Lucas Glover takes FedEx Cup opener for second straight win - ESPN

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mostly from the stifling heat, but maybe some from the pressure, Lucas Glover needed to keep his hands from sweating and he learned a trick long ago from not wearing a glove.

On the 17th tee Sunday, tied for the lead with Patrick Cantlay, he dunked his hands in the ice water of a cooler for as long as he could stand it and then quickly dried them.

«It literally stops them from sweating for a little while,» Glover said.

And it did nothing to cool him off.

Glover won the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his second title in two weeks, this time by making three big putts — one of them for bogey — on the back nine, closing with a 1-under 69 and then beating Cantlay in a playoff with what ultimately was the most important shot.

His tee shot on the 18th hole in the playoff found dry land. Cantlay's did not.

Glover won with a par to extend a most amazing run. Just 10 days ago, he started the PGA Tour's postseason at No. 112 in the FedEx Cup — No. 119 in the world ranking — and was looking at an early end to the season.

He won the Wyndham Championship to get into the FedEx Cup playoffs then won the opener Sunday at the TPC Southwind and now already has locked up a spot in the Tour Championship. He is No. 30 in the world and has earned just short of $5 million in two weeks.

Is the Ryder Cup on the horizon? Glover would have to win the BMW Championship next week to make the team. If not, he felt worthy of a pick.

«Playing pretty good golf, and I think I'd be pretty good in the team room and be a good partner,» he said. «So yeah, absolutely I would.»

Not even Glover could have imagined this less than three months ago, when he thought the yips would stay with him forever, prompting a change to a long putter that must