Greg:
Par opens the door for who, exactly? Was there someone playing behind Glover/Barnes that we didn't know about? One of these guys making eagle from the fairway? C'mon -- that's laughable. NO ONE ELSE COULD GET TO -4! PAR WINS!
MY COMMENT AS PREVIOUSLY POSTED IS BELOW:
Phil, If I have a one shot lead, par opens the door, if I have a two shot lead, par closes the door (for all intents and purposes). That simple for me.
You lost me further with this post... maybe I am just having a bad day.
Bad day or not there is no such thing as effectively a one shot lead with players on the same hole.
Lucas Glover from press conferences yesterday:
Q. You said yesterday you are a scoreboard watcher. Football analogy. There was a point there when some pretty big names were starting to make some moves. Were you paying attention?
LUCAS GLOVER: Sure. And yesterday I said that would happen. And we were waiting on it. You knew Tiger and Phil were going to make a move, and they did. And Ricky and I started coming back. That probably motivated them more.
But, yeah, I was watching. You have to. I do. You don't. I do. Just like to know where I sit and what I need to do.
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LUCAS GLOVER: Sure. I was pretty nervous coming down the stretch. 16 obviously was huge. And I'm not sure exactly what happened ahead. But two shots ahead, with two to play, and I thought two pars might do it.
I didn't know what would happen with Ricky that I was playing with. He's been playing so well.
But two pars did it.
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Q. Did you have any debate either in your mind or with Coop about what club to hit off tee on 18?
LUCAS GLOVER: Yeah, we were set on driver, because it takes all the bunkers out of play. And then we decided kind of last minute that if we hit 6‑iron, we would be exactly where we've been the three rounds previously. And we decided to play the hole the way we've been playing it and that was from about 160 to the middle of the green.
And 6‑iron, 9‑iron, couldn't ask for too much else. So that was ‑‑ we talked back and forth about it.
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Q. Hitting shots down the stretch.
LUCAS GLOVER: Yeah, Disney was catching lightning in a bottle, that bunker shot.
I hit the shots today that I had to hit in the situation, and that was, that might be a little more gratifying. I knew I needed a birdie on 16. Had a good number with an 8‑iron. One of the best shots I hit all week was 17. It was right in between clubs, 4‑ and 5‑iron right to left wind. I'm a drawer, and I hit a fade up against the wind that I couldn't have been happier about.
And then 18, I talked a little bit about that, just played long or played past the hole, take short out. Adrenaline was a factor there with club selection. But I hit the right shot.
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Q. Looked like you took a moment on 18. Can you talk about your emotions before when you knew you pretty much had this one in the bag but you just had to par out?
LUCAS GLOVER: It was still up in the air. I had four feet, and Ricky had a birdie putt. If he makes that I have curl that in to win.
He had a heck of a putt. Probably should have gone in. It was a great putt. But after that, I had two to get it down for four feet and felt pretty good about it.
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Sounds to me like a guy playing for par on the last hole...