Patrick Cantlay Outlasts Bryson DeChambeau, Wins BMW in Playoff

Patrick Cantlay Outlasts Bryson DeChambeau, Wins BMW in Playoff
Patrick Cantlay plays his shot from the seventh tee during the final round of the BMW Championship golf tournament in Owings Mills, Md., on Aug. 29, 2021. Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters
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Patrick Cantlay made a litany of must-have putts, culminating in a 17 1/2-foot birdie on the sixth playoff hole that carried him to a victory over Bryson DeChambeau at the BMW Championship outside Baltimore.

The astonishing victory at Caves Valley Golf Club gave Patrick Cantlay 2,000 FedEx Cup points, enough to move into first place entering next week’s Tour Championship.