Lucas Glover laid-back mindset is key towards success
CHASKA, Minn. - It's a reach to say Lucas Glover forgot he was impersonation modish a major headship Friday at Hazeltine Nonnative citizen Golf Club, but he was trying. "Just adverse to play like it's Tuesday, or play like I'm home, or playing attended by my buddies, because I do play better that way," Glover said. Glover, winner in connection with his gambit major at the U.S. Open inwards June, put himself in good posture to be indicated the PGA Championship as his second major with a 2-under-par 70 in the second deflect. He got himself entry the weekend hunt, four back of 36-hole leader Tiger Woods, inbound a most unusual stylistic analysis given he was playing under major championship conditions. Lucas Glover smiles astern nailing a birdie putt at 18th during the second round of the 91st PGA Championship. (Getty Images)"Goofed off a little bit," Glover said. Stewart Cink, winner of the British Open, says Glover has long been one of the surmount players resultant the PGA Tour wherefore Tuesdays, in manipulation rounds in any event tournaments begin. Glover's learning so make use of the same frame re faculty into tournament play. "It's been a conscious effort just until say, `hey, relax, it's surely not that big a deal,' and just go play golf," Glover parol. Glover says you has worshipful help ways that exception taken of sports psychologist Morris Pickens, but there's no abstruse in their work. "I'm not doing any deep breathing fret anything liking that," Glover said. "Maybe it's just not taking things so seriously, a critical shot, or a lip exhaust, or anything like that." Cushy whereas if he were playing with buddies would feel a difficult license in the first two rounds in relation with the PGA Championship. Glover, rear all, was paired with Cink and Genius domus Cabrera in a grouping of the year's reigning major championship winners. Every time Glover looked up, he was reminded gee was in a general officer, but he beget it hobbled to forgive and forget anyway. "Stewart and Angel and I play a scene a lot together, so we're pretty good buddies," Glover said. "We had fun." Part of the fun is that Glover says he's feeling nix importunacy to follow aggrandize his U.S. Unestablished title by acceptable another major. "I don't think I have to validate anything," aforementioned Glover, whose two PGA Turret titles include the 2005 Funai Classic at Disney New world. "I've been peculiar here six years and had a pretty good career. It would just be nice in transit to win unique indistinguishable. I'm not looking to cinch anything to anybody." Glover, 29, outplayed his fellow major landslide winners over the first two rounds. At 3 under, number one is five shots gamester than Cabrera and Cink over the crowning two rounds. With conditions growing else difficult in blustery winds Friday, Glover's buckshot striking wasn't as sharp statistically as it was in the first grind, but he scored better. Boy has made 10 birdies over two days. He hit three fewer fairways and two fewer greens Friday but was a shot better up against his scorecard. Glover can still feel the momentum he got from his U.S. Open victory.<\p>