Travelers, Cantlay announced he would be signing with Mark Steinberg and Excel Sports Management Group, the same management as
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. Cantlay was the number one amateur in the world before turning pro, holding the top spot for a record 55 weeks. At the time, he was also ranked 415th in the
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. He earned his first professional paycheck at AT&T National, finishing in a tie for 66th. The following week he finished in a tie for 38th at the
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. Cantlay earned his first professional win at the 2013 Colombia Championship, an event on the
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. He played in the Web.com Tour Finals and finished 11th to earn his
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card for 2014. In the 2013–14 season he played only five events due to a back injury and was granted an 11-event medical extension. He played in just one tournament the following season, in late 2014, but didn't play at all in 2015 or 2016. As of the start of the 2017 season, ten starts remained on his medical extension. In February 2016, his caddie, Chris Roth, was killed in a
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accident in
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while Roth and Cantlay were out on the town. Roth had been a high school teammate of Cantlay's and had caddied for him in his amateur and professional career. In his second start of the 2017 season, Cantlay regained his PGA Tour card with a runner-up finish at the
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. He finished third at the Heritage, 10th at the Northern Trust, 13th at the Dell Technologies Championship and 9th at the BMW Championship, which allowed him to qualify to the Tour Championship. In his second start of the 2018 season, on November 5, 2017, Cantlay won his first PGA Tour title at the
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on the second extra hole of a three-man playoff. It was the second consecutive year in which his second start of the season secured his Tour card for the following season. On November 4, 2018, Cantlay narrowly missed defending his title at the
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. He finished second by one stroke to champion
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. In 2019, he finished tied for third place at the
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behind winner, Brooks Koepka. Two weeks later he won the
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in Dublin, Ohio, a result that lifted him into the world top-10 for the first time. Cantlay shot a final round of 64 to come from four strokes behind the 54-hole leader
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and win his second PGA Tour title. In October 2019, Cantlay again narrowly missed winning the
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. He lost a playoff to Kevin Na on the second playoff hole. In December, Cantlay played on the U.S. team at the
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at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Cantlay went 3–2–0 and won his Sunday singles match against Joaquín Niemann. In October 2020, Cantlay won the
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at Sherwood Country Club in
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. The event normally takes place in Japan but was moved to California in 2020 due to the
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. At The American Express in January 2021, Cantlay made the halfway cut on the number; and then fired twenty birdies over the weekend, including in a 11-under-par final round 61 to post a 22-under total and the clubhouse lead. He was eventually edged out by a single stroke by Kim Si-woo. In June, Cantlay won the
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for a second time. He beat
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in a playoff. On August 29, 2021, Cantlay won the BMW Championship on the sixth hole of a sudden-death playoff over
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. The following week, Cantlay, on September 5, 2021, won the
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at
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in Atlanta, Georgia. This victory won him the
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and a $15,000,000 season long bonus. He was voted the
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. In September 2021, Cantlay played on the U.S. team in the
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; he won three and tied one of the four matches he played. In August 2022, Cantlay successfully defended his title at the BMW Championship. Cantlay qualified for the U.S. team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won three and lost one of the four matches he played.


Professional wins (9)


PGA Tour wins (8)

1Started tournament at −10 FedEx Cup playoffs adjustment, scored −11 to par. PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)


Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)


Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to
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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2018 U.S. Open – 2020 Masters) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2019 Masters – 2019 PGA)


Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the
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Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to
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NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.


PGA Tour career summary

Cantlay was an amateur. * ''As of September 8, 2021''


U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *
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(winners)


See also

* 2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates


References


External links

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Profile on UCLA's official athletic site
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