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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSfor a photo session and calling into various national sportsradio talk shows...on the first tee of the next week’s proamat the travelers championship, received a congratulatoryshaving cream pie in the face from friend JohnsonWagner. Shot three 65s and finished t11...paired with2008 u.S. open champion tiger Woods in the first tworounds the following week at the at&t National, shotthree rounds in the 60s to place t5...Finished fifth at thepga championship to record his first two career top-10sin majors...Finished t10 at tHE tour championship witha final-round 69...a captain’s pick for the presidents cupfor the second time in his career...Won the pga grandSlam of golf by five strokes. 2008: made the cut in 20 of26 starts with two top-10 finishes and a No. 49 finish inthe FedExcup standings. Fell just $1,509 shy of surpassing$1 million in earnings for the fourth consecutive season...Held a one-shot lead over eventual champion Boo Weekleythrough 36 holes at the Verizon Heritage before weekendrounds of 73-71 left him t7...Finished t7 at the Buick open,set up by a final-round 67 that included six consecutivebirdies on Nos. 12-17 before narrowly missing a seventhat the 72nd hole. 2007: recorded three top-10 finishesand was chosen to play on the united States team in thepresidents cup...Shared the lead with Justin rose enteringthe final round at the Bob Hope chrysler classic, but aclosing 8-over 80 in wet and windy conditions dropped himto t13...Best finish was a t4 at the poDS championship.Shot 67-69 on the weekend to finish two behind markcalcavecchia...chosen by u.S. captain Jack Nicklaus asa captain’s pick for the presidents cup, where he went2-3-0 in his rookie year as a member. teamed with ScottVerplank to win two matches, defeating Stuart applebyPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2001 2 1 $6,180/2002 6 2 16,349/2004 30 17 2 5 557,454/1342005 28 16 1 1 7 9 2,050,068/302006 31 23 9 17 2,587,982/212007 29 22 3 13 93,900/35 1,664,167/532008 26 20 2 8 101,195/49 998,491/1052009 26 21 1 1 1 6 12 660/17 3,692,580/92010 23 16 1 3 8 770/74 1,511,275/57total 201 138 2 1 3 32 72 13,084,546nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2002 12 7 1 2 5 $64,692/672003 26 17 1 6 7 193,989/172004 1total 39 24 1 1 8 12 258,681eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 8 6 1 $240,624* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*lucas glover (Continued)PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYand retief goosen in the opening-day Foursomes and thenVijay Singh and mike Weir in the third-day Foursomes.2006: Finished season with career highs on money list(No. 21), in earnings ($2,587,982) and top-10s (9)...placedsixth in first appearance at the mercedes championships.recorded the first hole-in-one at the tournament since theevent moved to the plantation course at Kapalua in 1999 byusing a 5-iron on the 203-yard eighth hole. the shot earnedhim a 2006 mercedes-Benz cLS55 amg and was the firsteagle of the season...t4 at the Buick Invitational when heleft his 64-foot eagle putt on 72nd hole just a couple inchesshort to miss a chance to join playoff between winner tigerWoods, Jose maria olazabal and Nathan green...Endedthe season making 10 straight cuts. one of only five playersto finish season with a double-digit cuts-made streak...Was second in total Birdies (402) behind Daniel chopra’s435...Swing coach Dick Harmon passed away in Februaryand glover served as a pallbearer and was one of thosewho delivered eulogies at the funeral. 2005: Second-yearplayer captured his first tour win and a third-place finish.Earned more than $2 million, almost quadrupling the$557,474 he earned during his rookie season...capturedhis first tour victory at the FuNaI classic at Walt DisneyWorld resort with birdies on the last two holes, making a40-foot putt from the fringe on No. 17 and a 100-foot bunkershot on the last hole to win. Had four no-putt greens onthe final nine. He earned $792,000 and moved to 28th onthe money list, enough to get him into the season-endingtour championship presented by coca-cola for the firsttime. 2004: In rookie season, made 30 starts and played onthe weekend 17 times, finishing No. 134...In only his 17thcareer start on tour, collected first top-10 with a t10 finishat the Wachovia championship after receiving a sponsorexemption...posted his first tour ace during secondround of cialis Western open, using a 5-iron from 220 yardson the 12th hole...Finished t26 at Qualifying tournament toup his eligibility status on tour for 2005. 2003: collected$193,989 to finish No. 17 on the Nationwide tour moneylist and earn initial tour card for 2004...Jumped into thetop 20 on the money list with his first Nationwide tour titleat the gila river golf classic at Wild Horse pass resort.2002: made seven of 12 cuts as rookie on Nationwide tour.Amateur: First-team all-american in 2000 and 2001 atclemson. Was an honorable mention selection as a sophomorein 1999. First-team all-atlantic coast conference from1999-2001. Won three tournaments for clemson during hiscareer and was a member of two Ncaa runners-up (1998and 2001)...three-time South carolina amateur championfrom 1998-2000...member of the 2001 u.S. Walker cupteam. Named to the 2000 and 2001 palmer cup teams...college teammates with tour players Jonathan Byrd andD.J. trahan.PeRSonAL:avid clemson tiger sports fan…an avid reader, particularlymysteries and thrillers. read four books duringthe week of his rainy 2009 u.S. open victory…credits hisgrandfather, Dick Hendley, for giving him his start in golf.grandfather gave him a cut-down club when Lucas was 3and first took him to the masters at age 6. Hendley was astandout in football and baseball at clemson, where he isa Hall of Fame member and played one season (1951) withthe NFL’s pittsburgh Steelers. Lucas was inducted into theclemson athletic Hall of Fame in the fall 2007.Year 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut t20 t36u.S. open cut cut cut 1 t58British opencut t27 t78 cut t48pga cut t46 t50 5 cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut cut cut 3tour championship 29 t8 t10accenture match play championship t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t4 t63 t19 t22ca championship t13 t26 t56the Barclayscut t22 t70 cut t55 cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t40 t12 t14 t50 t36 t65BmW championship t71 cut t15 t14 t13 66nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2007, 2009; Walker cup (1), 2001.Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-73