{"id":43290,"date":"2026-07-28T02:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/43290\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:24:33","slug":"lucas-glover-issues-amusing-explanation-for-viral-video-of-him-taking-off-his-golf-shoes-during-3m-open-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/43290\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Glover issues amusing explanation for viral video of him taking off his golf shoes during 3M Open \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Lucas Glover took off his golf shoes and went viral. On Monday, the six-time PGA Tour winner took to Instagram to explain the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/travelers-championship-2028-pga-tour-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travelers Championship becomes first event added to PGA Tour\u2019s new Championship Series in 2028<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After rolling in a 10-foot birdie putt during the final round of the 3M Open, Glover walked to the side of the green and removed his shoes before plucking his golf ball out of the hole. Initial reactions to the clip had golf fans \u2013 and even Golf Channel \u2013 believing Glover was protesting AimPoint, the controversial, feet-based method of reading greens used by many tour pros, but that was not the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Glover explained in a statement on Instagram, he had been notified by an official that there had been a complaint about spike marks being made around the holes. And after being singled out as a possible culprit due to his metal spikes, the 46-year-old mockingly did his best to not make any marks by walking to the hole wearing only his socks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glover, who is the PGA Tour\u2019s Player Advisory Council chairman, said he didn\u2019t break any rule and that the soft, wet greens at TPC Twin Cities were particularly vulnerable to spike marks from any golf shoes. While he noted there have been some heated arguments over metal spike marks in the past (Hello, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson in 2005), he said he\u2019s never received a complaint about spike marks in his 23 years on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further noted \u2013 multiple times throughout the statement \u2013 that players are now allowed to fix these spike marks. And that he\u2019ll be wearing his metal spikes at this week\u2019s Rocket Classic. Here\u2019s Glover\u2019s full \u2013 and overall, fantastic \u2013 statement:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2021\/260727-glover-statement.png.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1785175596406.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2021\/260727-glover-statement.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy biggest disappointment in all of this, is that a small faction of people are talking too much about this, a non-issue, instead of Jackson Koivun,\u201d the 2009 US Open champion wrote before this humdinger of a conclusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLooking forward to the Rocket Classic this week,\u201d said Glover, who finished T-57 at the 3M Open. \u201cI\u2019ll be wearing metal spikes, and the people playing behind me are still allowed to tap down the marks. Did I mention that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yep, I think they heard you loud and clear, Lucas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, Lucas Glover took off his golf shoes and went viral. 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