Golf Network News ← Back to the clubhouseClubhouse

Patrick Cantlay

United States · born , Long Beach, California

7Ryder Cup points from 13 matches

Summary

  • Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 6-5-2 · 7 points (53.8%)
  • Singles 2-1-0 · Foursomes 3-3-0 · Four-ball 1-1-2
  • Open top 10s 2022 (T8)
  • Amateur runner-up 2011 U.S. Amateur
  • PGA Tour runner-up, 2024–26 2 times
  • 2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 20 events · 5 top 10s · FedEx Cup No. 21

Near misses

  1. 2011 U.S. Amateur Erin Hills · runner-up to Kelly Kraft · 2 up
  2. 2022 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T8 · 276 (-12)
  3. 2025 Tour Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood · margin 3 strokes
  4. 2026 BMW Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Wyndham Clark · margin 3 strokes

Ryder Cup

3 Cups, 13 matches: 6 won, 5 lost, 2 halved, 7 points. Foursomes 3-3-0, four-ball 1-1-2, singles 2-1-0.

  1. 2021 Whistling Straits, Straits Course USA · USA won 19–9 · 3-0-1, 3.5 points · automatic
  2. 2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
  3. 2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 1-3-1, 1.5 points · captain's pick

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Xander Schauffele's rivals →

Moments

  1. 2023 Ryder Cup On the 18th green on Saturday afternoon, Patrick Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava waved his cap as Rory McIlroy prepared for a birdie putt; McIlroy missed, Cantlay/Clark won 1 up, and a car-park confrontation followed.

Results by championship

    Best day

    2021 Ryder Cup

    Whistling Straits, Straits Course · USA won 19–9 · 3-0-1, 3.5 points

    Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 2021.

    Career line, 2011–2026

    The Open
    2022 The Open: finished T8
    Ryder Cup
    2021 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-0-12023 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-2-02025 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-3-1
    U.S. Amateur
    2011 U.S. Amateur: runner-up
    PGA Tour 2024–26
    2024 PGA Tour season: 19 events2025 Tour Championship: runner-up2026 BMW Championship: runner-up
    201520202025

    8 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, USA
    • Tour season

    Patrick Cantlay was born on March 17, 1992, in Long Beach, California. Cantlay was runner-up at the 2011 U.S. Amateur. Cantlay finished second 2 times on the PGA Tour from 2024 to 2026. Cantlay played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (2021, 2023, 2025), winning 6, losing 5 and halving 2 of 13 matches for 7 points. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Cantlay played 20 events, had 5 top-10 finishes and stood No. 21 in the FedEx Cup standings.

    See Patrick Cantlay in our rooms: The Masters, The Open, Greatest Golfer by State and Every Ground.

    Cards you pull this visit stack here. Tap one to go back to it.

    The record

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 2011 U.S. Amateur Erin Hills · runner-up to Kelly Kraft · 2 up
    2. 2022 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T8 · 276 (-12)
    3. 2025 Tour Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood · margin 3 strokes
    4. 2026 BMW Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Wyndham Clark · margin 3 strokes

    Ryder Cup

    Cantlay played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 13 matches, 6 won, 5 lost, 2 halved, 7 points (53.8% of those available). By format: foursomes 3-3-0, four-ball 1-1-2, singles 2-1-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 2021 Whistling Straits, Straits Course USA · USA won 19–9 · 3-0-1, 3.5 points · automatic
    2. 2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
    3. 2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 1-3-1, 1.5 points · captain's pick

    Partners, with matches played together: Xander Schauffele (6), Sam Burns (2), Justin Thomas (1), Wyndham Clark (1).

    PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

    1. 2024 Season 19 events · 0 wins · 4 top 10s · 17 cuts made · $6,279,965 official money (No. 11) · FedEx Cup No. 17 · strokes gained total 0.664 (No. 38) · driving distance 302.7 (No. 73)
    2. 2025 Season 20 events · 0 wins · 5 top 10s · 17 cuts made · $9,441,931 official money (No. 9) · FedEx Cup No. 2 · strokes gained total 1.057 · driving distance 305.9 (No. 63)
    3. 2026 In progress 20 events · 0 wins · 5 top 10s · 16 cuts made · $6,492,346 official money (No. 20) · FedEx Cup No. 21 · scoring average (adjusted) 69.816 (No. 17) · strokes gained total 1.01 (No. 13) · driving distance 308.0 (No. 67)

    2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    2. WP: Patrick Cantlay
    3. Wikidata: Q2595850
    4. R&A 2022
    5. roster source: 2021 us ryder cup team who qualified automatically plus six captains p
    6. GolfCompendium: 2021 ryder cup
    7. Wikipedia: 2023 Ryder Cup
    8. GolfCompendium: 2023 ryder cup
    9. Wikipedia: 2025 Ryder Cup
    10. GolfCompendium: 2025 ryder cup
    11. ESPN statistics API
    12. statmuse.com: top 200 pga tour scrambling percentage 2024 minimum 50 rounds
    13. github.com: strokes gained.rds
    14. github.com: statdetails.rds
    15. todays-golfer.com: fedex cup 2024 tour championship purse and prize money payout
    16. Wikipedia: 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs
    17. pgatour.com: points payouts prize money fedexcup east lake atlanta 10 million fleet
    18. thegolfnewsnet.com: 2025 fedex cup bonus pool purse winners share prize money payout 13796
    19. raw.githubusercontent.com: pga season stats.csv
    20. pgatour.com: stats
    21. golfdigest.com: heres prize money payout for each golfer at 2026 tour championship
    22. golfmonthly.com: fedex cup bonus money payouts 2026
    23. Wikipedia: U.S. Amateur
    24. championships-plt.usga.org: u s amateur champions
    25. Wikipedia: Erin Hills
    26. Wikipedia: 2025 PGA Tour
    27. Wikipedia: Tour Championship
    28. Wikipedia: 2026 PGA Tour
    29. Wikipedia: BMW Championship