Patrick Cantlay on Friday on the seventh gap at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Patrick Cantlay recovered. We’ll begin there.
He birdied 15, 16 and 17 on Friday at Harbour Town Golf Links, his sixth, seventh and eighth holes after beginning on the again 9 through the RBC Heritage’s second spherical. He birdied the fifth. There was extra.
On the 200-yard, par-3 seventh, Cantlay acquired house in a single. On the swing, he held the end. He club-twirled. At the inexperienced, his ball dropped about 20 toes quick. And his ball rolled the remainder of the way in which for the ace. In typical Cantlay type, he performed it cool. One arm up. A smile. Some hand slaps. On to the following one. They name him Patty Ice, in spite of everything. All of it was a part of a six-under 65 spherical that put 4 again of chief Jimmy Walker.
Afterward, Cantlay even had some enjoyable with the trolls. Over the previous week, since his group was known as out by Brooks Koepka for gradual play throughout Sunday’s ultimate spherical of the Masters, Cantlay’s tempo has been picked aside some. He was requested about it earlier within the week. But the hole-in-one gave him one of the best response:
“Playing faster,” he wrote on Twitter.
Good one.
But again to the start, the place restoration suggests a stumble. Though in case you’ve hit a unhealthy shot or a dozen in your life, you possibly can relate.
To start, on the 184-yard, par-3 14th, Cantlay double-crossed his tee shot left and towards bushes, earlier than settling a few yards behind one and in a waste bunker, about 25 yards from the outlet. The play was clear, although problematic: The world’s fourth-ranked participant wanted to keep away from the tree, but additionally land his ball precisely sufficient that it could settle shut, however keep away from water over the inexperienced.
“Cantlay is going to try to chisel away at this one,” announcer Jeff Eisenbrand mentioned on the PGA Tour Live broadcast. “He also has to worry about the water beyond the green. There’s a lot of factors here.”
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“At this point, I don’t think he’s really worried about the water,” analyst Andres Gonzales mentioned. “I don’t think he’s trying to get it all the way there. Just trying to find the right line and land it where he might be able to get …”
And then Gonzales paused.
Maybe you probably did too.
Cantlay pitched his ball straight into the tree.
“And that was worst-case scenario,” Eisenbrand mentioned on the PGA Tour Live broadcast.
Cantlay was now about a yard from the tree. He appeared down. He shrugged his proper arm barely. He took a swipe on the sand. It appeared he merely chunked it. “Came off almost 30 degrees where he was looking to hit it,” Gonzales mentioned on a replay.
“Patrick Cantlay, he’s just like us, on rare occasions like that,” Eisenbrand mentioned.
And right here, the bounce again started.
Cantlay backed away. He took one other membership from caddie Matt Minister. He took one follow minimize. He hit to 11 toes. He made the putt, and he was on his method.
“Nice recovery,” Gonzales mentioned on the printed.
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