Back-to-Back: Glover\’s Glory

Lucas Glover (-15) Beats Out Patrick Canltay (-15) in Playoff Hole to Win St. Jude, 2nd Straight Victory After Long Drought

Back-to-back! For the second straight weekend, Lucas Glover is a winner on the PGA Tour. Glover won the Wyndham Championship to end the PGA Tour’s regular season of events last weekend before outlasting the field Sunday at the St. Jude Championship — the opening event of the FedExCup Playoffs. The 43-year-old has suddenly surged up the standings to No. 4 in the past two weeks, and he hadn\’t won a tournament all season before August arrived. Glover (-15) held off a surging Rory McIlroy (-14) and Tommy Fleetwood (-14) and needed a playoff against Patrick Cantlay (-15) to get the job done. Cantlay sent his tee shot in the water on the first playoff hole, and Glover saved par for the win.

“If you had told me this three months ago, I’d have told you you’re crazy.” — Lucas Glover

Glover’s Revival: Prior to last weekend, Glover had four total PGA Tour victories and just one in the last dozen years. He captured his fifth and sixth wins in less than two weeks, and they came at just the right time.

Final Leaderboard

L. Glover (-15)

P. Cantlay (-15)

T. Fleetwood (-14)

R. McIlroy (-14)

T. Moore (-12)

J. Spieth (-11)

S. Im (-11)

C. Conners (-11)

M. Homa (-11)

Other Notable Scorecards: C. Morikawa (-10), V. Hovland (-10), H. Matsuyama (-9), J. Rose (-8), X. Schauffele (-7), S. Scheffler (-6), J. Rahm (-5) | Full Leaderboard

Watch: Lucas Glover Wins 2023 St. Jude Championship

FedExCup Impact

As a result, Glover shot up from 49th to 4th in the FedExCup standings. Cantlay (5th) and Tommy Fleetwood (10th) also made massive leaps while Rory McIlroy (3rd) secured a big points boost with a top-five finish. The playoffs are now reduced from the top-70 to the top-50 players with two events to play.

FedExCup Points Standings (Previous Rank)

1. Jon Rahm — 3,386 pts (Prev. Rank: 1st)

2. Scottie Scheffler — 3,238 pts (Prev. Rank: 2nd)

3. Rory McIlroy — 2,954 pts (Prev. Rank: 3rd)

4. Lucas Glover — 2,885 pts (Prev. Rank: 49th)

5. Patrick Cantlay — 2,643 pts (Prev. Rank: 13th)

6. Max Homa — 2,451 pts (Prev. Rank: 4th)

7. Viktor Hovland — 2,024 pts (Prev. Rank: 7th)

8. Wyndham Clark — 1,957 pts (Prev. Rank: 5th)

9. Brian Harman — 1,919 pts (Prev. Rank: 6th)

10. Tommy Fleetwood — 1,834 pts (Prev. Rank: 26th)

Event No. 2 of the FedExCup Playoffs

BMW Championship (Aug. 17-20)

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