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Lucas Glover: Roller Coaster Career Continues in 2020

By Tim Letcher

JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 28: Lucas Glover plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 28, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Matt Sullivanl/Getty Images)
JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 28: Lucas Glover plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 28, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Matt Sullivanl/Getty Images) /
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Lucas Glover has seen his share of ups and downs during his career. He’s a major champion, but also someone who has had his share of struggles.

Lucas Glover has had a wild ride during his professional golf career. Saying that Glover has had his ups and downs is quite an understatement.

Glover joined the tour full-time in 2004, with 30 starts and 17 made cuts. He finished 134th on the money list that season.

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The very next season, Glover earned his first PGA Tour victory, claiming the title at the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World. He would make over $2 million that season and appeared to be on his way to big things.

In 2006, Glover had nine top 10 finishes and earned over $2.5 million. In 2007, he fell back a bit, but was able to finish 35th in the FedEx Cup standings.

In 2008, he fell back to 54th in the FedEx Cup standings, but he rebounded nicely the following season. Glover earned his second career victory, and first major, when he won the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in 2009. He paired that with a second and a third and was able to finish in 17th in the FedEx Cup standings.

In 2010, Glover slipped back again, finishing 74th in the FedEx Cup standings. However, he would bounce back again, earning his third PGA Tour win in 2011 when he won the Wells Fargo Championship. He would finish 45th in the FedEx Cup standings that season.

From there, Glover hit a very rough patch. His next five seasons saw him rank 219th, 114th, 185th, 147th and 106th in the FedEx Cup standings. He bounced back in 2017 to finish 43rd in the standings, but the roller coaster continued when he fell back to 135th in 2018.

Last season was much better for Glover. In fact, he advanced to the Tour Championship for the first time since 2009 after registering seven top 10s.

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The 2020 season has been like his career in a nutshell. Glover has entered 12 events and made seven cuts. He was good at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, tying for ninth place. But he also missed the cut in his last two events, the Honda Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

It’s hard to predict what the rest of the season, or the rest of the career, has in store for Glover. But if the pattern holds, it’s likely to be and up and down ride.

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