Lucas Glover

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Lucas Glover
Personal Information
Birth November 12, 1979 (1979-11-12) (age 28)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
College Clemson University
Career
Turned Pro 2001
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 3 (PGA Tour: 1, Nationwide Tour: 1, Other 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T20: 2007
U.S. Open CUT: 2002, 2006, 2007
British Open T27: 2007
PGA Championship T46: 2006

Lucas Hendley Glover (born November 12, 1979) is an American professional golfer.

Glover was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He attended Clemson University from 1998 until 2001, majoring in communication studies. During his Clemson career he was named an 1st Team All-America in 2000 and 2001. He was a member of the 2001 United States Walker Cup team and turned professional later that year. He also won the Sunnehanna Amateur in 2001.

Glover played on the Nationwide Tour in 2002 and 2003, winning the Gila River Classic in the late in the year and finishing 17th on the Money List to earn promotion to the PGA Tour.

In 2004, Glover played in 30 events on the PGA Tour making 17 cuts and posting two Top 10 finished. Glover finished in 134th position on the money list with $557,453. He was forced to go back to Q School, where he was on the outside looking in until he knocked his approach shot to within two feet on the final hole to regain his card.

In 2005, Glover broke through with his first career PGA Tour victory at the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort by holing a 35 yard bunker shot on the 18th for birdie. Glover went on to finish 30th on the money list with earnings of $2,050,068.

In 2006, Glover had nine Top 10 finishes and finished 21st on the money list. He has been ranked in and out of the Top 50 of Official World Golf Rankings.

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[edit] Amateur wins (4)

  • 1998 South Carolina Amateur
  • 1999 South Carolina Amateur
  • 2000 South Carolina Amateur
  • 2001 Sunnehanna Amateur

[edit] Professional wins (2)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (1)

[edit] Nationwide Tour wins (1)

  • 2003 Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Resort

[edit] Other wins (1)

[edit] PGA Tour career summary

Year Wins Earnings ($) Rank
2001 0 6,180 N/A
2002 0 16,349 N/A
2003 0 0 N/A
2004 0 557,454 134
2005 1 2,050,068 30
2006 0 2,587,982 21
2007* 0 1,611,399 48
Career* 1 6,829,432 121

* Through October 7, 2007

  • Glover was not a member of the PGA Tour until 2004. All money earned before that is not factored into his career earnings.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T20
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT
British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T27
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT T46 T50

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] United States national team appearances

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Professional

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