Glover playing at high level
Has one-shot lead going into last round
Lucas Glover shot 4-under 66. He has the 54-hole lead in theFedEx St. Jude Championship. He has made only two bogeys going into the final round. Such is the state of his game that he said he needed time to think about all the good things that went right Saturday.
“Scrappy would be how I would describe that day — parts of it you could remove the ‘s.’ I got a lot out of what I had,” Glover said after building a one-shot lead over TaylorMoore.
Glover is steeped in common sense, however, and it wasn’t long before he could laughat his state of mind.
“Three months ago if I’d have been mad at 66 — or if you told me I’d be mad at 66 — I’d say you were crazy,” he said.
Glover got enough out of his round to stay in front at steamy TPC Southwind. The irritation came from two short birdie chances he missed over the last three holes, a 4-footer at the par-5 16th and a sharp-breaking 6footeron the final hole.
Even so, it was his sixth score of 66 or lower in his last seven rounds — 11 of his last 19 — and it put him at 14-under 196 and the man to catch onSunday.
And there are plenty lined upfor that chance.
Moore, who won his first PGA Tour title this year at the Valspar Championship, bogeyed his last hole for a 65 and was one shot behind and will playin the final group.
Glover was No. 112 in the FedEx Cup a week ago when he won the Wyndham Championship for his first title in two years. That moved him to No. 49 — easily among the top 70 who qualified for the PGA Tour’s postseason — and now he has a chance to wrap up a spotin the top 30 for the FedEx Cup finale depending on Sunday.
“I’m in a good spot,” Glover said. “Just iron a few things out and wake up tomorrow a littlemore confident than I am right now and see where we are.”