Patrick Cantlay was born on March 17, 1992, in Long Beach, California, United States and he is 30 years old. He is an American professional golfer.
He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour as well as the 2021 FedEx Cup. He is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Patrick attended Servite High School where he showed off his talent and won the California State High School Championship as a senior. He then continue to college where he attended the college University of California, Los Angeles popularly called UCLA.
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In his freshman year at UCLA, Patrick won four tournaments and won the Haskins Award as the most outstanding collegiate golfer in 2011. He was also named the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year.
Patrick also won the Phil Mickelson Award as the GCAA National Freshman of the Year in addition to being the Pac-10 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. He also won the 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.
Patrick qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open through sectional qualifying. He was one of three amateurs to cut along with Russell Henley and Brad Benjamin. Rounds of 70 and 72 over the weekend ensured he was a low amateur. His back nine 30 was the best in the tournament and he finished in a tie for 21st. The following week, on June 24, Patrick shot the lowest round in PGA Tour history by an amateur when he shot a course record 60 at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The following week, he finished as the low amateur at the AT&T National, finishing in a tie for 20th place. The following week, Patrick won the Southern California Amateur at the San Gabriel Country Club. He was also a low amateur at the 2011 RBC Canadian Open in July, finishing in a tie for ninth place.
On August 6, Patrick lost to Ethan Tracy in the Western Amateur final at the North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois. On August 28, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, he lost in the final of the U.S. Amateur to Kelly Kraft. Making the finals earned him a spot in the 2012 Masters Tournament, where he finished in a tie for 47th, making him the low amateur.
On March 23, 2011, he became world number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He holds the records for most consecutive weeks at number one, 54, and held the record for most total weeks at number one, 55 until Jon Rahm eclipsed him in 2016.
Patrick represented the United States at the 2011 Walker Cup, where he posted a 2–1–1 record.
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