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Colin Sheridan: The unlikely redemption of Lucas Glover

Winning once is hard enough, but doing so in consecutive starts is ridiculous, especially for a man with a well documented decade-long battle with the yips which almost saw him resorting to putting left handed.

Mon, 21 Aug, 2023 - 07:25

Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

The moment Lucas Glover plunged both his hands into an ice bucket on the 72nd hole at the FedEx St Jude classic last Sunday night came about three hours too late for the rest of his body, which, buckling in nearly 40 degrees, was understandably betraying signs of a middle aged man feeling the heat.

His khaki slacks - a bad choice for a seasoned golfer trying to win a golf tournament - were saturated in sweat. His polo T completely discoloured. The only thing that did not change throughout was Glovers demeanour. Unperturbed by bad breaks and a stacked leaderboard behind him, he dug deep, either oblivious or unbothered by all the forgivable reasons for him to fade.

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