BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

August 28, 2021

Patrick Cantlay

Caves Valley Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Your overall thoughts on what happened out there today?

PATRICK CANTLAY: Yeah, it was another day on an easy, soft golf course, so you needed to make a bunch of birdies. I thought I played really well, all in all. I didn't make too many mistakes. Played solid, didn't putt as well as I did the first couple days but probably hit it a little better, and I thought it was a good day and I'm in a good spot for tomorrow.

Q. When you're walking to the 12th tee, you're four back, he hasn't made a bogey in 30 holes, there's two par-5s coming up. He was at that time 19-under through his last 29 holes. He's demolishing the golf course. How difficult is it for you to stay patient and remain with your game plan when you're seeing and playing with that?

PATRICK CANTLAY: Not difficult. I think if staying patient wasn't going to help -- there's nothing I can do at that point. I'm just trying to stick to my game plan. I know there's birdies out there, and every day you play, you might play with someone that's on a tear. I started off the golf tournament, I think, even through my first nine holes and then made a bunch of birdies. That's just how it happens in golf. Sometimes you get on a run and make a bunch of birdies.

Q. Do you get any energy pickup when you see two consecutive balls go in the water?

PATRICK CANTLAY: No, I mean, I feel pretty much the same, just working on my business. I'm just trying to stay in my own little bubble out there. I feel like that's the best way I can go about doing my thing and gives me the best chance to succeed.

Q. You were talking over there about the fans; what was that about?

PATRICK CANTLAY: Yeah, the fans are amped up. Balls are going everywhere, and they're yelling, and there's a lot of long walks with fans right on you in between holes, and they're just amped up and having a good time. I think that's great.

It can be a distraction if you let it, and so I just try and get in my own world and do my own thing.

Q. (On the energy from the fans.)

PATRICK CANTLAY: It could be, it could be. Or maybe I haven't had this many fans in a while. I took a year off from the fans, so now it feels like more. But it could be a little bit of both.

Q. I think it was Pebble we asked you what are the biggest changes you've made in the last few years and you couldn't come up with an answer because you keep things pretty steady. Is that still the case, and if so are we going with the tinkerer versus the steady-Eddie tomorrow?

PATRICK CANTLAY: I changed my putter halfway through last week to a model very similar, but different putter. I don't like to change too much. I feel like when you do implement a change, you should give it some time to see whether it works or not, and so I might spend a little bit more time working on a different part of my game. I shouldn't say month to month, but I won't change necessarily day-to-day.

There might be one thing that I'm working on and I might work on it for months and months and months, trying to built like a weakness into a strength. But for the most part I try and stick to my game plan and my process.

Q. So is it scientist versus artist tomorrow?

PATRICK CANTLAY: That's your job. You should be able to decide what that is.