Latest Patrick Cantlay News

PGA Tour's Monahan describes 'constructive' meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf

Mar. 19, 2024 11:39 AM EDT

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour took a first step in sparking negotiations with Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund with a meeting in the Bahamas that Commissioner Jay Monahan described as “constructive” without offering many more details. In a memo late Monday night to...

PGA Tour stays in Florida. LPGA and PGA Tour Champions begin a Western swing

Mar. 19, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

PGA TOUR VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Palm Harbor, Florida. Course: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead). Yardage: 7,340. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.4 million. Winner's share: $1.512 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m....

PGA Tour player directors prepare for meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf

Mar. 17, 2024 21:35 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Players on the PGA Tour board negotiating with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund have a meeting planned Monday with the Saudi leader backing rival LIV Golf, something Rory McIlroy said Sunday should have happened long ago. He also said Yasir...

PGA Tour player directors encouraged to meet with Saudi backers of LIV Golf

Mar. 15, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott said the player directors on the PGA Tour board are being encouraged to meet with the Saudi Arabia wealth fund leader behind LIV Golf, a sign that could spark talks of an investment. Golfweek reported Friday evening a...

Bay Hill still boasts a strong field. It's just a lot smaller

Mar. 06, 2024 17:31 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Arnold Palmer Invitational is now one of the signature events on the PGA Tour, meaning it has a $20 million purse with one of the strongest fields of the year on a tough golf course at Bay Hill that rarely produces surprise winners. In other words, it's the...

Hideki Matsuyama wins at Riviera with 62. He becomes Asia's most prolific PGA Tour winner

Feb. 18, 2024 20:10 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The conversation began seven years ago when Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama won his fourth PGA Tour title to pass Shigeki Maruyama, his mentor. Maruyama told him the ultimate mark was nine tour wins, a record for most by an Asian-born player. Matsuyama had little...

Patrick Cantlay leads by 2 at Riviera as he goes for a hometown win

Feb. 17, 2024 20:35 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele first competed at cards on the long flight to Australia for the Presidents Cup. They became partners in team events, roommates on the road, close friends who take vacations together with their wives, and more practice rounds than they can...

Jordan Spieth disqualified from Riviera for signing for wrong score

Feb. 16, 2024 22:10 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Spieth signed for the wrong score on Friday at the Genesis Invitational and was disqualified for the first time in the 263 tournaments he has played on the PGA Tour. Spieth owned up to the mistake in a post on X. “Today, I signed for an...

Patrick Cantlay builds a 5-shot lead at Riviera. Tiger Woods makes early exit with flu symptoms

Feb. 16, 2024 20:49 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Cantlay began with an eagle and never let anyone close to him the rest of the round Friday. He shot a 6-under 65 to build a five-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational going into a weekend that won't include Tiger Woods. Woods made another early exit, this...

Cantlay leads at Riviera with a 64. Tiger Woods ends his return to golf with a shank

Feb. 15, 2024 20:46 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of fans watching Tiger Woods in his 2024 debut missed out on the best golf Thursday at the Genesis Invitational. In the group ahead of Woods was Patrick Cantlay, looking as though he wants to be the next Southern California native to win at Riviera. ...