Patrick Cantlay

Patrick Cantlay
Personal information
Born March 17, 1992 (1992-03-17) (age 20)
Long Beach, California
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Los Alamitos, California
Career
College UCLA
Status Amateur
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T21: 2011
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Jack Nicklaus Award 2011
Pac-10 Conference
Player of the Year		 2011
Haskins Award 2011
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2011

Patrick Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American amateur golfer who is currently a sophomore at UCLA. He is currently the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Cantlay was born in Long Beach, California. He resides in Los Alamitos, California and attended Servite High School.

In 2011, Cantlay helped the UCLA golf team to win four tournaments. The Bruins were first in stroke play before losing in the match play of the NCAA Championship. He won the 2011 GCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award.[1] Cantlay was also the National Freshman of the Year, winning the Phil Mickelson Award in addition to being the Pac-10 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.[2]

Cantlay qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open. He was one of three amateurs to make the cut along with Russell Henley and Brad Benjamin; rounds of 70 and 72 over the weekend ensured he was low amateur.[3][4] His back nine 30 was the best in the tournament. He was also low amateur at the 2011 RBC Canadian Open, finishing in a tie for ninth place.

On June 24, 2011, Cantlay set a course record 60 at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.[5] Then on July 1, 2011, he made the cut at the AT&T National and he finished the tournament at 3-under-par in a tie for 20th place as the low amateur. Cantlay won the Southern California Amateur at the San Gabriel Country Club on July 10, 2011. On August 28, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, he lost in the final of the U.S. Amateur to Kelly Kraft.

Cantlay won the Haskins Award as the most outstanding college golfer in 2011. He also won the 2011 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 2012 Open Championship.[6]

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open T21 LA
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
LA = low amateur
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ Cantlay Receives GCAA National Player of the Year Honors, UCLABruins.com, June, 5, 2011
  2. ^ Jack Nicklaus Award recipients Announced, Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), June 5, 2011
  3. ^ U.S. Open Leaderboard, USOpen.com, June 19, 2011
  4. ^ Jason Kirk, 2011 US Open: Patrick Cantlay Tops Russell Henley For Low Amateur Honor, SBNation.com, June 19, 2011
  5. ^ Patrick Cantlay's 60 is amateur record on PGA Tour, Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 2011
  6. ^ Patrick Cantlay gets spot in British Open