Patrick Cantlay shot a final-round 6-under 66 and then edged Bryson DeChambeau on the sixth playoff hole to win the 2021 BMW Championship.
The 29-year old California native entered Sunday’s finale at Caves Valley Golf Club tied for the lead with DeChambeau, and after 18 additional holes, the duo remained deadlocked.
In overtime, the two American stars traded blows, until the UCLA product drained a clutch putt on the sixth extra hole to claim victory.
For his third PGA Tour victory of the 2020-21 season, Cantlay earned $1,710,000 and 2000 FedExCup points. He will move to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and second on the money list. He also picked up 78 Official World Golf Ranking points and is expected to move into the top 5 for the first time in his career.
For his second-place finish, DeChambeau earned $1,026,000 and 1200 FedExCup points. He also secured 46.8 world-ranking points.
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Patrick Cantlay Pro-File
Full Name: Patrick Cantlay
Nationality: American
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 170 lb
Birthdate: March 17, 1992 (age 29)
Native: Long Beach, CA
Resides: No. Palm Beach, FL
Primary Sponsor: Titleist
BMW Championship: Top 10
Pos-Player (Final Rd)
1. Patrick Cantlay -27 (-6)*
2. Bryson DeChambeau -27 (-6)
3. Sungjae Im -23 (-5)
4. Rory McIlroy -22 (-5)
5. Erik van Rooyen -21 (-7)
6. Dustin Johnson -20 (-6)
6. Sergio Garcia -20 (-3)
8. Sam Burns -19 (-2)
9. Alex Noren -18 (-6)
9. Jon Rahm -18 (-2)
9. Abraham Ancer -18 (-1)
Top-5 Check Cashers: BMW Championship
Pos-Player (Money)
1. Patrick Cantlay ($1,710,000)
2. Bryson DeChambeau ($1,026,000)
3. Sungjae Im ($646,000)
4. Rory McIlroy ($456,000)
5. Erik van Rooyen ($380,000)
Patrick Cantlay’s Winning Numbers
Topline Stats:
Driving: 311.4 yards (17th)
Fairways: 66.07% (37/56) (T33)
Greens: 80.56% (58/72) (T2)
Putts/GIR: 1.500 (1st)
Strokes Gained:
Off the Tee: 1.193 (5th)
Approach the Green: 1.139 (28th)
Around the Green: -1.098 (T47)
Putting: 14.577 (1st)
Tee to Green: 1.233 (28th)
Total: 15.812 (T1)
Cantlay’s 2021 PGA Tour Season
Starts: 23
Cuts Made: 18
Wins: 3 (ZOZO, Memorial, BMW)
Additional Top 10: 3
Earnings: $7,638,805 (2nd)
FedExCup Pts: 4,302 (1st)
World Rank Before/After: 10/5
Cantlay’s Career Victories
PGA Tour: 5
2021 BMW Championship
2021 The Memorial Tournament
2020 ZOZO Championship
2019 The Memorial Tournament
2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
WITB: Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay plays a full Titleist bag (driver, irons, wedges, putter) and Pro V1x golf ball.
Driver: Titleist TS3 (10.5Ëš)
Fairway: Titleist 915F (15Ëš)
Hybrid: Titleist 816H2 (21Ëš)
Irons: Titleist AP2 (4-9)
Wedges: Vokey SM7 (46Ëš, 54Ëš, 56Ëš)
Wedges: Vokey SM8 (61Ëš)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Hat: Titleist
Shoes: FootJoy DryJoys
Glove: Titleist Players
Source: National Club Golfer
4 Questions: Patrick Cantlay
1. Congrats… Thoughts?
Q. Patrick, congratulations… How are you feeling after a marathon day of golf for your fifth career win?
PATRICK CANTLAY: I’m a little tired but very happy. I played really well all week. At the beginning of the week I didn’t realize it would take that many under par to just force a playoff. But I hit a lot of good shots today, and it was just enough.
2. Ever Any Doubts?
Q. Just curious, was there ever a moment that you thought you weren’t going to win? And if not, why not?
PATRICK CANTLAY: I liked Bryson’s chances of making that six- or eight-footer up the hill or whatever it was, and yeah, I thought he was going to make that putt. That was maybe the only time that I really thought I was done.
But he didn’t make it; that’s golf.
I played really well and just tried to focus on the task at hand all day. Even some of the bad shots I hit today, just tried to reset and take it fresh from there.
3. Paddy Ice?
Q. Had you heard Paddy Ice before, and is that going to be a hard nickname to live up to?
PATRICK CANTLAY: I don’t know. That’s the first time I’ve heard it. But I got it all week.
I think there was maybe one or two guys that followed me around maybe all four days, and they just every hole, screaming it. These were some of the most supportive, loudest fans I’ve ever experienced.
4. Caves Valley Experience?
Q. About the Caves Valley experience, your thoughts on that and the way the course played throughout not only the four rounds but also the extra holes.
PATRICK CANTLAY: Yeah, I thought the course was great theater, obviously. Lots of birdies and a great finishing hole. It was easy; I knew it was going to play easy and you were going to need to make a lot of birdies. When I was playing the practice rounds, I mentioned to the guys it’s going to be well into the 20s, and that’s just mostly to do with it being as soft as it was.
I think this golf course would be very different if it was firm, but it’s wide and there’s not a ton of trouble, so it was a birdie-fest out there, and it felt like your foot was on the gas from the word “go.”
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On another note, how does Reed qualify for the TC when he couldn’t play either playoff tournament? Unless I’m wrong, if he had played terribly and finished at the end of the pack, he wouldn’t have made it. I guess anyone near the top might be better not playing in the first two events rather than risking playing badly.
Bryson is actually a good putter. But has missed some very makeable putts lately. He ranks 14th on Tour in strokes gained: putting, according to post by Joel Cook.
In re: to Reed. He actually would have been higher had he played, even if finished dead last both times (which is doubtful since he’s won at Liberty National). You don’t lose points for poor placements. For example, Mickelson secured 14 points for a dead last place finish. So Reed would have ended up w 14 more points. -Jeff