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In need of a change, Cantlay recently split
with caddie Matt Minister and tried his luck with LaCava given
Woods is sidelined for the foreseeable future after having ankle
fusion surgery two weeks ago.
"I reached out to Joe, he said it was possible and ended up
working out and I'm really happy about it," Cantlay said ahead
of this week's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North
Carolina where LaCava will be on his bag.
"I haven't spoken to Tiger," he added.
The duo worked together at a tournament in August 2021 when
LaCava filled in while Minister was out with COVID-19 and Woods
was still recovering from a near-career-ending car accident in
February of that year.
LaCava served as Woods' caddie since 2011, and enjoyed 12
triumphs with him.
Their most notable win came at the 2019 Masters where a
43-year-old Woods, after years of surgeries and personal
problems that convinced many that the best golfer of his
generation was done, won his first major championship since the
2008 U.S. Open.
"He's just a steady hand on the steering wheel. I know he's been
in every moment a caddie could be in and he's just a good guy,"
said Cantlay. "So I've enjoyed the limited time that I've spent
with him and feel confident that we'll be a good team out
there."
Cantlay, who has six top-10s in 11 PGA Tour starts this season,
had worked with Minister since 2017 and were together for all of
his eight career wins on the U.S-based circuit.
"We accomplished a lot together and I'm really proud of all we
accomplished," said Cantlay. "He's a great friend of mine and we
had a lot of good finishes together and a lot of wins. So I'm
incredibly grateful to him, just needed a change."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
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