Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau had an epic showdown at the BMW Championship.
It’s possible that you, dear reader, could be a golf fan and not actually know what Patrick Cantlay’s voice sounds like.
Sure, you’ve seen him on television broadcasts. The dude is always in contention, after all. You’ve probably even seen him interviewed. But Cantlay is not typically verbose. He does not seek out attention. Instead, he’s content to let his results speak for themselves, and that’s it.
Until Wednesday morning, that is.
Call it the perfect storm. Cantlay was coming off a win. He was riding high. And he’d just had a front-row seat to the hottest topic in golf: Bryson DeChambeau and his treatment at the hands of the BMW Championship fans.
There’s backstory here about why exactly DeChambeau is constantly peppered with cries of “Brooksy,” which you can review here. And the latest chapter came when PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed that fans yelling “Brooksy” could be ejected from tournaments going forward. But the court of public opinion isn’t so simple. Whether fans “like” DeChambeau — or feel sympathy for him — is a complex discussion. And when Cantlay was asked if he felt sympathy himself, well, he had quite the response stored up. With limited interruption, I present Patrick Cantlay, followed by my own thoughts on the matter:
“I think it’s a tough situation. I think, naturally, of course there is some sympathy because you don’t want to see anybody have a...
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