Patrick Cantlay and the rest of Team USA will take on the Internationals in the Presidents Cup in a couple of weeks in Canada. But while the PGA Tour star is competing in the Great White North, he also might be keeping his eye on potential properties.
That’s because the 2021 FedEx Cup champ has a new side gig in real estate. And this doesn’t just sound like a hobby, but an actual job.
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According to The Real Deal, Cantlay is now part of another team at LRE Management, serving as a general partner on its first opportunity fund and as part of the commercial real estate investment manager’s advisory board. Cantlay says his interest in real estate dates back to grandfather, who owned a portfolio of properties.
“I can remember being little, and we’d go to the golf course. But then we had to stop off on a particular street 20 minutes away to go fix up a property,” Cantlay told The Real Deal.
“One time we were at a tournament and he just wanted to drive through the neighborhood, see what the neighborhood was about,” Cantlay added. “I was ready to go back to the hotel room and get some dinner, [not] go on a scouting trip for 90 minutes.”
We also know from reports that Cantlay has shown interest in business with his heavy involvement in the PGA Tour policy board so this latest venture makes plenty of sense. Cantlay told The Real Deal that his work with LRE will be a “substantial focus” but that golf will remain his top priority.
“Hopefully, that’s a number of years away,” Cantlay said of making commercial real estate a second career.
Anyway, good luck, Patrick. Both on the Presidents Cup and interest rates coming down.
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This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
