By making the U.S. Open his second PGA Tour win — and first since 2005 — Lucas Glover becomes the latest Open champion who isn’t exactly a frequent winner.
In the 108 previous years of the Open, there have been three champions for whom the Open was their only tour win. Ricky Barnes, who went into Monday with the lead, almost became the fourth.
At 29, Glover has time to add to his record, but for now he risks joining them on the list of the most unlikely Open winners, Tuesday’s Top Five:
5. Tony Manero, 1936 — Manero played on the 1937 Ryder Cup team and won seven other tour events, but he was best known for, 40 years later, lending his name to the title role in “Saturday Night Fever.”
4. Andy North, 1978, 1985 — The ESPN analyst won only three PGA Tour events in his career, but two of them were Opens. He was the beneficiary of T.C. Chen’s double-hit at Oakland Hills in 1985.
3. Jack Fleck, 1955 — The Iowa driving-range pro played the tour full-time in 1955 and his only win was a fantastic upset, defeating Ben Hogan — his hero — by three shots in a playoff at the Olympic Club.
2. Orville Moody, 1969 — Only two years removed from the Army, Moody’s Open win was his only PGA Tour title. He had far more success on the Senior tour, winning 11 times.
1. Michael Campbell, 2005 — Like Barnes and Glover, Campbell had to qualify for the Open before holding off Tiger Woods at Pinehurst for his only North American win. He has won eight times in Europe, but the New Zealand native’s star fell as quickly as it rose on these shores.
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