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Lucas Glover wins Wyndham Championship. Justin Thomas’ season ends by inches.

Lucas Glover poses with the trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Lucas Glover hugs his daughter Lucille after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Lucas Glover celebrates after his putt on the 18th hole to win the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Lucas Glover lines up a putt on the first hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Lucas Glover putts on the ninth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Lucas Glover hits his approach shot to the ninth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Russell Henley watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Russell Henley putts on the ninth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Justin Thomas watches his tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Adam Scott, of Australia, putts on the 18th hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lucas Glover looked to the sky and held back tears after winning the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, sending him to the PGA Tour postseason with more opportunities ahead of him.

Justin Thomas fell to the ground, stunned that his birdie chip hit the base of the pin and stayed out, leaving him out of the FedEx Cup playoffs by about the same small margin that kept his ball out of the cup.

Such were the range of emotions at Sedgefield, the final tournament before the lucrative postseason for the top 70 players.

Glover is one of them, closing with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory over a faltering Russell Henley and Byeong Hun An. He started the week at No. 112, and the victory — his first in two years — moved him to No. 49. Another good week in Memphis, Tennessee, would set him up for the all the signature $20 million events next year.

The timing couldn’t have been better for the 43-year-old Glover. Sunday would have been the birthday of his late grandfather, who got him into the game and sent him to the late Dick Harmon to hone the skills of a future U.S. Open champion.

“Tried not to think about it too much until the end there,” Glover said. “Like to think I had a leg up on everybody today because of that. Still had to do what I had to do.”

What he did was keep his poise amid a two-hour storm delay when he had four holes left and was locked in a battle with Henley. Glover finished with four pars, getting one good break when his tee shot on the 18th bounced off a cart driven by security and went into the rough, keeping it out of the trees.

Thomas needed one more birdie to get into the top 70. His birdie chip checked and hopped against the base of the pin and stayed out. Standing at the back of the green, he saw a video board project him at No. 71. He missed by nine FedEx Cup points.

Now he has to wait three weeks to see if his worst season — this is the first time Thomas has failed to make the playoffs — will cost him a pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

“I did everything I could,” Thomas said when he finished. “I don’t want my season to be over.”

Glover now has five PGA Tour wins separated by 18 years, and there might not have been another except for deciding to switch to a long putter, a move inspired by Adam Scott. He had been battling the yips, and he made every important putt at Sedgefield Country Club.

It was the second time in three years that Henley let one get away at Sedgefield. When play resumed, he took the lead with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th, and then everything went wrong in a bogey-bogey-bogey finish.

His mediocre tee shot on the par-3 16th came down the slope at the front of the green and took one more turn into a deep divot hole. He chopped that out to 35 feet and made bogey. He sent his tee shot on the 17th into the trees, and his next shot buried in a deep hole in thick rough. He had to scramble for bogey. He shot 69.

“Just never got comfortable, felt a little jittery out there, just never got into a good sync with my swing,” Henley said. “Just didn’t do a good job of handling the restart.”

Henley tied for second with Byeong Hun An (67). Billy Horschel, who shared the 54-hole lead with Glover, didn’t make a birdie until the final hole. He shot 72 and finished alone in fourth.

Winning is what mattered more to Glover, especially having his two children, Lucille and Lucas Jr., come out to the green. “Daddy, you won!” the son said. His daughter was in tears.

“I’m too old to be on the road this much,” Glover said. “I’ve been busting my hump to be with them, be with my wife. I’m so happy.”

Thomas made a 15-foot eagle putt on the 15th hole, only to catch a strong gust as storms were moving in on the par-3 16th, sending his ball down the hill and leading to bogey. He looked to be in big trouble on the 18th when he pulled his tee shot onto the pine straw, blocked by trees. But he hit a hard hook, twisting his body 180 degrees on impact, just short of the green.

The pitch took a few hops and looked like it would disappear into the hole until the base of the pin kept it out. He had to settle for a 68 and a long three weeks of waiting.

Zach Johnson gets six captain’s picks, and the question is whether Thomas has done enough in his two previous Ryder Cup appearances — or showed enough in one week — to merit a pick.

The 70th and final spot went to Ben Griffin, who missed the cut. He finished nine points ahead of Thomas. Adam Scott closed with a 63 and missed the postseason for the first time since the FedEx Cup began in 2007.

That leaves Matt Kuchar as the only player eligible for the playoffs every year since 2007.

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Lucas Glover Wins Back-to-Back at FedEx St. Jude Championship after Sudden Death Playoff

• Author: Gabrielle Herzig

Lucas Glover became a back-to-back champion the PGA Tour on Sunday when he defeated Patrick Cantlay in a one-hole sudden-death playoff to capture his sixth career victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Glover, 43, won last week’s Wyndham Championship over Russell Henley to shoot up the FedEx Cup standings and earn a spot in the first of three consecutive playoff events, and he took full advantage of the opportunity. 

MORE: Final prize money from the FedEx St. Jude

With years of grueling putting woes behind him, Glover’s red-hot flatstick lead the way all week, especially when he needed to bounce back from the occasional errant shot. Glover lead the field in strokes-gained scrambling with an 88% up-and-down percentage. 

“You work hard no matter what, whether you’re fighting something or you’re playing great, you just work hard. You never know when it could turn, and it’s turned very quickly for me. Luckily I’ve been in a good frame of mind to take advantage of it,” Glover said to CBS’s Amanda Renner. 

The former U.S. Open champion shot rounds of 66, 64, 66 and a final-round 69 to match Cantlay’s tournament total of 15 under par. 

Glover and Cantlay then headed to the 18th tee to decide the championship after Tommy Fleetwood failed to make birdie at the last to join them. 

Cantlay, the 2021 FedEx Cup champion, was first on the tee. He missed to the left and caught a nasty kick that launched his ball into the water hazard that lines the 448-yard dogleg closing hole. 

Glover, however, found safety in the middle of the fairway. 

Cantlay and Glover then stuck their approach shots to within inches of each other, setting up Cantlay with a perfect chance to steal a read off of his opponent. 

Glover, up first on the 18th green, lagged the 21 foot putt to just 12 inches, putting the pressure on Cantlay to save his par to extend the playoff. 

