A new reign as Glover in clover

PHIL, Tiger, even David, all came calling but Lucas Glover answered all the questions thrown at him by some of golf’s greatest at Bethpage yesterday and still came through to capture the 109th US Open Championship.

The 29 year-old native of Greenville, South Carolina, managed by far the greatest victory of his career – his only win on the US Tour came in the 2005 Funai Classic at Walt Disney in 2005 – in spite of shooting a three over par 73 in yesterday’s delayed final round.

Glover savoured his first few minutes as champion alongside Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods and said he hoped he wouldn’t “downgrade” the title.