Patrick Cantlay

Representing United States on the PGA Tour, Patrick Cantlay carries a 86 overall rating and a Surgeon profile, built around iron play graded A, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power sits at B+ for Cantlay, a shade above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• At B+, Cantlay's accuracy rating is comfortably above tour-average (79th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 20 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play sits at A for Cantlay, elite across the 2025–26 pool: only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At A-, Cantlay's short game rating is comfortably above tour-average (87th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting B+ — modestly above average in the 2025–26 pool; 30 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ A — among the very best in the pool in the 2025–26 pool; only one other player in the pool rates higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at A- for Cantlay, a clear strength across the 2025–26 pool: 16 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency sits at A for Cantlay, top-tier across the 2025–26 pool: only 7 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine B+ — a shade above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 46 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Surgeon. A surgeon — iron play is the standout attribute, the single biggest scoring lever in the model, and it shows: this profile hits more greens, closer to the pin, than almost anyone else in the pool.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Alex Smalley (92% similar), Shane Lowry (92% similar) and Tyrrell Hatton (92% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Alex Smalley,
• Shane Lowry,
• Tyrrell Hatton

This profile's course fit lines up best with U.S. Open (Major), The Open Championship (Major) and THE PLAYERS Championship (Flagship) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• U.S. Open — Major
• The Open Championship — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship

At $8M (A tier), Patrick Cantlay leaves $37M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 30 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, accuracy and putting) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Sam Burns ($8M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Sam Burns ($8M)

Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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