Lucas Glover is A Great Player, No Matter Who You Wanted to Win

There was Tiger Woods going for his 15th career major title.  Phil Mickelson was fighting for his first U.S. Open with a heavy heart, promising wife Amy that he would try his best to bring a silver trophy into her hospital room.   David Duval can’t back from oblivion and chose Bethpage Black as his coming out party.  Ricky Barnes, a former U.S. Amateur Champion, didn’t even have PGA TOUR status and his erratic swing and central casting good looks would have played well, too.

Yet Lucas Glover came across the aisle to beat them all and in the process, his name will go down in history.

For anyone who watched Monday’s final round coverage, you finally got a sense for what the U.S. Open is all about, a rapidly fluctuating leaderboard made for an exciting day of golf.  And miscues, like Mickelson’s at 17 or Duval’s also at 17 end up costing you in the Open. Duval even came back from a triple bogey on the third hole, his first hole of the day.  It was an unfortunate fried egg right in the lip of the bunker, which he exacerbated by hitting two poor shots following the mishap.

Glover, of Greenville, S.C. is a world class player. He’s been a President’s Cup Member, a PGA TOUR Winner and a very consistent performer, but no body could have seen it culminating this week.   Congratulations to the newest member of the Major Champions Club and, Lucas, we hope to see you at the AT&T National next week.