WORLD NO 1 AMATEUR PATRICK CANTLAY TURNING PRO TODAY
FROM THE GOLFWEEKWEBSITE
SAN FRANCISCO -- World-ranked No 1 amateur Patrick Cantlay will announce that he is turning pro at 3 p.m. local time this afternoon, his swing instructor, Jamie Mulligan, told Golfweek a day after Cantlay posted a T-41 finish in the U.S. Open at Olympic Club.
Cantlay, who just completed his sophomore season at UCLA, will make his pro debut at this week's Travelers Championship, and also play the month-ending AT amd T National in Washington, D.C. and the Greenbrier Classic at the beginning of July.
He'll have six remaining sponsor invitations as he tries to get his US PGA Tour card without attending Q-School, much like Bud Cauley did at the end of 2011.
Cantlay will be represented by Mark Steinberg, longtime representative for Tiger Woods.
Cantlay has not signed with an equipment company as of yet, and will carry a UCLA stand bag and wear a Virginia Country Club hat in the meantime. Fellow Viriginia CC member John Cook is also represented by Steinberg.
Cantlay has already made a splash on the US PGA Tour as an amateur, making headlines after firing a 60 and taking a four-shot lead at the 2011 Travelers, while also garnering low-amateur status at the 2011 U.S. Open and 2012 Masters.
Cantlay was the winner of the 2012 Hogan Award, the first sophomore to ever win the annual award for the best college and amateur player in the U.S.
Cantlay was the U.S. Amateur runner-up in 2011 and won the prestigious Haskins Award, given to the best player in college golf, as a freshman.
He played in the United States team beaten by GB and I in the September 2011 Walker Cup match at Royal Aberdeen.
SAN FRANCISCO -- World-ranked No 1 amateur Patrick Cantlay will announce that he is turning pro at 3 p.m. local time this afternoon, his swing instructor, Jamie Mulligan, told Golfweek a day after Cantlay posted a T-41 finish in the U.S. Open at Olympic Club.
Cantlay, who just completed his sophomore season at UCLA, will make his pro debut at this week's Travelers Championship, and also play the month-ending AT amd T National in Washington, D.C. and the Greenbrier Classic at the beginning of July.
He'll have six remaining sponsor invitations as he tries to get his US PGA Tour card without attending Q-School, much like Bud Cauley did at the end of 2011.
Cantlay will be represented by Mark Steinberg, longtime representative for Tiger Woods.
Cantlay has not signed with an equipment company as of yet, and will carry a UCLA stand bag and wear a Virginia Country Club hat in the meantime. Fellow Viriginia CC member John Cook is also represented by Steinberg.
Cantlay has already made a splash on the US PGA Tour as an amateur, making headlines after firing a 60 and taking a four-shot lead at the 2011 Travelers, while also garnering low-amateur status at the 2011 U.S. Open and 2012 Masters.
Cantlay was the winner of the 2012 Hogan Award, the first sophomore to ever win the annual award for the best college and amateur player in the U.S.
Cantlay was the U.S. Amateur runner-up in 2011 and won the prestigious Haskins Award, given to the best player in college golf, as a freshman.
He played in the United States team beaten by GB and I in the September 2011 Walker Cup match at Royal Aberdeen.
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