But despite receiving all the information he could have needed from Glover, Cantlay’s ball barely skirted the hole. 

And with that, Glover was officially a two-time PGA Tour winner in two weeks. 

“It was just keep fighting. The closing holes here aren’t easy birdies. They’re not easy pars, really, under pressure. It was just, keep fighting, stay close, and I was fortunate to get into the playoff. I said yesterday the guns would be coming, and they came. I was just the last man standing this week,” Glover said. 

Glover moves to No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings with the momentous win. He’s the first PGA Tour player to win in consecutive weeks since Tony Finau won the 3M Open and the Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2022. 

On top of it all, Glover will also make a major jump up another important ranking: The 43-year-old has moved from No. 64 to No. 16 in the U.S. Ryder Cup team rankings in just eight days. 

FedExCup Update: Lucas Glover cracks top 5 with win at first FedExCup Playoffs event

TOUR Championship returns to East Lake Golf Club, August 23-27

ATLANTA – Lucas Glover secured his place at the TOUR Championship on Sunday after holding off some of the best players in the world and defeating Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of three FedExCup Playoffs events. The win moved him to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings with one week until the TOUR Championship. It was the Clemson product’s sixth career PGA TOUR victory and second in as many weeks after claiming the Regular Season finale at the Wyndham Championship. Glover, 43, will advance to the TOUR Championship and East Lake Golf Club for the third time and first since 2019. With the top 50 players moving on to this week’s BMW Championship in Chicago, some joined Glover in securing their spot among the top 30 at East Lake with their stellar play in Memphis, including Tommy Fleetwood, who finished T3 to jump to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings. The top three in the standings remain unchanged after the first Playoffs event, with Jon Rahm (T37) holding onto a slim lead over Scottie Scheffler (T31), while Rory McIlroy (T3) made a final-round charge that left him one stroke out of the playoff between Glover and Cantlay. Four players from the University of Georgia are currently inside the top 30. Brian Harman (No. 9) and Russell Henley (No. 15) have locked up their spots, while Sepp Straka (No. 24) and Chris Kirk (No. 29) need solid finishes at the BMW Championship to punch their tickets to East Lake. The current FedExCup Playoffs Eligibility and Points List is available here . For more information about the TOUR Championship, please visit TOURChampionship.com . Fans are encouraged to follow the TOUR Championship on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram for tournament updates.

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FedEx St. Jude Championship: Lucas Glover beats Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win second straight title

The top 50 in the fedexcup standings have qualified for next week's bmw championship.

Lucas Glover didn’t make it easy on himself down the stretch.

But after watching his lead slip away in what was a wildly hot Sunday in Memphis, Glover finished his day perfectly.

Glover tapped in for a par on the first playoff hole at TPC Southwind to beat Patrick Cantlay and claim the FedEx St. Jude Championship in the first leg of the FedExCup Playoffs.

The win marked the sixth of Glover’s career, and his second in as many weeks. It also jumped him up to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings — which is more than 100 spots up from where he sat just two weeks ago.

“You work hard no matter what, whether you’re fighting something or you’re playing great, you just work hard because you never know when it can turn,” Glover said on CBS. “It’s turned very quickly for me, and luckily I’m in a good frame of mind to take advantage of it.”

Glover, who was absolutely drenched in sweat and even dunked his hands into the water cooler at the final tee box in an effort to keep cool, didn’t take any chances in the playoff. He didn’t need to.

Cantlay, who posted a 6-under 64 in his final round, hit his tee shot into the water along the left side of the fairway. Glover’s drive was right down the middle, and he then hit his approach shot about 22 feet from the cup.

While Cantlay’s approach was identical, it didn’t matter. Glover putted to less than a foot from the cup and tapped in for par, while Cantlay missed his par save by a few inches. That sealed the win for Glover.

The winning moment for @Lucas_Glover_ 👏 pic.twitter.com/Jfj8i4VsXo — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) August 14, 2023

Glover, 43, is now the first golfer over 40 to win a FedExCup Playoffs event since Tiger Woods did so in 2018. Glover now has more wins in his 40s than he did in his 20s, and he has now won multiple times in a single season for the first time in his career.

Glover grabs back-to-back wins

Glover only made the postseason thanks to his win at the Wyndham Championship. He was No. 112 in the FedExCup standings entering that week in North Carolina , and his win there jumped him up to No. 49 — which was well inside the top 70 to qualify for this week’s event in Memphis.

Glover took a one-shot lead over Jordan Spieth after Friday’s round, and then carded a 4-under 66 on Saturday to maintain his lead. He entered Sunday having made just two bogeys through 54 holes, and his round on Saturday was the sixth in his last seven that was a 66 or better.

Yet, even with that 66, Glover wasn’t too happy.

“It was scrappy, would be how I would describe that day,” Glover said Saturday. “Parts of it you could remove the ‘S.’ I got a lot out of what I had. Short game bailed me out a lot early, and missed a couple putts I thought I should have made coming in.

“But three months ago if I'd have been mad at 66 or if you told me I'd be mad at 66, I'd say you were crazy.”

Glover’s consistency continued on Sunday, though it took a lot of work on his part to keep that up. He birdied only twice in the round, but managed to save par most of the day despite hitting just 50% of greens in regulation.

It wasn’t until the par-3 14th that Glover made his first real mistake. After making a huge save on the previous hole, Glover’s tee shot landed in the water on the right side of the green. But Glover minimized the damage again after sinking a 30-footer to make his first and only bogey on the back nine all week.

Clutch. @Lucas_Glover_ drains a 30-footer to only drop one shot on No. 14 @FedExChamp pic.twitter.com/jH4sAA6QAo — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) August 13, 2023

That bogey dropped Glover into second. Cantlay, two groups ahead, had made back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th to take the solo lead for the first time.

Glover, though, tapped in for birdie at the 16th to retake a share of the lead and eventually force the playoff.

"No, it was just keep fighting, keep fighting," Glover said when asked about his mindset down the stretch. "Closing holes here aren't easy birdies, and aren't easy pars really under pressure, so it was just keep fighting, stay close, stay close, and I was fortunate to get in a playoff. I said yesterday the guns would be coming, and they came.

"I was just last man standing this week."

Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood finished third at 14-under, and Taylor Moore finished fifth at 12-under on the week.

Glover jumps to No. 4 in FedExCup

The top of the FedExCup standings remained largely unchanged after the FedEx St. Jude Championship wrapped up, though Glover made a massive jump.

Glover’s win jumped him up 45 spots to No. 4 in the standings. Though he’s still about 500 points behind Jon Rahm in first place, Glover’s rise is incredible — and it puts him in a great position headed into next week’s BMW Championship.

Rahm, who has four wins already this season, entered the playoffs leading in the FedExCup standings. He finished in T37 on Sunday after a final-round 68, which brought him to 5-under on the week.

Scottie Scheffler started the week second in the standings, and he held onto his position despite an even-par 70 on Sunday — which he only fell to after making two bogeys and a double on his last three holes. That dropped him to 6-under on the week and into T31.

McIlroy, who entered the week in third, carded a 65 on Sunday to hold his spot. Cantlay jumped up eight spots to No. 5.

The top 50 in the FedExCup standings will now advance to the BMW Championship next week, which marks the second of three events this postseason. The top 30 after next Sunday will then move on to the Tour Championship.

Lucas Glover is on the ride of his life

Glover was 167th in the fedexcup this summer; now fourth going into bmw championship.

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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Giant rubber golf balls, a pin flag from the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black – Lucas Glover stood in the parking lot and signed everything put in front of him in advance of the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club. Rory McIlroy, with whom Glover will play the first two rounds here, stood a few feet away, doing the same.

If you are the company you keep, this was very good company, indeed, for the 43-year-old Glover, who after victories the last two weeks (Wyndham Championship, FedEx St. Jude Championship) has become the unlikely story of the FedExCup Playoffs.

Glover was 167th in the FedExCup and 166th in the world going into the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the tail end of June. But with five top-10 finishes in his last starts, including two wins, he’s up to fourth and 30th, respectively. He’s an overnight success 10 years in the making.

“I think it's just kind of the story of being stubborn the right way and persevering,” said Glover, who toiled for more than a decade to capture his third and fourth TOUR events but needed just two weeks to win Nos. 5 and 6. “Just one of those typical sports kind of comeback stories, just head down, grind on, and keep at it and keep your goal in your sights.”

Lucas Glover on strategies for improving mental strength on the course

Typical? Well, erm. Not exactly.

Had you convened a panel of experts a month ago to ask what might happen in these FedExCup Playoffs, you might have heard about Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and McIlroy, who have been playing hot potato with the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking and now make up Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, in the FedExCup standings.

Anyone who didn’t mention those three might have gone with Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day or Brian Harman. Maybe Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele or Justin Thomas would get hot at the right time.

Glover would have been fine with this. He’s not flashy and has the same old-school move he’s had his whole life: a simple back and through with a pronounced lag that produces a consistent strike. Homa has said Glover’s shots even sound different coming off the clubface, which is all well and good if you’re a connoisseur of such things. He just couldn’t wiggle in a 4-footer.

Or so we thought. But something big was happening this summer, a subtle thing that was lost in the noise in what has been an especially noisy time in golf.

Lucas Glover’s winning highlights from FedEx St. Jude

Glover finished T4 at the Rocket Mortgage on July 2; the preternaturally popular Fowler won. Glover finished T6 at the John Deere Classic and fifth at the Barbasol Championship, but the people’s choice McIlroy captured the Genesis Scottish Open with wild birdies on 17 and 18, and Harman regaled the British press with his six-shot victory at The Open Championship.

Glover was trending; no one was paying him any mind.

We now know that he was making some subtle but important tweaks. With a nudge from putting guru Brad Faxon, he had switched to a broom-handle style putter and taught himself how to use it partly by watching YouTube videos of Adam Scott and Scott McCarron.

Finally, Glover began working with Jason Kuhn, a former Navy SEAL who helped him change his mentality on the greens. Calling the SEALs was a move straight out of the "Jack Reacher" novels Glover used to read, and while golf rarely imitates a Tom Cruise movie, you can’t argue with the results. Glover was 12th in Strokes Gained: Putting, gaining 2.8 strokes on Sunday alone, in capturing the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He one-putted his first four greens Sunday, needed just 25 putts for the final round, and led the field in scrambling for the week.

“(Kuhn) turned my mindset from kind of the typical ‘breathe through it and stay calm’ and all that, which was not possible with what I was dealing with, and he basically taught me how to more attack it and wage war against it instead of letting it consume you,” Glover said. “I've been able to do a good job of that, and it's been frankly a different mantra almost every week.

“Regardless, it's more of an aggressive take on it instead of a fearful take on it.”

Oddly, Glover’s missed the cut at the 3M Open last month also helped his confidence. Matt Wallace, a playing partner who had seen Glover at his yippy worst, said he looked transformed. Glover took it as further confirmation that his changes were working. He hasn’t lost since.

Lucas Glover emerges victorious at Wyndham Championship

“I can honestly say I never thought I wouldn't win again,” he said. “I didn't think it would be two in a row. I didn't know if it would be a FedEx event. But I never thought I wouldn't win again. I've always said, if it gets to that point, it is probably time to hang them up. But I just knew if I could figure this putting thing out that I'd be right back where I wanted to be.”

After his media obligations Wednesday, which spanned several print, radio and television interviews and took up the better part of an hour, Glover chatted with Brendon Todd on the practice green before heading to the parking lot and signing autographs over a metal barricade.

Finally, he signed the last item and turned toward his courtesy car, when a woman’s voice cried out from behind him: “Lucas, could you sign my shirt?”

Glover’s shoulders slumped, and he turned around.

“I’m just kidding,” the woman, a uniformed police officer, said with a laugh.

“That’s good,” Glover said, laughing in kind. “You got me.”

With that he was off for a quiet afternoon with his new read, a novel called “Mad Honey” that The Washington Post calls, “Alternately heart-pounding and heartbreaking.”

From his U.S. Open triumph at Bethpage to his odyssey with the yips, Glover’s travails once fit that description, but now he’s writing a coda to his career that might have strained credulity. The BMW Championship, the FedExCup trophy and a possible spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team hang in the balance, and after all the plot twists of the last two weeks, we’re ready to believe anything.

