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Glover holds on for 2-shot win at US Open

Published 06/22/09

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — In a final hour packed with emotion, Lucas Glover played a steady hand to win the U.S. Open.

Charles Krupa — Associated Press Lucas Glover holds up the championship trophy after winning the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., Monday.
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So many amazing stories belonged to contenders all around him Monday at Bethpage Black, from Phil Mickelson's stirring bid to win for his beloved wife as she battles breast cancer, to David Duval coming out of nowhere and almost winning for the first time in eight years.

Glover kept his cap tugged low and played the kind of golf that wins a U.S. Open under any conditions.

He made only one birdie in the rain-delayed final round, and it could not have been timed any better. Glover holed a 6-foot...

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