Patrick Cantlay is no stranger to success at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Last year, he lost in a playoff to Jordan Spieth. He came into this year’s tournament in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as one of the favorites, and he’s again near the top of the leaderboard, in large part thanks to his tee shot on the par-3 seventh hole.
Cantlay hit 6-iron to the middle of the green and it released toward the hole located near the back. The ball rolled and rolled and rolled and then dropped. Boom. It was Cantlay’s third ace of his PGA Tour career, this one coming in the second round of the RBC Heritage. It moved him to 8 under.
🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨@Patrick_Cantlay drains his tee shot at the 7th @RBC_Heritage pic.twitter.com/Vz4fjiMsKr
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 14, 2023
He shot 6-under 65 on Friday and sits at 8 under for the tournament.
Cantlay’s name has been in the news for other reasons recently, mostly about slow play during Sunday’s final round of the Masters.
Cantlay responded to the slow play comments Tuesday, but that hasn’t stopped golf fans from calling him out.
Even Cantlay poked fun at it after his round.
Playing faster! @RBC_Heritage @PGATOUR pic.twitter.com/mDxo2yarAB
— Patrick Cantlay (@patrick_cantlay) April 14, 2023
Here are some of the funniest responses to Cantlay’s ace on Twitter.
Not an ace
Technically its not an ace, beacuse it took him so long to pull the trigger hes got a 2 shot penalty so its a par.
— Harry Burgoyne (@BurgoyneH1) April 14, 2023
Close the tab
He’d buy a round of beers but he won’t be back to the clubhouse before closing time
— Andrew T (@dwmpandrew) April 14, 2023
Practice makes perfect
Should be an Ace every shot taking 30 min to hit
— DustyPicks (@DustyTrout) April 14, 2023
Hurry up
That’s one way to speed up your pace of play
— Kevin (🏌️♂️, ⛳️) (@frogfren22) April 14, 2023
Waggles
Thank you for trimming the 7 minutes of pre-shot waggles
— Alan Lynn (@PiratePenguinFL) April 14, 2023
Speed racer
Fastest hole he’s ever played
— Brett Merkel (@BrettMerkel) April 14, 2023
Everyone slow down?
Maybe Koepka should slow down a bit, and be more precise! 😎
— James Murphy (@murphy324) April 14, 2023
Not the sloth from Zootopia
Live look-in at Cantlay’s reaction to the shot: pic.twitter.com/swlBvoCncZ
— Scott Dolan Barber (@ScottDBarber) April 14, 2023
Tick tick
Still took him 20 mins to play the hole…
— The Bear Divide (@thebeardivide) April 14, 2023
Literally
literally the only way for cantlay to speed up
— david potts (@dpottzzz) April 14, 2023
Take your time
Thank god for an ace. Else we would have to watch him putt for next 2hrs @Lord_Kartz
— Dead Solid Perfect🎙️ (@Deadsolidp) April 14, 2023
Why so excited?
Even his celebrations are slow
— Marcus Moore (@scoremoore) April 14, 2023
Saving time
That probably cut 15-20 minutes off the round
— Bunch Of Wolves (@BunchOfWolves) April 14, 2023
Quick nap
Did he tee this up yesterday and hit it today?
— Zac B. (@RealZacBrown) April 14, 2023
Gotta make sure...
He still spent 15 minutes on the green
— Dad Bod Sports (@BodSports) April 14, 2023
S/O PGA Tour
Exceptional editing job at the beginning of this to shorten the clip drastically
— Tyler DuPree (@YouMeAndTDupree) April 14, 2023
