Tuesday, June 23, 2009


Things you might not know about Lucas

Glover, the 2009 US Open champion

*Lucas Glover is ranked 1st in total driving for the year on the US PGA Tour.
*For the US Open Championship, Glover finished 8th in driving distance (291.12 yard average) and T13 in driving accuracy (71.43%).
*Glover is the first player to win a Major Championship using a square shaped driver, the SQ SUMO2 Tour 9.5 degree driver.
*Glover is the second Nike athlete to win this year with a full bag of 14 Nike clubs.
*Hitting 52 of 72 fairways during the tournament, Glover ranked 4th in the field for hitting greens in regulation (72.2%) statistics.
• Glover put the Nike prototype putter in his bag at the 2009 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and his putting stats have improved from 107th in 2008 to 28th currently in putting average and from 116th in 2008 to 23rd in 2009 for putts per round.
*The US Open Championship victory is Glover’s first major championship victory and second PGA Tour career title since 2005.

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