At this point, you might as well just call him Hat-rick Cantlay, with all the attention paid to his headwear.

Patrick Cantlay, the American golfer at the center of one of the biggest controversies of the 2023 Ryder Cup , walked into Bethpage Black Tuesday proudly sporting a Team USA hat, something he hadn’t done two years ago in Rome, as reports suggested it was in protest over Ryder Cup players not being paid.

Cantlay chuckled when the topic of his hat was broached, before reiterating what he had said two years ago. 3

“Like I’ve said a million times, the hat didn’t fit last [Ryder Cup], and this year we worked with them to make sure we had one, and we got one, so we’re good,” he said.

Cantlay had been the heel of sorts two years ago at Marco Simone, with European golf fans even

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