Lucas Glover edges past Patrick Cantlay to claim back-to-back Tour wins

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Glover ultimately claimed victoryin a playoff
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August 14, 2023
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Lucas Glover eclipsed Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the FedEx St Jude Championship and claim a second straight PGA Tour victory.

His final-round 69 is his 22nd consecutive par-or-better round on Tour (95-under total in his last six starts).

Lucas Glover holds the trophy after winning the St Jude Championship golf tournament
Lucas Glover holds the trophy after winning the St Jude Championship golf tournament (George Walker IV/AP)

The American duo were forced into an extra hole in Memphis after each completing 72 holes on 15-under par.

Glover, 43, ultimately claimed victory with a par on the 18th hole playoff after Cantlay found water off the tee.

Speaking after his victory, which comes just a week after he won the Wyndham Championship, Glover said: “If you would have told me this three months ago, I’d tell you you’re crazy.

“But at the same time, if you asked me legitimately did I think I was capable, I’d say yes, even then. It’s just one of those sad ways athletes are wired.

“We always believe in ourselves no matter how bad it is.

Glover was ranked 119th in the world prior to the Wyndham Championship, but now sits 30th.

He is the first player 40 years or older to win back-to-back tournaments on Tour since Vijay Singh in 2008 (FedEx St. Jude Championship, Deutsche Bank Championship).

Patrick Cantlay earned his 10th runner-up on Tour and falls to 3-for-4 in playoffs. He enters next week’s BMW Championship as the two-time defending champion and has won three of the last six FedExCup Playoffs events (2021 TOUR Championship/2021 BMW Championship/2022 BMW Championship).

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Tommy Fleetwood finished agonisingly close, but had to settle for equal-third on 14-under par.

Fleetwood was unable to sink a birdie chance on his last hole which would have propelled him into the playoff.

He earned his 22nd top-five finish on Tour and becomes the first player in Tour history to surpass $20 million in official career earnings without a victory.

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2Patrick Cantlay-1568676664265
T3Rory McIlroy-1467666865266
T3Tommy Fleetwood-1466666668266
5Taylor Moore-1266666571268
T6Corey Conners-1167726565269
T6Adam Schenk-1169666866269
T6Cam Davis-1166676967269
T6Sungjae Im-1167656968269
T6Russell Henley-1167686767269
T6Jordan Spieth-1163686870269
T6Max Homa-1168666570269
T13Sahith Theegala-1067686966270
T13Collin Morikawa-1065706768270
T13Viktor Hovland-1072646569270
T16Hideki Matsuyama-967697065271
T16Chris Kirk-971676766271
T16Si Woo Kim-968676868271
T16Adam Hadwin-967666969271
T20Justin Rose-876676168272
T20Stephan Jaeger-869656969272
T20Beau Hossler-871676569272
T20Emiliano Grillo-865676971272
T24Nick Taylor-771686866273
T24J.J. Spaun-770686867273
T24Andrew Putnam-768677068273
T24Xander Schauffele-766687069273
T24J.T. Poston-766677070273
T24Ben Griffin-769666870273
T24Tom Kim-764686972273
T31Cameron Young-667716967274
T31Sam Ryder-668706868274
T31Lee Hodges-668657269274
T31Brian Harman-671686768274
T31Scottie Scheffler-667667170274
T31Eric Cole-666706870274
T37Sam Stevens-569677366275
T37Brandon Wu-572706766275
T37Taylor Montgomery-574666867275
T37Jon Rahm-573676768275
T37Adam Svensson-566697070275
T37Byeong Hun An-567686872275
T43Keith Mitchell-470687266276
T43Tom Hoge-467697367276
T43Davis Riley-475686667276
T43Tyrrell Hatton-472676968276
T43Keegan Bradley-467716771276
T43Brendon Todd-467706772276
T49Nick Hardy-367697170277
T49Vincent Norrman-367696972277
T49Aaron Rai-366687073277
T52Jason Day-268727266278
T52Harris English-270717067278
T52Hayden Buckley-267727168278
T52Sam Burns-273706768278
T52Patrick Rodgers-270726670278
T52Kurt Kitayama-266696974278
T58Mackenzie Hughes-167687569279
T58Rickie Fowler-170746768279
T58Matt NeSmith-169716871279
T61Matt KucharPar72717067280
T61Thomas DetryPar72647569280
63Sepp Straka+172737165281
64Tony Finau+267736973282
65Alex Smalley+370747069283
T66Wyndham Clark+470767068284
T66Seamus Power+471737169284
T66Matt Fitzpatrick+473687172284
T66Mark Hubbard+469727172284
T66Denny McCarthy+467737074284
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FedEx St. Jude Championship 2023

Date: August 10th - 13th 2023

Location: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

Purse: $20,000,000

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