Golf fans all make same ‘hatgate’ joke after seeing Patrick Cantlay’s appearance at Presidents Cup

Patrick Cantlay is going to be wearing a Team USA cap at the Presidents Cup this week.

And that means we won’t be seeing round two of the drama known as ‘hatgate’.

Cantlay will be wearing a cap at the President’s CupCredit: GettyBoth Team USA and Team International will have caps to wear as they compete, and although it doesn’t seem like a huge deal, this will bring back memories for Cantlay.

The 32-year-old was a major talking point at last year’s Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy as he refused to wear a hat.

He stepped out onto the opening tee at the tournament without the headgear on despite all of his teammates wearing it.

READ MORE ON GOLFIt led to reports that he was refusing to wear it in protest over the American golfers not being paid to play at the illustrious event.

Although, Cantlay would come out to defend himself and claim that the team-branded caps just didn’t fit his head.

And now fans are all making the same joke as he now looks set to wear a cap this week at the Presidents Cup in Canada.

One fan wrote on X: “Is Patrick going to be paid to play this week?”

Another said: “Cantlay wearing a cap…must have got his $$.”

“Looks like they [the caps] fit Cantlay’s head,” a third posted.

Golf fans are clearly finding it hard to forget Cantlay’s refusal to wear a hat and there’s no surprise after it became a huge part of the 2023 Ryder Cup.

Cantlay was a pantomime villain at the Ryder CupCredit: GettyEuropean fans were mocking him throughout the week in Italy back in September of last year, waving their caps at him ironically as he made his way around the course.

And that mocking would all spill over on the 18th green in the third round of the tournament when Rory McIlroy got involved.

As Cantlay and teammate Wyndham Clark stole a point from McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick, his caddie Joe LaCava got one back on the fans.

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LaCava would celebrate a huge putt by lifting his cap off his head and waving it around, mimicking those doing it to Cantlay.

But McIlroy still had a chance to tie and he was angered by the caddie getting in his way, before going on to miss the shot.

Shane Lowry and Justin Rose had harsh words for LaCava on the course and eventually, this incident would all boil over in the car park outside Marco Simone.

McIlroy, who was still left raging by Cantlay’s caddies’ actions, had to be held back by Lowry as he got involved in a heated argument with Justin Thomas’ caddie Jim MacKay.

Things kicked off on the 18th green after LaCava’s hat celebrationCredit: Getty

And McIlroy took his anger out on MacKay after the dramaCredit: Sky SportsThe Northern Irishman appeared to shout ‘That’s f***ing disgraceful’ in regards to the incident on the 18th before being bundled into a car and driven away.

The whole melee began with Cantlay not wearing his cap, so going off that, there isn’t going to be much drama at the Presidents Cup.

Read More on talkSPORTHe has been playing some practice rounds in a cap and will be donning the headwear throughout the tournament.

Cantlay will be competing alongside World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and more stars as they look to continue America’s domination.