Watch: Lucas Glover removes shoes before picking ball out of hole
Lucas Glover rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt on the tenth hole Sunday on the 3M Open after which did one thing uncommon.
Glover walked off the inexperienced, eliminated each of his shoes after which retrieved his ball from the hole.
Was Glover’s response to protest to AimPoint? He is a famous criticism of the feel-based methodology the place gamers use their toes to assist gauge inexperienced slope.
Speculation and reviews claimed that as the explanation, however Glover didn’t communicate to the media instantly following his spherical. Hours later, the PGA Tour despatched out an announcement saying, “Lucas had been asked to be mindful of his spike marks on the green and was trying to be lighthearted.”
Glover confirmed the explanation to GolfChannel.com:
“There were some complaints about my metal spikes marking up the greens from some guys behind me. Rules official notified me. It was just being silly, there’s no way to not mark up soft, damp bent greens. Oh, and we can tap down spike marks now.”
Glover adopted his theaters with a triple bogey on the 11th hole. He made two birdies, a double bogey and a closing eagle-3 over the rest of his spherical. After opening in 65 at TPC Twin Cities, he shot 70-72-72 to complete exterior the highest 50.
