2021 Travelers Championship: Top 10 power rankings at TPC River Highlands

Patrick Cantlay was a bonafide All-American at UCLA by the summer of 2011. If you didn’t know him for terrorizing the Pac-12, you got to know him by his performances at some big events.

A week after debuting at the U.S. Open with a T-21st finish, Cantlay fired a second-round 60 at the Travelers Championship to lead after 36 holes en route to T-24th. He owned the TPC River Highlands course record for five years until Jim Furyk’s incredible 58.

Cantlay missed the cut at this event in 2012 and 2014 but has made some good cash in Cromwell the last three years.

Cantlay posted T-15th (69-68-65-68), T-15th (66-72-65-69) and T-11th (66-67-69-65), respectively.

The 29-year-old enjoys that he can play aggressively at this event.

““…it’s nice to come back to a place where you’ve had success,” Cantlay was quoted by ASAP Sports in 2019. “I definitely feel comfortable around here. It’s one of the only golf courses I think I get on the first tee at the beginning of the day and think I can birdie every hole. That’s what it feels like.”

Cantlay ranks sixth on the PGA Tour in total strokes gained (1.786) and is 53rd or better in the individual SG categories. He’s 14th off the tee (.565) and eighth around the green (.448).

Cantlay’s also 21st in birdie average (4.14), third in par-4 scoring (3.96) and is one of eight players to tie for low round on the PGA Tour this season, a 61 on Sunday that nearly won him The American Express.

He did it get it done (with the help of Jon Rahm’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis) to win at the Memorial Tournament just three weeks ago. Cantlay followed it up with T-15th last week at the U.S. Open.