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Languishing near the back of the pack at
two-over par through two rounds at last year's Masters, Cantlay
rocketed up the leaderboard to finish tied for ninth after
carding a sensational eight-under par 64 in the third round -
one stroke shy of the course record.
"My takeaway (from last year) would be that I can play this
place really well and if I'm in a better spot going to the
weekend, it's a totally different story," said Cantlay, who
missed the cut in 2018 and finish tied for 47th in 2017.
"The more confident you are about this golf course when you come
here, the better you're going to do," he told reporters on
Monday.
"I see that from guys that play consistently year in and year
out here really well... I feel like I'm starting to become one
of those guys."
He picked up two more PGA titles since his last trip down
Magnolia Lane, defeating Australia's Adam Scott by two strokes
to win Memorial in 2019 and fending off Jon Rahm and Justin
Thomas to clinch the Zozo Championship last month.
"My last two wins have been against really good fields, and
especially at Memorial, that's almost as close to a major
championship venue as you can get," he said. "So I feel like
when I'm playing well, I can beat anybody.
"Taking that mind set into majors I think is really important
and not treating it different than any other week."
(Reporting by Amy Tennery, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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