One for one to begin the season
In 2011, Patrick Cantlay was one of the best stories in the golfing world. He was named Player of the Year as a freshman at UCLA, he made five of five cuts on the PGA Tour (four top-25s), was low amateur at the U.S. Open, and runner-up at the U.S. Amateur. Based on his accomplishments as an amateur, he should be thriving on the PGA Tour today.
Cantlay eyes PGA Tour card
There’s been chatter over the last month at least that Patrick Cantlay, the top-ranked amateur who just finished his sophomore year at UCLA, is expected to turn professional and sign with Tiger Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports. After Cantlay finished T41 at the U.S. Open on Sunday, he said he hasn’t “really made a decision yet” *coughBScough* and planned to sit down with his family to discuss it, according to GolfChannel.com’s Rex Hoggard:
The victorious Great Britain & Ireland team capture the Cup
With the US Open tennis and NFL’s opening weekend, I’m not sure how many of you kept up with the Walker Cup, contested at Royal Aberdeen in Scotland. From what I saw in the highlights on Golf Central, I wish I’d caught more of the coverage, or heck, been at the matches.
Cantlay
NEWTON SQUARE, Pa. — Does anyone remember how they spent the summer between their freshman and sophomore years in college? I hardly do because it obviously wasn’t memorable (but I think I worked on my golf game and had a part-time job). In ten years I doubt Patrick Cantlay, a rising sophomore at UCLA, will have the same problem.
Cantlay earned Low Amateur honors at the US Open last week
The last amateur to win a PGA Tour event was Phil Mickelson at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open. UCLA rising sophomore Patrick Cantlay wasn’t even born yet.
While there’s still quite a lot of golf to be played, check out the leaderboard at the Travelers Championship. Cantlay, 19, shot a course record, ten-under 60 at TPC River Highlands during the second round to take a four-stroke lead at the rain-delayed event.
Patrick Cantlay, who just wrapped up his freshman year at U.C.L.A., found his comfort zone on Friday at the U.S. Open, firing an impressive four-under 67 to cancel out his opening four-over 75. At the halfway mark, the 19-year-old from California will safely make the cut with a 36-hole total of even par.
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