Patrick Cantlay Ripped for His Slow Play in Final Round of PGA Tour Championship

Andy Nesbitt | Aug 24, 2025

Patrick Cantlay annoyed so many golf fans with his slow play on Sunday. / Brett Davis-Imagn Images

Tommy Fleetwood had so many golf fans singing his praises Sunday as he was finally able to get his first victory on the PGA Tour as he held on to win the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.

Patrick Cantlay, meanwhile, had so many golf fans feeling extremely frustrated as his slow play once again was a major storyline in a big a tournament.

Cantlay played in Sunday's final group with Fleetwood and finished in a tie for second place. The 33-year-old, who could be a captain's pick for this year's U.S. Ryder Cup team, was so slow that tournament officials put the final group on the clock over the back nine as they fell over a hole behind the group in front of them.

Cantlay has become known for his slow play, and that reputation only grew on Sunday thanks to how long it took him to hit his tee shots and how long it took for him to putt on the greens.

Here's one of those moments:

If you watch, you can actually see the grass growing under Patrick Cantlay’s feet.

Brutal.#TourChampionship pic.twitter.com/UZyj80WDdW

— Jason Page (@TheBackPage) August 24, 2025

Here's another one:

The absolutely insane waggle routine of Patrick Cantlay. This is not slow motion lol.

You saying something if your golfing buddy did this with every swing?

I’ve played with guys close to this. I’d look away and try to ignore when they are up to hit. pic.twitter.com/1ijcS05uYn

— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) August 24, 2025

Golf fans didn't hold back on Cantlay during Sunday's final round:

Loser of your fantasy football league has to play a round of golf with Patrick Cantlay.

— Tour Golf (@PGATUOR) August 24, 2025

Dear @NBC

Can we please not cut to Patrick Cantlay 45 seconds before he hits.

Put this man on tape delay!!!

Sincerely,

Literally everyone

— Joe I (@TourPicks) August 24, 2025

Okay @patrick_cantlay speed it up. Brutally slow. Sorry, not sorry. #PGA pic.twitter.com/WJVFSbxhyd

— Grok Memes (@tacomancheng) August 24, 2025

Patrick Cantlay over every shot…

Ffs hit it already! #TourChampionship pic.twitter.com/8yOfIV2u7I

— 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Gary ScottishEagle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@garydg7) August 24, 2025

Patrick Cantlay seems like a nice enough guy, but his glacially slow pace of play makes him the most aggravating PGA golfer for me to watch since Ian Poulter (who wasn’t slow, just an annoying douche.) https://t.co/tzMQbXtk32 pic.twitter.com/Iioh0QdriA

— Polar Ginger (@PolarGinger) August 24, 2025

The entire world is rooting for Tommy Fleetwood over the slowest player on the PGA Tour, Patrick Cantlay.

Penalize slow play PGA!!!!

— MidwestMark (@TundraGators) August 24, 2025

Patrick Cantlay is an abomination to professional sports.

He is absolutely single-handedly destroying the sport of golf. pic.twitter.com/odXEuiAl5Q

— Sekrah (@sekrah) August 24, 2025

Do you think NBC and its sponsors would've agreed to a commercial free back-nine if they'd known Patrick Cantlay would be in the final pairing and it would take 4 hours?

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) August 24, 2025

He is a human rain delay https://t.co/l1o65nxBTK

— Todd OBryan (@todd14120) August 24, 2025

This is absolutely ridiculous. https://t.co/v4PT2zuWu1

— Logan R. (@LogRobs) August 24, 2025

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