Patrick Cantlay has claimed Rory McIlroy’s comments in which he described the American as a ‘d—‘ were taken out of context.
Patrick Cantlay has claimed Rory McIlroy’s comments in which he described the American as a ‘d—‘ were taken out of context.
Cantlay opened up on his relationship with McIlroy in a recent interview with GOLF in which he also claimed chatter he has maneuvered himself into a position of power on the PGA Tour’s policy board is untrue.
McIlroy, 34, tore into Cantlay after the 2023 Ryder Cup in a joint interview with his European teammate Shane Lowry.
The Ulsterman was reflecting on the moment a row with Cantlay’s caddie, Joe LaCava, spilled over into the car park at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Italy.
McIlroy had to be bundled into a back of a vehicle in front of his wife Erica Stoll by Lowry after the four-time major champion gave another caddie, Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay, a piece of his mind.
Rory McIlroy is angry with Joe LaCava after the incident on 18, doesnāt seem pleased with Bones either š³
The four-time major champion was upset Cantlay’s caddie continued to celebrate the American holing a bomb as he tried to line up a crucial putt on the last green
As far as McIlroy was concerned, LaCava didn’t afford the Ulsterman or his playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick the same opportunity he had given Cantlay to hole his putt.
The red mist descended, McIlroy previously said, and the rest is history.
His team captain, Luke Donald, later told of how he ‘loved’ McIlroy’s reaction.
“LaCava used to be a nice guy when he was caddying for Tiger and now he’s caddying for that d—,” McIlroy previously blasted. “He’s turned into an arse.”
McIlroy’s comments were all the more interesting considering he had spent countless hours on the PGA’s policy board with Cantlay before he abruptly resigned late last year.
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Gotten some information about McIlroy, Cantlay told Dylan Dethier: “I believe we’re both profoundly serious and we’re both attempting to be amazing.
“I think we both respect that piece of one another. To the extent that the strategy board goes, we’ve worked actually intently together and had a great working relationship over my year on the board.
“See, I conversed with him post-Ryder Cup and, y’know, everything was friendly and great overall.”
Pushed on McIlroy’s ‘d- – – ‘ remark, he added: “Better believe it, that’s what I saw. I think it was taken inappropriately. Furthermore, that is somewhat the world we live in, where the title drives the story.”
Somewhere else, Cantlay additionally affirmed he has held converses with LIV Golf yet for now can’t see himself anyplace other than the PGA tour.
“I declined offers,” he said. “Pre and post joining the board.
“Furthermore, the latest proposition I got, I declined in the very meeting that my supervisory group carried it to me.”
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