Cameron Morfit is a Staff Writer for the PGA TOUR. He has covered rodeo, arm-wrestling, and snowmobile hill climb in addition to a lot of golf. Follow Cameron Morfit on Twitter .

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2023 Wyndham Championship leaderboard, grades: Lucas Glover punches ticket to FedEx Cup Playoffs in victory

Glover is off to the pga tour postseason after holding off a host of challengers on sunday at sedgefield cc.

Lucas Glover delivered when he need to the most on Sunday. Claiming victory at the 2023 Wyndham Championship by two strokes over Russell Henley and Byeong Hun An at 20 under, Glover not only raised his first trophy of the season and the fifth of his career, but more importantly, he punched his ticket into the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Entering the week outside the top 110 in the season-long standings, Glover required a solo runner-up performance or a win to qualify for next week's St. Jude Championship, which begins the playoff run. After the win, Glover is now 49th in the standings and on the inside track to qualify for the BMW Championship where the top 50 make the field.

Despite arriving at Sedgefield Country Club amid plenty of form with three top-six finishes in his last four outings, Glover's inconsistency in the early portion of the year saw him miles behind the eight ball. He began the final round in Greensboro, North Carolina, tied with Billy Horschel, a man who required the same results to clinch his postseason berth.

It was a nervy beginning for the 43-year-old as a sloppy bogey on the opener saw the list of leaders grow as Henley joined the fun. Glover would settle into his own with a tap-in birdie on the par-4 4th and a nice conversion on the par-4 8th to turn with a one-stroke lead.

Henley countered with birdies on 10 and 11 to steal back the lead, foreshadowing a back-and-forth affair between the two down the stretch as Horschel faded in the distance. Glover converted a birdie of his own moments later on the 11th and proved to be his lone of the back side.

It also proved to be enough as the two emerged from an extended rain delay all squared with four to play. Initially, it appeared the tournament would be Henley's to lose as his first strike post-weather delay set him up for an eagle chance from just outside 15 feet.

The Georgia native would settle for birdie and get to 21 under before loose swings, brutal breaks and bogeys piled up. Finding a crater of a divot on the par-3 16th, Henley did well to make bogey to drop back into a tie with Glover. 

This misfortune would mark the beginning of a finish to forget for the man who has come agonizingly close to claiming this championship in the past. A bogey on 17 and yet another on 18 cleared the path for Glover to cruise into the winner's circle.

Four pars out of the rain delay were all Glover needed to secure a two-stroke victory as his steady, sensible play was rewarded in the biggest of ways. The former Clemson Tiger has turned into a different player in recent months as the introduction of a broomstick putter has reignited his game. It couldn't have come at a better time as the ball-striking maestro and his not-so secret weapon are firmly in the mix to see at least the second weekend of the playoffs. Grade: A

Here are grades for more on the final leaderboard at the 2023 Wyndham Championship

4. Billy Horschel (-16): It had all the makings of a FedEx Cup run like 2014 as Horschel needed a victory or solo second to qualify for the postseason. Entering the final round with a share of the lead after rounds of 62 and 63, Horschel fell off the pace early and was never able to recover as Glover and Henley poured in birdies on top of birdies. A win would have turned an otherwise poor season into an acceptable one as Horschel's 2022-23 campaign marked career-worst marks in strokes gained total, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained approach and top-five finishes. Grade: A-

T7. Adam Scott (-12): A late Sunday charge was too little too late for the veteran. One of two men to have qualified for every FedEx Cup Playoffs, Scott's run will come to an end. He will look to his middle two rounds as the cause of his shortcoming as he sandwiched rounds of 71 and 69 with an opening 65 and closing 63.

"I didn't play well on Friday and Saturday tee to green, didn't feel amazing, so I didn't really have any expectations," said Scott. "That might have been a good thing for a good score. I wish I knew what I was doing, but I don't."  Grade: B+

T12. Justin Thomas (-11): After opening with a 70, Thomas strung together three straight rounds in the 60s to give himself a chance to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs before ultimately coming up short. Plenty will be made of the near-chip-in birdie on the 72nd hole that would have pushed him inside the bubble, but there were other swings and moments the final round that Thomas would love to have back. He hit only five fairways Sunday, failed to take advantage of the easiest hole on the course and made an ill-timed bogey when the wind swirled around him on the par-3 16th. He showed grit and heart, but he also showed the flaws in his game that have persisted throughout the season and are ultimately the reason he was in this position in the first place.

"I think the biggest thing for me is I was in a great place mentally this week, which I haven't necessarily been in the last, you know, the last couple months," said Thomas. "I mean, last three, four, five months. I handled the moment really well. I felt like I obviously would have liked a couple shots, putts, whatever it was here or there, drives over again, but I made the best out of every situation that I had. And just, I mean, fought as hard as I possibly could. That's kind of what I've done my whole life, my whole career and I didn't want to stop here." Grade: B

MC. Denny McCarthy (--): McCarthy entered the week among the favorites but quickly fell off the pace. Despite playing some better golf Friday, it was an early exit for the 30-year-old and may have marked the end of his midsummer heater. Collecting four straight top 20s from his playoff loss at the Memorial Tournament to his close calls at the John Deere Classic, McCarthy has since missed two straight cuts. He enters the FedEx Cup Playoffs inside the top 30 but will need quality outings the next two weeks to qualify for his first Tour Championship. Grade: F

Tied with two to play

Russell Henley has gone birdie-bogey since the restart while Lucas Glover has gone par-par. Glover should be in the driver seat as Henley missed the fairway on 17 and is dealing with power lines. No I am not making that up.

Play resumes

Russell Henley sends a message with his first shot out of break with a laser to 15 feet on the par-5 15th. He will have that to take a two-stroke lead over Lucas Glover who has since found the fairway.

Play to resume at 6:55 p.m. ET

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Lucas Glover is the main culprit behind Justin Thomas's omission from the top 70 at the moment. If Glover wins or finishes solo second, he will be through to the playoffs. Thomas would be hoping for him to falter and for Byeong Hun An to potentially make a late charge. Adam Svensson, Stephan Jaeger and Michael Kim dropping shots coming in could give Thomas more points as well. He is currently eight behind Ben Griffin. 

