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Patrick Cantlay’s long, hard road to returning to the Tour this week

Published

7 years ago

Feb 8, 2017

Once the top-ranked amateur in the world and a winner on the Web.com Tour, Patrick Cantlay hasn’t teed it up on the PGA Tour since 2014. The saga of the back injury that kept him out of action is depressing and unfortunate enough on its own right. But if you recall, the worst of what befell the former winner during his time in the wilderness has nothing to do with his back.

Cantlay’s caddie and friend, Chris Roth, was struck by a car and killed directly in front of the golfer last year in California. Cantlay had to call 911, knowing his friend had no chance of survival.

“It still bothers me every day,” Cantlay said. “It changes the way that you see things for a while. Maybe not forever, you get numb to it. For a while, I couldn’t care less about everything. Not just golf. Everything that happened in my life for a couple months didn’t feel important. Nothing felt like it mattered.”

To say it’s been a long road back to competition for Cantlay would be an extreme understatement. He returns to action at Pebble Beach this week, and Damian Dottore of the OC Register has filed a superb piece on the former amatuer sensation’s return that’s well worth your time.

You’ll be rooting for the former UCLA star hard this week. Here’s Dottore’s piece.

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

Published

4 days ago

May 7, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.

From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.

Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Published

2 weeks ago

Apr 30, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).

Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.

We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.

Check out links to all our photos below.