Lucas Glover was born in Greenville, SC, played golf at Clemson, just won his first major -- the 109th U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, NY -- and more surprising than that, perhaps, he's a Yankees fan. So even though Glover grew up 750 miles south of the Big Apple, he loves the city and its Bronx-based baseball team. Alex Rodriguez appreciates the support.
On Tuesday, after outlasting the field -- and the weather -- over five days, Lucas was in New York City, making the rounds, and that included a stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre to rattle off the Top Ten List. Hilarity ensued.
Moving pictures after the jump.
A couple thoughts: first, glad Lucas dressed up for the occasion. (And in case you were one of the nearly six billion people who missed his appearance on Regis & Kelly!, he was sporting the same get-up). Second, G. Lover is the new McLovin, but with better hair.
Seriously, despite the media's gnashing of teeth that Tiger didn't show up and is now on the downside of a great career (he finished T6 and he didn't make a putt all week -- some perspective would be nice), or that Ricky Barnes, or David Duval or Phil Mickelson squandered a chance to win the Open, Lucas actually did it.
On Letterman, he kidded that "Even I have never heard of me," but prior to Monday, Glover was definitely in the "best players to never win a major" conversation -- even if nobody had heard of him.
Which is sorta the point: for all the attention lavished on the young players, maybe we were focusing on the wrong guys. Yeah, Anthony Kim and Sean O'Hair deserve recognition, but it's not like Glover isn't in the same category. It's just that, for some reason, we haven't really paid attention. Until now. Because that's the pull Regis has, obviously.