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PGA Tour Rules Official just stated on the broadcast that they hope the thunder and lightning will be out of the area in roughly 30 minutes. There are rain showers behind the thunderstorms, but they are nothing these guys can't handle with only a handful of holes left.

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When the heat index is 110, a five-plus hour round of golf isn’t going to be pretty. Lucas Glover, who's seen more than his share of the tour grind in his two decades of professional golf, showed that winning, even when you sweat all the way through your khakis, is still as pretty as the game gets.

Glover won back-to-back tournaments for the first time in his professional career, and while it may not have been the best ball striking round of his life, his grit along with some incredibly clutch putting earned him a win in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Glover’s par at the first playoff hole gave him the win over a hard-charging Patrick Cantlay and his final-round 64.

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While Glover has been long regarded for his ball-striking, on Sunday it was his putting that saved him. That included a 20-footer par save on the 13th hole and a 30-footer to record an improbable bogey after hitting his tee shot in the water on the par-3 14th hole. On the 17th hole, Glover rescued par and maintained a tie for the lead with an eight-foot par putt after his approach shot from the rough came up 60 yards short of the pin. For the week, Glover picked up three shots putting vs. the field and an additional three shots around the green. On Sunday, he was ranked third in strokes gained/putting.

Glover switched to the L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Max mallet long putter at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and turned around his season. Glover was ranked 167th on the FedEx Cup points list before the switch. With the win, he heads to the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs ranked fourth and assured of a spot in the Tour Championship.

In short, sitting pretty.

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Lucas Glover tops Patrick Cantlay to win FedEx St. Jude Championship on first playoff hole

Lucas Glover fended off a strong group of pursuers to win the FedEx St. Championship on a one-hole playoff Sunday.

But barely. Tied with Patrick Cantlay after 72 holes, the 43-year-old Glover drilled an 8-foot par putt. Cantlay, whose tee shot landed in the water, narrowly missed a 20-foot, 3-inch putt for par that would have forced a second playoff hole. Instead, Glover becomes the first 54-hole leader over 40 years old to win a FedEx Cup Playoff event since Tiger Woods in 2018.

Glover (69), a native of Greenville, South Carolina, and a former Clemson star, and Cantlay (64) finished regulation at 15 under-par 265. Rory McIlroy (65) and Tommy Fleetwod (68) were one back.

The win keeps Glover’s scalding streak going and is projected to vault him from No. 49 in the FedEx Cup Playoff standings into the top five. Glover, who won the Wyndham Championship last week, has five top-six finishes in the last six weeks.

With the heat index hovering around 100 degrees late Sunday and the pressure mounting, Glover soaked his hands in coolers full of ice water before teeing off on No. 17 and No. 18. His would-be tournament-winning birdie putt on the 18th came up one foot short. His tap-in for par set up the third straight PGA Tour event in Memphis to go to a playoff.

Glover entered the final round of the tournament at TPC Southwind at 14 under, with 10 golfers within five strokes of his lead. The closest competitor, Taylor Moore, trailed by only by one stroke.

Moore trailed off early carding four bogeys (to just one birdie) on the front nine, finishing with a 71. Cantlay, McIlroy and Fleetwood made hard charges Sunday, which was interrupted by a 94-minute weather delay shortly after noon.

Glover helped Cantlay’s cause by flirting with disaster. He hit into the intermediate rough off the tee on No. 13, then subsequently found the primary rough with his second shot. He rebounded by sinking a 20.5-foot putt to save par. Glover coughed up the lead on No. 14, when he hit into the water off the tee. He saved bogey with a 29-foot, 8-inch putt, but Cantlay’s back-to-back birdies on 15 and 16 gave him a temporary advantage.

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"It was just keep playing. Keep fighting," Glover said during an interview on CBS following the tournament. "Stay close, get close. And I was fortunate to get in a playoff. I said yesterday the guns would be coming, and they came. I was just the last man standing this week."

By the time Cantlay finished his round, he and Glover were tied. Cantlay spent a few minutes in the clubhouse before heading out to the driving range to await the conclusion of the round. Shortly before 7 p.m., Cantlay's tee shot bounced several times before landing in the water. Glover followed with a 288-yard drive that landed in the middle of the fairway. His approach shot left him with a 22-foot, 2-inch putt.

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Sports | Lucas Glover’s 2nd straight win comes in PGA Tour playoff opener, while the 50-man field at Olympia Fields is set

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Patrick Cantlay, left, bumps fists with caddie Joe LaCava on the 18th green during the final round of the St. Jude Championship on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.

Lucas Glover putts on the 18th green during a playoff in the final round of the St. Jude Championship on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.

Lucas Glover stands on the 17th green during the final round of the St. Jude Championship on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.

Mostly from the stifling heat, maybe from the pressure, Lucas Glover needed to keep his hands from sweating, and he learned a trick long ago from not wearing a glove.

On the 17th tee Sunday, tied for the lead with Patrick Cantlay, he dunked his hands in the ice water of a cooler for as long as he could stand it and then quickly dried them.

“It literally stops them from sweating for a little while,” Glover said.

And it did nothing to cool him off.

Glover won the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his second title in two weeks, this time by making three big putts — one of them for bogey — on the back nine, closing with a 1-under 69 and then beating Cantlay in a playoff with what ultimately was the most important shot.

His tee shot on the 18th hole in the playoff found dry land. Cantlay’s did not.

Glover won with a par to extend a most amazing run. Just 10 days ago, he started the PGA Tour’s postseason at No. 112 in the FedEx Cup standings — No. 119 in the world ranking — and was looking at an early end to the season.

He won the Wyndham Championship to get into the FedEx Cup playoffs. He won at TPC Southwind and now has locked up a spot in the Tour Championship. He is No. 30 in the world. He has earned just short of $5 million in two weeks.

Is the Ryder Cup on the horizon? Glover would have to win the BMW Championship this week at Olympia Fields to make the team on points. If not, he feels worthy of a captain’s pick.

“Playing pretty good golf, and I think I’d be pretty good in the team room and be a good partner,” he said. “So, yeah, absolutely I would.”

