Patrick Cantlay shows nerves of steel to beat Bryson DeChambeau to the BMW Championship

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(CNN)Patrick Cantlay held his nervus to outlast Bryson DeChambeau to triumph the BMW Championship successful Baltimore, Maryland connected Sunday.

The American made a fig of clutch putts successful a nail-biting six-hole sudden-death playoff against DeChambeau to triumph his 3rd lawsuit of the year.

Composed and considered passim the tournament, a ample grin broke crossed his look aft helium holed a 17-foot putt connected the last greenish to settee the tie.

    Cantlay's quality to enactment calm amid a raucous ambiance has earned him the nickname "Patty Ice."

      "I got it each week. There was possibly 1 oregon 2 guys that followed maine astir possibly each 4 days, and conscionable each hole, screaming it," Cantlay said erstwhile asked if helium heard radical shouting his nickname.

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      "These were immoderate of the astir supportive, loudest fans I've ever experienced."

      He added: "I'm arsenic focused arsenic I tin beryllium connected each azygous shot, and I effort not to fto my caput get past the infinitesimal that I'm in, and possibly that's wherefore I travel crossed a small sedated retired there.

      "But I'm locked in, and I'm arsenic focused arsenic I tin be. Then I benignant of fto the chips autumn wherever they do."

      In summation to zoning retired the fans, Cantlay besides had to header with the big-hitting DeChambeau who erstwhile again showed his prowess with the driver.

      But it was Cantlay's abbreviated crippled that made the headlines, aft helium made 537 feet and 5 inches worthy of putts implicit the 4 rounds.

      Cantlay goes into adjacent week's Tour Championship successful archetypal spot successful the FedEx Cup, and the 29-year-old is looking guardant to getting backmost to action.

        "I'll beryllium trying to reset and play the play tourney similar immoderate different play tournament, conscionable trying to enactment a clump of rounds successful the 60s connected the board. It's a truly bully play course. It's usually successful fantastic shape," helium said.

        "I haven't played that good determination successful the past, that's true, but it's a play people I like. I similar the visuals retired there, and I'm looking guardant to having a amended effect this year."

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