CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Patrick Cantlay was walking up the first hole at Quail Hollow in the Presidents Cup and said to his caddie Matt Minister that playing as a team with his American partner Xander Schauffele provided a level of comfort in a format where players essentially hit half the shots.
After all, he and Schauffele have become a dangerous tandem not to be messed with in the last three international team competitions and are regular Tuesday practice-round partners when they play the same events and willing to take on all comers in money matches. Not to mention that they won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in late April, the lone two-man team event in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup regular season.
