No Rest for Glover After Winning U.S. Open

You would think after winning a tournament as prestigious as the U.S. Open that Lucas Glover might get a little time off to savour his victory.  Especially since the tourney extended into Monday, and Glover’s Tuesday was spent accompanying his Open trophy to the top of the Empire State Building after hanging with Regis and doing the Top 10 List on Letterman.

Lucas Glover and the U.S. Open championship trophy atop the Empire State Building. (Image: Zuma Press)

But Glover had committed to playing in this week’s tour stop, the Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.  And he did just that, playing in the tournament’s pro-am on Wednesday, before teeing it up on Thursday.

“I feel that’s the right thing to do,” Glover said. “Just because I won a golf tournament, doesn’t change anything. I was committed, and I’m going to honor that commitment.”

The tournaments falling before and after a major sometimes suffer from the lack of big-name players who opt out to focus on the major alone.  It’s usually the tournament following a major, in this case the Travelers Championship, which tends to suffer the most.  Many of the marquee players prefer to play the tourney falling before a major tournament to keep their game sharp, rather than the weekend after, when most pros take a well deserved break.

But the Travelers lucked out this year as far as quality talent goes.  In addition to Glover, U.S. Open runner-up Ricky Barnes is in the field of 156, along with Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh and 2007 Masters champion Zach Johnson.