Presidents Cup last year<\/a>, making an 18-foot putt on the final hole in the dark to win one match, making a pair of 20-footers to halve holes in another win.<\/p>\n\u201cIf you had to hand select someone to hit a big putt on your team, I think Pat would come to a lot of people\u2019s minds,” said Jim Furyk, the Presidents Cup captain last September and an assistant to Keegan Bradley for this Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
Just don’t look for a big fist pump. \u201cPatty Ice\u201d also refers to his emotions. It’s usually little more than a pinch of the bill of his hat, assuming he is wearing one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best way to engage a crowd in the Ryder Cup is by making birdies,\u201d he said flatly.<\/p>\n
Bethpage Black figures to be a big test on a lot of levels, starting with the noise. The crowd at this public course on Long Island is notorious for being rowdy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe does an amazing job of staying focused on what he needs to be a professional the right way, and he\u2019s done that since he was a little kid,\u201d said Jamie Mulligan, his coach since Cantlay was a boy at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach, California.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe grew up in a tour player environment. He was able to see at a young age that guys are able to click in and nothing matters but the shot you\u2019re playing,\u201d Mulligan said. \u201cPeople think the crowd or the noise of the Ryder Cup gets to him. I don\u2019t think he hears it. The more it rumbles, the more he clicks in on what he\u2019s supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it’s more than just the verbal noise at this Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
The American team is getting a $200,000 stipend this year \u2014 there was talk about it all going to charity \u2014 feeding into the \u201cPay for Play\u201d dialogue that first surfaced in 1999. The report from Rome and the hat-waving at Cantlay turned out to be a big focal point.<\/p>\n
No chance of it dying out this week, especially when Cantlay showed up Monday for the first day of practice wearing a hat. That is sure to stoke more speculation about his motives.<\/p>\n
If he hears about it, odds are he won’t care. Nothing seems to get under his skin, and he rarely pays attention, anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t read or spend any time on social media,\u201d said Cantlay, who prefers Ayn Rand or Marcus Aurelius or the Winston Churchill trilogy. \u201cI’m aware that people are on there all the time. I’ve never been that interested in spending time on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most fascinating to Cantlay was how an unfounded report in Rome could spread so quickly in one day that it galvanized an entire gallery into hat-waving mocking of him.<\/p>\n
European players going into the 2023 matches had singled out Justin Thomas as the one American they would like to beat. Might that be Cantlay this time around?<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m not sure,\u201d Cantlay said. \u201cI don’t spend too much energy thinking about that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cantlay has said the hat wasn’t a good fit. Often overlooked was that he didn’t wear a Ryder Cup hat at Whistling Straits in 2021, or at the Walker Cup in 2011. There have been a number of Ryder Cups where McIlroy or Phil Mickelson didn’t wear one.<\/p>\n
Inside the ropes is the real test for Cantlay. While he nearly won the Tour Championship last month, Cantlay still has gone three years since his last win. He had to rely on a captain’s pick for the first time. That he got one was not a surprise given his reputation in match play.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe cares deeply about winning a point,\u201d Mulligan said. “The interesting thing about the Ryder Cup is everyone thinks it was about money why he didn’t wear the that. At the end of the day, it’s the opposite of that. It’s not that a trophy isn’t cool or a check isn’t cool. You’re playing with your friends against guys you want to beat really bad.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe does a good job locking in on that, and it’s fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
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