Patrick Cantlay is an American amateur golf

Golf

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er who is currently a sophomore at UCLA

UCLA Bruins

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. He is currently the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking

World Amateur Golf Ranking

The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by the R&A, the governing body of amateur golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 750 amateur tournaments and is updated weekly. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in...

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Cantlay was born in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California

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. He resides in Los Alamitos, California

Los Alamitos, California

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 and attended Servite High School

Servite High School

Servite High School is an all-boys, Roman Catholic college preparatory high school operated by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary . Located on a campus in Anaheim, California, USA, as of 2011 it had an enrollment of about 985 and about 9200 alumni. Its mascot is the Friar and its colors are black...

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In 2011, Cantlay helped the UCLA golf team to win four tournaments. The Bruins were first in stroke play before losing in the match play of the NCAA Championship

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

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. He won the 2011 GCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

 National Player of the Year Award. Cantlay was also the National Freshman of the Year, winning the Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson

Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...

 Award in addition to being the Pac-10 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Cantlay qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open

2011 U.S. Open (golf)

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. He was one of three amateurs to make the cut along with Russell Henley and Brad Benjamin

Brad Benjamin

-Amateur career:Benjamin was born in Rockford, Illinois. He had a successful amateur career whilst at the University of Memphis. In his freshman year of 2006, he finished tied third in the Conference USA golf championships. The following year he won his first collegiate tournament. In summer 2009,...

; rounds of 70 and 72 over the weekend ensured he was low amateur. His back nine 30 was the best in the tournament. He was also low amateur at the 2011 RBC Canadian Open, finishing in a tie for ninth place.

On June 24, 2011, Cantlay set a course record 60 at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut

Cromwell, Connecticut

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. Then on July 1, 2011, he made the cut at the AT&T National

AT&T National

The AT&T National is a professional golf tournament held in the Washington D.C. area during the Fourth of July weekend. The PGA Tour event is hosted by Tiger Woods and benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. The first AT&T National was held July 5–8, 2007, at the Blue Course of the Congressional...

 and he finished the tournament at 3-under-par in a tie for 20th place as the low amateur. Cantlay won the Southern California Amateur at the San Gabriel

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 Country Club on July 10, 2011. On August 28, at Erin Hills

Erin Hills

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 in Erin, Wisconsin

Erin, Wisconsin

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, he lost in the final of the U.S. Amateur to Kelly Kraft

Kelly Kraft

-Amateur career:Kraft served as team captain of Ryan High School during his final year there in 2006-2007, earning All-District honors. He played college golf at Southern Methodist University....

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Cantlay won the Haskins Award

Haskins Award

The Haskins Award is presented annually by the Haskins Commission to honor the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. The award is named in memory of the late Fred Haskins, former golf teaching professional at the Columbus Country Club. Votes are tabulated by the Haskins...

 as the most outstanding college golfer in 2011. He also won the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

Mark H. McCormack Medal

The Mark H. McCormack Medal is presented annually by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the U.S. Amateur Championship and the European Amateur Championship...

 as the top-ranked amateur in the world at the end of the 2011 season. This award earned him an invitation to the 2012 Open Championship

The Open Championship

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Results in major championships

Tournament	2011
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T21 LA
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

LA = low amateur

"T" indicates a tie for a place

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