Monday, August 14, 2023

well-placed cooler

 





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How a well-placed cooler helped Lucas Glover win second title in two weeks


Lucas Glover cooling off his hands on the 72nd hole in Memphis on Sunday.

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Is Lucas Glover the hottest player in golf?

At the FedEx St. Jude Classic on Sunday, he certainly looked to be.

To see how the sweltering Memphis heat was affecting Glover, you needed look no further than his khaki pants, which were so sweat soaked that Glover looked as if he’d run through a couple of sprinklers at TPC Southwind.

It was that kind of week at the PGA Tour’s first of three playoff events, where the heat index threatened 120 degrees. In the second round, which Harris English described as “the hottest I’ve ever felt on a golf course,” English’s own caddie needed to be helped off the course with heat exhaustion. Jordan Spieth said he was “humbled” by the oppressive conditions, adding, “It’s just a different kind of heat.” Said Tommy Fleetwood, “Obviously the disadvantage is just how sweaty it is, how slippy your hands can be and the grips and everything.”

The third round wasn’t much better — “I haven’t played in this heat since maybe Memphis last year,” Justin Rose said — and neither was Sunday’s fourth round, which brings us back to Glover’s sweaty adventures.



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