Not even Glover could have imagined this less than three months ago, when he thought the yips would stay with him forever, prompting a change to a long putter that must feel like a magic wand these days.

“If you would have told me this three months ago, I’d tell you you’re crazy,” he said “But at the same time, if you asked me legitimately did I think I was capable, I’d say yes, even then. It’s just one of those sad ways athletes are wired. We always believe in ourselves no matter how bad it is.”

Belief was at its peak on the back nine. Glover made a 20-foot par putt on the 13th, a 30-foot bogey putt on the par-3 14th after a tee shot into the water and a 12-foot par putt on the 17th to stay tied with Cantlay, who had finished his superb round of 64 and was watching on TV.

The playoff effectively ended with one shot. Cantlay hit a 3-wood that was about a foot from being perfect. Instead, it hopped down the bank and into the water. Glover found the fairway with his 3-wood and two-putted for par. Cantlay took a penalty drop and his 20-foot par putt just slid by the right edge.

“Just hooked the ball a little too much off the tee,” Cantlay said. “Bad shot, obviously, and paid the price.”

Glover becomes only the third player in his 40s to win back-to-back weeks on the PGA Tour in the last 25 years, joining Kenny Perry (2003) and Vijay Singh, who did it three times, most recently in the FedEx Cup playoffs in 2008.

“Whether you’re fighting something or playing great, you just work hard. You never know when it can turn,” Glover said. “And it’s turned very quickly for me.”

The biggest fight was on the back nine, where some of the game’s best — Cantlay, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth and Max Homa — lined up trying to catch him.

Cantlay played superbly on the back nine, starting with a chip-in on the 10th hole and giving himself birdie chances on practically every hole after that. Glover looked to be on the ropes and briefly fell one shot behind. But it could have been a lot worse if not for those putts.

“Got to a point there middle of the back nine where it was just kind of survive and try to give myself as many chances as I could coming in,” Glover said. “That kept us in the game.”

McIlroy birdied the last hole for a 65 and tied for third with Fleetwood (68), who had a birdie chance on the 18th to join the playoff.

Spieth was close most of the way until twice hitting in the water over the last four holes. He shot a 70 and joined a large group tied for sixth. Spieth moved only to No. 27 in the FedEx Cup standings with the late mistakes and now will have to earn his way to the Tour Championship this week.

Cameron Davis and Hideki Matsuyama played their way into the top 50 in the FedEx Cup. That gets them into the BMW Championship and assures them a spot in the $20 million signature events next year.

Davis closed with a bogey-free 67. Matsuyama, who has made it to the Tour Championship each of his nine years on the PGA Tour, amazingly has a chance to extend the streak.

He was at No. 57 in the FedEx Cup and in a tie for 38th going into the final round at TPC Southwind, only 2 under for his round after a birdie at the 15th. And then came a storm delay of 90 minutes.

“I looked and saw what I needed to do on the final three holes. I knew I had to birdie them all,” Matsuyama said.

He hit 6-iron to 10 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th. He holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th. And he made a superb up-and-down from behind the 18th green for par and a 65. That was just enough to crack the top 50 and send him to Chicago.

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FedEx Cup Playoffs: Tour Championship starting positions for all 30 golfers

The Tour Championship, the finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, begins this week in Atlanta. Here are the starting positions for all 30 players.

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The PGA Tour season, at long last, is coming to a close. All that’s left is the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale in the Tour Championship, where (wait for it) $75 million will be up for grabs.

So, how does it all work? We’re glad you asked. We could all use a refresher.

The Tour Championship uses a stroke-based bonus system based on the current FedEx Cup standings , meaning not everyone enters the tournament on the same playing field.

This has been the formula for the past four years, as the Tour changed the format beginning in 2019. The old format crowned a Tour Championship winner and a FedEx Cup Playoffs champion (although sometimes it was the same person), and keeping track of essentially two different tournaments — for players and fans — was, well, confusing.

So now there’s just one champion, who, along with winning the Tour Championship, will also be the FedEx Cup Playoffs champ.

The leader of the FedEx Cup points race starts the Tour Championship, held at East Lake in Atlanta, at 10 under. The top five in the standings is staggered (2nd at eight under, 3rd at seven under, 4th at six under and 5th at five under), and the last 25 players in the field are more bunched (i.e. places 6-10 start at four under, and so on).

Here’s where everyone will start for the playoffs.

Tour Championship starting scores

10 under: Scottie Scheffler Eight under: Viktor Hovland Seven under: Rory McIlroy Six under: Jon Rahm Five under: Lucas Glover Four under: Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick Three under: Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele Two under: Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim One under: Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day Even: Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

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But just because Scheffler has a two-stroke lead over second place — and a much larger lead over others — doesn’t mean he’s bound to run away with this.

Take last year, for example, when Scheffler held the same spot on the leaderboard but was eventually beaten by Rory McIlroy, who started the tournament six shots back and even rebounded from a triple bogey on his first hole of the week to win the whole thing.

You can follow the action from 1-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s broadcast is 1-3 p.m. on Golf Channel and 3-7 p.m. on CBS, and Sunday’s final round is 12-1:30 p.m. on Golf Channel and 1:30-6 p.m. on CBS.

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Who Is Lucas Glover’s Wife? All About Krista Glover

Pro golfer Lucas Glover and his wife, Krista Glover, have been married since 2012

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Lucas Glover may be a professional golfer, but his family — especially his wife, Krista Glover — comes first.

The couple got married in 2012 and now share two children: daughter Lucille and son Lucas Jr.

Krista has been by Lucas’ side as his golf career has skyrocketed. Most recently, she cheered him on as he won the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the Wyndham Championship in August 2023.

Following his victory streak, Lucas told reporters that he was most excited about the extra family time his wins afforded him.

“I don’t get to see these guys as much as I’ve wanted to because I haven’t been playing that great,” the golfer said of his two children, per the Golf Channel . “Maybe I can be home a little more. I’m too old to be on the road this much. I’ve been busting my hump, so I can be with them, and be with my wife, and I’m so happy.”

So, who is Lucas Glover’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Krista Glover and her relationship with the pro golfer.

She's a fashion influencer

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Krista has built a large following through her fashion-focused Instagram profile, @chicmeetsweststyle . She regularly posts photos of her various outfits for her nearly 18,000 followers, wearing everything from vacation fits to formal wear .

