Patrick Cantlay has been pretty quiet of late. He's gone six straight starts without a top-10 finish, and was notably absent from the Tour Championship for the first time since 2016. But perhaps all he needed to jump-start his recent form was a return to Las Vegas.
Cantlay broke through for his first PGA Tour victory at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in 2017, and he hasn't slowed down since. He finished second behind Bryson DeChambeau as the defending champ, then lost a playoff last year to Kevin Na. He's back at it again this week, opening with an 8-under 63 that left him one shot behind DeChambeau after the first round.