Lucas Glover acquired scorching close to the tip of the PGA Tour season, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to earn a Ryder Cup spot.
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One of many greatest questions within the golf world — and one we’d really by no means have a solution to — may all the time be what actually occurred in that U.S. Ryder Cup staff room at Marco Simone this fall.
We all know the Europeans dominated the People, profitable 16.5-11.5 to increase their unbeaten streak on house soil to seven matches. However distracting from the competitors was a report — and subsequent experiences and feedback — that there was a rift contained in the U.S. staff room.
It began with Sky Sports activities reporting that Patrick Cantlay was not carrying a staff hat in protest of gamers not getting paid that “fractured” the staff room. Cantlay denied it. So did players, who additionally mocked the story. In the meantime, different reports got here out that stated there may need been at the very least some fact to it. Who to imagine? Good query.
Now, we’ve got new feedback from Lucas Glover, a Ryder Cup captain’s choose hopeful who was left off the staff. Talking on SiriusXM’s PGA Tour Radio on Friday, Glover stated he was informed there was a “splintered” staff room — and his supply, he made clear, was onsite.
“It broke my coronary heart the week after to listen to about how splintered the room was and the issues about cash and various things,” Glover informed SiriusXM. “That’s by no means what the Ryder Cup stands for. And I’m not simply happening what I’ve learn and been informed — I’ve talked to some those that had been there within the battle, and it breaks my coronary heart to listen to that as a result of that’s not what it’s about. That’s not what it stands for and it’s not why I wish to play on that staff.”
Gamers like Cameron Younger and Keegan Bradley may need been greater Ryder Cup snubs than Glover, however the former U.S. Open champion may need been the most well liked participant main as much as the captain’s picks. Glover completed sixteenth within the closing standings, however he gained the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship back-to-back simply as Zach Johnson’s captain’s picks choices drew nearer.
Glover performed in two Presidents Cup, however he’s nonetheless but to qualify for a Ryder Cup staff.
“It’s straightforward to say three weeks after, two weeks after, and sadly they misplaced, however yeah, I might have preferred to have been there,” he informed SiriusXM. “And I feel I might have introduced some various things to the desk.”