She also has an accompanying fashion blog .

She married Lucas in 2012

Krista and Lucas tied the knot on Nov. 17, 2012. While the couple rarely speaks about their relationship in public, they occasionally share glimpses of their marital life in sweet Instagram tributes.

The pair celebrated their five-year anniversary with a romantic vacation in 2015, and Lucas shared several snaps from their getaway. On the last night of their trip, he shared a selfie of him and Krista with the caption, “Last night of vacation/anniversary celebration. Back to the real world tomorrow. #wehavekids #pandemonium #gottafindmyclubs."

She and Lucas have two children

Lucas and Krista welcomed their daughter Lucille in 2013 and their son Lucas Jr. in 2015. The couple regularly posts sweet photos from their life with their kids on Instagram, including their family vacations at the beach and their ice cream nights at home.

Krista is a hands-on mom, and uses her love of fashion and design to get creative with projects for her kids. For Halloween in 2019, she made her daughter a pop star costume, while her son was a shark. Lucas posted photos of the two kids dressed up, captioning the post , “They’re ready!!! Nice job with the costumes as always @chicmeetsweststyle.”

Meanwhile, for Lucille's birthday that December, Krista went all out planning a Swan Christmas-themed party complete with individual gold tents for each attendee. "She’s at it again! Nice work as always @chicmeetsweststyle ❤️," Lucas captioned a carousel of photos from the bash.

She was arrested in 2018 following an altercation with Lucas

In May 2018, Krista was arrested in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, after allegedly attacking Lucas and his mother. According to the Associated Press, Krista got into a heated argument with Lucas when he was eliminated from The Players Championship. When the golfer's mother, Hershey Glover, attempted to dissolve the argument, Krista allegedly began attacking her. Lucas was allegedly injured by his wife when he tried to step in between the two women.

A few days after the incident, Lucas addressed the situation on his Twitter, writing, “On May 12, my wife and mother were involved in an argument to which the police were called. Everyone is fine.”

He continued, “Regrettably, although Krista was charged, we are comfortable that the judicial system is able to address what actually happened and Krista will be cleared in this private matter. We thank you for respecting our privacy as we work through this unfortunate situation.”

Krista was charged with domestic violence battery and resisting arrest without violence, per the AP. In 2019, the Daily Mail reported that her case was dismissed after she completed 25 hours of community service and underwent a substance abuse and mental health evaluation.

While speaking to the Golf Channel a few months after his wife's arrest, Lucas alleged that the situation didn't play out exactly as it was reported in police records.

“I can now say she never hit me,” he said. “I don’t know why it was reported that way. We had to stay quiet until the case was over and we felt strongly this would be the result. We had to take the high road and say nothing, which was difficult. There were a lot of things we wanted to straighten out in the report but we couldn’t.”

He added that the couple had since renewed their vows and were looking forward to a new chapter. “It was the closure of everything, of all the mess for us and a symbol of a new beginning,” he said. “It was emotional and symbolic.”

She is supportive of his golf career 

Krista has been by Lucas’ side throughout his professional career, supporting him through the highs and the lows.

In August 2023, she and their children were in attendance to watch Lucas win the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following his victory, Krista posted a touching photo of their daughter running in tears to congratulate her dad. “Daddy’s girl and I love it ❤️,” she captioned the post.

A week later, Krista was the one to share a sweet moment with Lucas following his back-to-back win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. Photographers snapped a photo of Krista embracing her husband on the green as he took home his second PGA tour victory in a row.

She watched him receive the Order of the Palmetto

In April 2024, Lucas was honored with the Order of the Palmetto — South Carolina’s highest civilian honor. He was joined by Krista, Lucille and Lucas Jr. at the special ceremony, which took place during the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head.

"Congratulations @lucas_glover_. There’s no one I’d rather be on this ride with," Krista wrote on Instagram .

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2023 St. Jude Championship leaderboard: Lucas Glover goes back to back, beats Patrick Cantlay in playoff

Glover is roaring hot after winning the first leg of the 2023 fedexcup playoffs.

Not even the scorching Memphis heat could slow down Lucas Glover. Claiming his second triumph in as many weeks, the 43-year-old reigned supreme at the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship, capturing a playoff victory over past FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay at TPC Southwind.

Ranked 130th in the season-long race just eight competitive rounds ago, Glover has since made massive a move in the FedEx Cup standings after double dipping the last two weeks. Climbing inside the top 50 with his win at the Wyndham Championship, the final regular-season tournament, the former U.S. Open champion now finds himself fourth in the FedEx Cup -- behind only Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy -- with eight competitive rounds to go in his 2023 campaign.

Glover's march to the winner's circle was not without some dramatics this week as inclement weather rolled into Memphis mere moments before his tee time and delayed his first strike by 97 minutes. An inauspicious start saw the smooth-swinging righty miss the first two fairways while leaderboard stalwarts Cantlay, McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland and Max Homa announced their presence.

"[I just kept] fighting," said Glover. "Closing holes here aren't easy birdies and aren't easy pars, really, under pressure. It was just keep fighting. Stay close, stay close. I was fortunate to get into a playoff. I said [Saturday] the guns would be coming, and they came. I was just the last man standing this week."

Glover was unaffected until adversity met him head-on. One birdie and 12 pars courtesy of a strong short-game effort across his first 13 holes kept his head above water and his name out in front by a pair.

However, the wayward swings caught up to him in the form of a water ball on the par-3 14th. With Cantlay up ahead adding a birdie on the 15th, Glover did well to only lose two strokes to his foe when he rolled in a bogey putt from outside 20 feet.

Cantlay, the 2021 FedEx Cup champion, added a birdie on the easy par-5 16th to snatch the lead out of Glover's iced hands for the first time in over 41 hours. Glover came back moments later to match Cantlay before once again summoning a clutch putter when he needed it the most.

Cantlay posted 15 under, and Glover was faced with an 11-foot par putt on 17 to keep pace. As he did all day, Glover converted and improved his scrambling to a perfect 8 of 8 on the round -- a far cry from the typical Glover who peppers greens in regulation with the best of them.

