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Lucas Glover on bogey <\/p>\n
Lucas Glover remains firmly in contention at the John Deere Classic after another steady performance at TPC Deere Run left him tied for the lead entering Sunday\u2019s final round. The six-time PGA Tour winner shares first place at 16-under with Lee Hodges after carding a third-round 69, while a crowded leaderboard featuring Zac Blair, Ben Kohles, Jackson Suber and Doug Ghim keeps the title race wide open.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the week, Glover opened with rounds of 63 and 65 to seize control of the tournament before grinding through a challenging Saturday that included an early eagle, a late birdie and his first bogey of the week. With nine players within four shots of the lead, Glover acknowledged there will be no conservative approach if he wants to capture his second John Deere Classic title.<\/p>\n
Lucas Glover Explains Aggressive Mindset for John Deere Classic Finale<\/p>\n
Lucas Glover has yet to make a bogey this week at the John Deere. He\u2019s -14 and takes a 2-shot lead into the third round today, but he knows he needs two more low rounds if he wants to win here for a second time. <\/p>\n
He won it at -19 in 2021, but 12 of the last 15 JDC champs <\/p>\n
Before the third round, Glover held a two-shot advantage at 14-under without making a bogey all week. Having won the John Deere Classic at 19-under in 2021, he also understood that scoring conditions at TPC Deere Run typically demand even lower numbers. Twelve of the past 15 champions have finished at 20-under or better.<\/p>\n
That reality shaped his outlook heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood and well that it\u2019s gonna take a lot more. So there\u2019s not gonna be any hanging on. Pedal\u2019s gotta be down, stay aggressive,\u201d Glover said.<\/p>\n
He added that attacking golf gives him greater confidence than defending a lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like that mindset versus, say, trying to hang on and just make pars a bunch. It\u2019s easier to sleep on a lead that way would be the best way I know to say it. When you know that you have to play like I played yesterday and today to even have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Saturday\u2019s round<\/a>, Glover reiterated that low scoring would again be essential.<\/p>\n \u201cYou pretty much know you\u2019ve got to go low or you\u2019re not going to win,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody is going to have to be aggressive, so I\u2019ve got to hit it a little better tomorrow to achieve the ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite making just two birdies on Saturday, Glover remained tied atop the leaderboard with Lee Hodges at 16-under 197. Zac Blair, Ben Kohles and Jackson Suber sit one shot back at 15-under, while Doug Ghim is another stroke behind. Zach Johnson, Max Homa, Preston Stout and Ryo Hisatsune remain within striking distance entering the final round.<\/p>\n Lucas Glover Supports PGA Tour\u2019s New Two-Series Model GettyLucas Glover of the United States<\/p>\n Away from tournament competition, Glover also addressed the PGA Tour\u2019s future as chairman of the Player Advisory Council.<\/p>\n In a video shared on X by the PGA Tour on July 4, Glover voiced his support for the Tour\u2019s planned two-series structure, set to launch in 2028.<\/p>\n \u201cFor a couple hundred member organisation, change is always difficult to get our arms around,\u201d Glover said. \u201cBut I think for what we\u2019re trying to do and what we\u2019ve been told we need to do, I think we\u2019re heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n The new format, first reported by Sports Business Journal and later confirmed by PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, will divide players into Championship and Challenger Series.<\/p>\n Glover acknowledged that several details remain unresolved, but emphasized that the announcement was only the beginning of the process.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got this foundation laid really, really, really early for a reason, and that is to get it to market and then iron out all these details and make it easy to understand, easy to follow for the fans, easy to follow for the players,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He also defended the need for change despite differing opinions among players.<\/p>\n \u201cChange is hard but sometimes necessary, and I think it was shown to us that it\u2019s necessary,\u201d Glover said. \u201cThe end-all, be-all goal here was to put the best PGA Tour possible into everybody\u2019s mind and television and golf course in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n Those comments came as Glover continues to balance his leadership role off the course with another opportunity to add a seventh PGA Tour victory. With a share of the lead entering Sunday and a tightly packed leaderboard behind him, he will need another aggressive round to secure the John Deere Classic title.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDebayan Biswas<\/a> Debayan Biswas is a sports writer at Heavy Sports covering NBA, NFL, Soccer, and Golf. His work has been syndicated on Yahoo Sports, Yardbarker, Flipboard, The Sun News, and The Olympian. Previously, he contributed to Athlon Sports, EssentiallySports, and PFSN. More about Debayan Biswas<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Lucas Glover on bogey Lucas Glover remains firmly in contention at the John Deere Classic after another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-748032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lucas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2284660769.jpg\")
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