Patrick Cantlay spoke with the media following Round 3 of the 2025 Tour Championship, reflecting on his recent work with putting coach Phil Kenyon and how it has impacted his game.
In this press conference, Cantlay discusses:
Starting work with Phil Kenyon in Memphis and the subtle setup changes they’ve made
Driving the ball straighter this week and why that’s been key at East Lake
His game trending in the right direction after consistent hard work
Balancing focus on the Tour Championship while knowing the Ryder Cup looms ahead
Why he sought a putting coach despite no major struggles in his stroke
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Y’all, uh, when did you start working with Phil and how dramatically would you say the improvements been since? Yeah, I started working with Phil uh really in Memphis and uh yeah, just a couple couple little setup changes. Uh, nothing too drastic and I’ve enjoyed it so far. How would you describe maybe your season as a whole and is there something you feel like you’re doing specifically better this week than maybe earlier in the year? Yeah, I’m definitely driving the ball uh straighter this week, which is really important around here. The rough is very penal, so um you know, you can be aggressive if you’re playing from the fairway, and I’ve been able to do that for the most part this week. Have you felt your game kind of trending these last few weeks or is this kind of coming out of nowhere for you? Yeah, no, I think it has. Um I’ve been putting in a lot of good work. Um and so it’s nice to see some of that work starting to pay off. And I know you said you focusing on on this weekend in the tournament right now, but you know, knowing the RDER Cup is coming up, like how how does it feel to have your game shaping up at the right time? Yeah, it’s always nice to have your game shape up at the end of the year. Um, but like I said, I’m focused 100% on this week and um, you know, we’ll worry about the RDER Cup uh, a little later. Have you had any coach for any part of your game outside of Jamie? Uh, I’ve worked with different different folks at different times. Uh but you know, by and large it’s been mostly Jamie, first putting coach for uh yeah. Um what how would you describe were you just feel like you weren’t getting better or having trouble finding answers or what was kind of the state of things when you finally decided to go to Phil? Um, I feel like, you know, I didn’t have any big drop off or anything in my putting, but just trying to find a little edge, try and get a little better. And, um, you know, I was talking with, uh, you know, a couple guys on tour that worked with him, and they spoke very highly of him, so thought, uh, I’d give it a shot. Awesome. All right. Thank you. Thanks so much for the time.
