Patrick Cantlay rips journalist over 'false' Ryder Cup hat story: "It's crazy"
Patrick Cantlay ripped into the journalist who broke the 'story' about his refusal to wear a cap at the Ryder Cup as a protest over money.
Patrick Cantlay ripped a journalist after he won his Sunday singles match at the Ryder Cup.
Per Sky Sports, Cantlay was said to have been leading a rift within the Team USA locker room over his apparent unhappiness that players at the Ryder Cup do not get compensated.
It was claimed he wasn't wearing a hat as a protest and sitting on a separate side in the dressing room alongside his good buddy Xander Schauffele.
For his part Cantlay denied the story about the cap, saying it simply didn't fit and the plan all week was not to wear one.
From Saturday afternoon onwards thousands of European fans waved their caps at the American to goad him.
Team USA players had his back, with several players deciding not to wear them as support.
Justin Thomas pretended to tip an imaginary cap all day. Schauffele also got involved in the antics.
Cantlay wouldn't answer the question directly when asked on Saturday evening if players should be compensated in the biennial dust-up.
It was shortly after ugly scenes developed involving Rory McIlroy and Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava, who McIlroy accused of overstepping the mark with his celebrations after the 30-year-old drained huge putt to ultimately defeat the Ulsterman.
After Cantlay defeated Justin Rose 2&1, he spoke to a pool of reporters where he said the report 'couldn't be further from the truth'.
"It's totally false," he said, adding: "It couldn't be further from the truth. There hasn't been one word of that all week. The U.S. Team has been close all week."
Cantlay said he thought the interactions with the fans 'was great'. 'It's what the Ryder Cup is all about," he said.
So what is the truth?
Cantlay said: "[There's] not a shred of truth in the article that just one journalist wrote. It's crazy that one journalist can put a tweet out there totally unfounded with complete lies and the crowd ran with it, and I tried to have fun with them all day, smile.
"That's what this event is about. You've got to embrace the crowd, and, you know, I'm happy to be out there today."
Team USA captain Zach Johnson also blasted the report, describing it as 'extremely poor journalism'.
McIlroy also won his singles match after the 'deflating' end to Saturday evening.
He was on the verge of tears at the conclusion of a Ryder Cup once again. McIlroy denied patching things up with LaCava.
Ryder Cup results 2023
Sunday singles:
Tied Jon Rahm vs. Scottie Scheffler
4&3 Viktor Hovland vs. Collin Morikawa
Justin Rose vs. Patrick Cantlay 2&1
3&1 Rory McIlroy vs. Sam Burns
Matt Fitzpatrick vs. Max Homa 1UP
3&2 Tyrrell Hatton vs. Brian Harman
Ludvig Aberg vs. Brooks Koepka 3&2
Nicolai Hojgaard vs. Xander Schauffele
Tommy Fleetwood vs. Rickie Fowler
Bob MacIntyre vs. Wyndham Clark
Saturday morning foursomes
2&1 McIlroy / Fleetwood vs. Thomas / Spieth
9&7 Hovland / Aberg vs. Scheffler / Koepka
Lowry / Straka vs Homa / Harman / Homa 4&2
2&1 Hatton / Rahm vs. Cantlay / Schauffele
Saturday afternoon fourballs:
Hovland / Aberg vs. Burns / Morikawa 4&3
Fleetwood / Hojgaard vs. Homa / Harman 2&1
3&2 Rose / MacIntyre vs. Thomas / Spieth
Fitzpatrick / McIlroy vs. Cantlay / Clark 1UP
Friday morning foursomes:
4&3 Rahm / Hatton vs. Scheffler / Burns
4&3 Hovland / Aberg vs. Homa / Harman
2&1 Lowry / Straka vs. Fowler / Morikawa
2&1 McIlroy / Fleetwood vs. Schauffele / Cantlay
Friday afternoon fourballs:
Tied: Hovland / Hatton vs. Thomas / Spieth
Tied: Rahm / Hovland vs. Scheffler / Kopeka
Tied: Rose / MacIntyre vs. Homa / Clark
5&3 McIlroy / Fitzpatrick vs. Morikawa / Schauffele
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