- MENU
- HOME
- SEARCH
- WORLD
- MAIN
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- BALKANS
- EUROPE
- LATIN AMERICA
- MIDDLE EAST
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Benelux
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- USA
- BUSINESS
- WEALTH
- STOCKS
- TECH
- HEALTH
- LIFESTYLE
- ENTERTAINMENT
- SPORTS
- RSS
- iHaveNet.com
By Tom Edrington
June 17, 2011 - Bethesda, MD (AHN)
You can start listing the big-name players that Pat Cantlay has outplayed for 36 holes at the 111th U.S. Open but it would be a very long list.
Cantlay, the 2011 NCAA individual champion, shot a four-under par 67 Friday at Congressional and he did it with an eye-opening 30 on the extremely difficult back nine.
To put it in perspective, that 30 was four shots better than championship leader Rory McIlroy, who has out-distanced the entire field.
Cantlay, who just finished his freshman year at UCLA, is only 19. He opened Thursday with a nervous 75 that put him in damger of missing the 36-hole cut.
He started slow on Friday and a double-bogey at the fourth hole put him in real jeopardy of going home early. But he rallied for a birdie that gave him a 37 going out then he went crazy over the brutal back nine.
Cantlay went on a nice run with birdies at 10, 11 and 12 then added two more at 16 and 17.
That 30 got him in with a 67 and only four amateurs in history have shot that in the U.S. Open.
At 142, he'll compete for the low-amateur prize and look forward to his first weekend at a U.S. Open.
Not bad for a 19-year-old.
Copyright © - All Rights Reserved
UCLA Star Pat Cantlay Beyond Solid With 67