A par on the 72nd set the stage for a playoff at TPC Southwind for the third straight year. Glover did not need any further magic as Cantlay's tee shot found the water lining the left side of the fairway. Once Glover made his par and Cantlay missed his by a hair to the right of the cup, Glover became the first player to win back-to-back tournaments since Tony Finau last summer and the first golfer age 40 or older to do so since Vijay Singh in 2008.

It has truly been a renaissance for the 43-year-old ever since introducing the new putter in his game. Teeing it up in eight tournaments, Glover has snagged not only two trophies but three top-six finishes and a top 20 to boot.

He becomes the first player age 40 or older to win a FedEx Cup Playoffs event since Tiger Woods in 2018, and he will look to join Woods, McIlroy and Dustin Johnson at next week's BMW Championship as the fourth man to win PGA Tour events in three straight weeks since 2000.

Glover is running hotter than summer temperatures across the United States, and Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson may now officially be sweating at the prospect of not selecting him for the team in Rome.

Grades -- Glover: A+ | Cantlay: A

Here is the breakdown of the full leaderboard at the 2023 St. Jude Championship.

T3. Rory McIlroy (-14): A bogey-free 65 was not enough for McIlroy as Cantlay clipped his final-round effort by a crucial stroke. However, it marks yet another contention run for the two-time winner this season and sets the stage for a possible run at FedEx Cup No. 4. Since experiencing a middling spring, McIlroy has been tremendous rattling off eight straight top-10 finishes with a win at the Scottish Open and runners-up at the U.S. Open and now the St. Jude Championship. Grade: A

  T5. Jordan Spieth (-11): It was a fun week to watch Spieth, but he never really put together the type of statistical profile you need to win a tournament like this. He needed far too many par-saving putts or ridiculous bunker hole-outs to ever truly get himself into contention to win for the first time in 2023. Though he did play quite clean golf Thursday, Spieth did not finish in the top 50 in approach play this week. And while it's possible to win when you hit it like he did, it's extraordinarily difficult to do when you're staring down most of the top 10 players in the world. Still, there are plenty of positives to take away, especially in a summer in which he has four missed cuts and just one top 10 (a T5 at the Memorial) coming into this week. He seems to be finding it a bit at a good time for him (and for the U.S. Ryder Cup team).  Grade: A-

T13. Viktor Hovland (-10): Hovland drove it in the water three times on No. 18 this week, losing more than four strokes to the field on that tee shot alone. That's four strokes that would have put him in or near the lead for most of the final round on Sunday. He went on to lead the field in approach play, however, and it would not be surprising at all if he won next week's BMW Championship and moved to the top of the FedEx Cup standings.  Grade: A

T16. Hideki Matsuyama (-9): What an impressive closing kick from Matsuyama, who made six 3s on his second nine and played his last six in 5 under to sneak into the top 50 in the FedEx Cup and make it to the BMW Championship (not to mention into next year's signature events). It was part of a wild weekend for Matsuyama in which he shot a 30, a 40 and a 34 in addition to that 31 to close out his last two rounds. "During the suspended play, I looked and saw what I needed to do on the final three holes. I knew I had to birdie them all," said Matsuyama, who also made a filthy par save at the last in addition to going birdie-eagle-birdie in the previous three holes. "Especially at 18, I looked up and saw I was 47th on the FedExCup list, which made that approach shot really difficult. I'm just happy that I was able to get it up-and-down."  Grade: B+  

T37. Jon Rahm (-5): The Masters champion entered the week atop the FedEx Cup standings and will leave Memphis with work to do if he is to be in pole position for the Tour Championship. Rahm experienced the worst statistical round of his career off the tee Thursday and did well to battle back to the middle of the field, but the damage from an opening 73 was too great to overcome. The good news is Rahm won a dramatic playoff over Dustin Johnson the last time the PGA Tour traveled to Olympia Fields. Grade: D+

Playoff in the playoffs

We have a playoff in the playoffs for the second straight season. Patrick Cantlay and Lucas Glover will play the 18th hole and will do so again if need be before switching to the par-3 11th. Both golfers finished at 15 under.

Glover heads to 18 tied

Wow, yet another clutch par save from Lucas Glover. This is a broken record at this point as makes four on the 17th to head to the 72nd where birdie will give him his second straight win.

Cantlay looks to post

Cantlay is in the fairway on 18 with a one-stroke lead at 15 under. Lucas Glover is on the fairway on the easy par-5 16th where an eagle regains the lead and a birdie ties. Tommy Fleetwood is also one back on 17.

Glover wet on 14

Well…that wasn't great from our leader, and Patrick Cantlay is now in the driver's seat. He will have a decent chance to get to 16 under and possibly go two up on the field with two holes to play.

Glover with the par of the day

Wow! After a bad break off the tee and another on his second, Lucas Glover rolls in a 20-foot par to maintain a one-stroke edge over Patrick Cantlay who is COMIN! Cantlay will have a mid iron into the par 5 to potentially leap Glover, but wow, that save from the leader was ridiculous. He is 7-for-7 scrambling today.

Glover's lead goes back to two

A poor bogey from Tommy Fleetwood on No. 12 has Lucas Glover's lead back to two. It has been a lot of stop-and-go for Fleetwood. He makes a birdie, and then he immediately follows it up with a mistake. Rory McIlroy is within arm's reach as well alongside Patrick Cantlay and Fleetwood at 13 under.

Fleetwood finds his stroke

The Englishman makes birdie on the difficult 10th to get within two of Lucas Glover. He will rue the multiple short misses on the front, but Tommy Fleetwood still has a great chance to claim victory No. 1 if he can just keep giving himself quality looks. The putter holds the keys to the kingdom.

Cantlay climbs within two

The lead remains two for Lucas Glover, but Patrick Cantlay has joined Jordan Spieth at 13 under following a chip-in birdie on No. 10. Cantlay might be the guy to post and is very, very capable in this situation having won three of the last six playoff events dating back to 2021 — the year of his FedEx crown.

Glover going steady

A birdie on the par-5 3rd and all pars have Lucas Glover at 15 under and two clear of the field. If he can stretch this lead to three before it gets trimmed to one by Jordan Spieth who is the lone man within two, it will change the complexion of this tournament on the back nine.

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