OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Patrick Cantlay had enough on his hands to keep his attention Sunday as he was locked in an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau, a compelling contrast of styles and personalities in the BMW Championship.
Even so, he couldn’t ignore what fans shouted from behind the ropes Sunday at Caves Valley Golf Club: “Patty Ice!”
With the putter in his hand and ice in his veins, Cantlay delivered one clutch putt after another to survive the final three holes of regulation and six tense holes of a sudden-death playoff, finally winning with a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 18.
The most important putt? It was hard to tell.
He closed out his final round of 6-under-par 66 with an eight-foot par putt on the 16th, an eight-foot bogey putt on the 17th after a tee shot into the water and a 20-foot birdie on the 18th to force a playoff. Twice on the 18th in the playoff, where DeChambeau had a 30-yard advantage with his long hitting off the tee, Cantlay made par putts from six and seven feet.