Former Clemson golfer wins Wyndham Championship and secures spot in FedEx Cup Playoffs
Former Clemson All-American golfer Lucas Glover shot a 2-under 68 on Sunday at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC to win the PGA Wyndham Championship. Glover also won $1.368 million of the total purse of $7.6 million.
Despite initially ranking 167th in the FedEx Cup standings before the RBC Canadian Open in June, the Greenville, SC native was impressive streaking to three consecutive top 10 finishes (a T-4 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, a T-6 at the John Deere Classic, and a T-5 at the Barbasol Championship) and up to 112th in the FedEx rankings.
Following a missed cut last week at the 3M Open, Glover made a remarkable comeback at Sedgefield CC finishing with rounds of 66-64-62-68 (260) and vaulting up the rankings to 49th. That places him among the top 70 and secures a spot in the playoffs.
He will play next week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, where he finished T-3 last season.
Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, ended a two-year drought with Sunday’s win (John Deere Classic 2021) and he is now a five-time tour winner.
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Greensboro, NC—Former Clemson All-American Lucas Glover shot a final round 68 on Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship at Sedgfield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. The victory advanced Glover into the FedX Cup Playoffs with a #49 overall ranking.
It was the fifth career PGA Tour victory for Glover, his first since winning the John Deere Classic in 2021. Glover is now tied with his former teammate Jonathan Byrd for the most PGA Tour wins by a Clemson golfer. Glover and Byrd were teammates for Larry Penley’s Tigers from 1998-2000.
It was a sentimental victory for Glover and his family because it was recorded on August 6, the birthday of his grandfather, Dick Hendley, (August 6, 1928) who taught Glover how to play golf when he was a youth. Hendley was a back for Frank Howard’s Clemson football teams in the 1940s. Hendley and Glover are the only grandfather and grandson combination in the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame.
Glover had rounds of 66-64-62-68 in recording a 20-under-par score of 260 for his 72 holes. The performance concluded an incredible run for the Clemson graduate, who was ranked #185 on the FedX Cup list on June 5. Over his first 18 events this year he had no top 25 finishes. Over his last seven he had four Top 6 finishes and five Top 20s to move from 185 to 49.
Glover changed putters and promptly had a streak of three consecutive top 6 finishes at the Rocket Mortgage in Detroit, the John Deere in Illinois and the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky. That marked the first time in his 19-year and over 500 tournament career that he had three consecutive top 6 finishes.
Over his last 18 rounds he has scored in the 60s 17 times, including a streak of 12 straight rounds in the 60s that is the longest streak on the PGA Tour this year. He is now 80-under-par for his last five tournaments.
This week, he was first in the field in driving accuracy, hitting 46 of 56 fairways, was first in greens in regulation hitting 65 of 72 greens and was tied for first in birdies with 24. He also led the field in strokes against on approach to the green.
Glover’s next tournament will be in Memphis at the first tournament of the FedX Cup Playoffs. The top 70 players in the rankings advance to Memphis. Glover was the only player outside the top 70 entering the Wyndham Championship to advance.