Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Aug 20, 2024 4:50 pm

Patrick Cantlay shifts gears in unusual altitude tracking third BMW title

cantlay

The BMW Championship is currently the only leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs that rotates venues each year. Patrick Cantlay has shown he can bag BMW wins no matter which course is up for its turn.

But the 2024 edition of the tournament presents an entirely different challenge: an 8,130-yard track at Castle Pines Golf Club in the thin air of Castle Rock, Colo.

Cantlay, the 2021 and 2022 champion at the BMW, and the rest of the 50-player field will need to prepare for the unusual distances their shots travel at altitude, plus the other trials that come with this course layout.

“It’s a longer walk, I’ll tell you that,” Cantlay said Tuesday. “There’s going to be some tired caddies at the end of this week with the uphill and the downhill and the 8,100 yards. The ball is going farther, but we’ve got to walk all that way.”

The course is set to become the longest in PGA Tour history, the result of golfers’ driving distance combined with the unique environmental circumstances in the Rocky Mountains. The BMW hasn’t been played in Colorado since 2014.

Castle Pines is 6,200 feet above sea level.

“I think the altitude, with all the help we have with the TrackMans and the devices, it’s pretty easy to see how far it’s going,” Cantlay said. “We learn new golf courses all the time, so I don’t think it’ll be too big of a change or too difficult.”

Cantlay had a memorable playoff win at the 2021 BMW Championship over Bryson DeChambeau. They both torched the course, Caves Valley in Maryland, for a 27-under final score. Cantlay went on to win the 2021 FedEx Cup and defended his BMW title the next year at Wilmington (Del.) Country Club.

The World No. 9 said he doesn’t know why he’s found particular success winning an event that changes scenery each year. He cited his history of playing well in the warm weather of August.

“This tournament in general is played on bentgrass greens, which I tend to putt well, and I’ve had some events, some BMW events where I’ve putted well, so this week is no different,” Cantlay added.

Cantlay hasn’t won on tour since that 2022 BMW. He enters the week ranked ninth in FedEx Cup points, guaranteed to make it to the tour’s season finale, the Tour Championship, next week for a chance at a second FedEx Cup title.

“I feel good about my game,” Cantlay said. “I’d say my results have been going in the right direction the last few months. Had a poor first round last week, but other than that, I played really well the last three days. So carry some of that momentum into this week.”

–Field Level Media

You may also like

Devin Booker
Jul 9, 2025 11:26 pm

Reports: Suns G Devin Booker agrees to 2-year, $145M contract extension

The Phoenix Suns and Devin Booker have agreed on a two-year maximum contract extension worth an estimated $145 million that will keep the All-Star guard with the franchise through the…

guardians, astros, cecconi
Jul 9, 2025 10:43 pm

Slade Cecconi dominant as Guardians sweep Astros

Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high nine strikeouts to lead the Cleveland Guardians…

Salvador Perez
Jul 9, 2025 10:41 pm

Salvador Perez’s 2 homers help Royals edge Pirates

Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Perez’s second…

More News News

Devin Booker
Jul 9, 2025 11:26 pm

Reports: Suns G Devin Booker agrees to 2-year, $145M contract extension

The Phoenix Suns and Devin Booker have agreed on a two-year maximum contract extension worth an estimated $145 million that will keep the All-Star guard with the franchise through the…

guardians, astros, cecconi
Jul 9, 2025 10:43 pm

Slade Cecconi dominant as Guardians sweep Astros

Salvador Perez
Jul 9, 2025 10:41 pm

Salvador Perez’s 2 homers help Royals edge Pirates

sky, wings
Jul 9, 2025 10:40 pm

Rebecca Allen’s hot shooting gives Sky season sweep of Wings

Frank Layden
Jul 9, 2025 10:31 pm

Legendary Jazz coach/GM Frank Layden dies at 93

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]