[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    U.S. OPEN CHAMPION LUCAS GLOVER

  (Mr. INGLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. INGLIS. Madam Speaker, the upstate of South Carolina is the home 
to many champions and many successes. Yesterday we crowned a new one. 
That new one is the 29-year-old Greenville, South Carolina, native 
Lucas Glover, who conquered the field yesterday in New York to win the 
109th U.S. Open Golf Championship.
  With people from around the upstate glued to the action, the soft-
spoken Wade Hampton High School graduate and three-time All-American 
from Clemson University rallied from one shot down to break into the 
big time in the world of golf, winning his first major championship 
since joining the PGA tour in 2004.
  We have come along to celebrate the culmination of Lucas' years of 
preparation. His family, wife, Jennifer, and close friends have been 
there all along, in the good times and the bad, in the disappointments 
and in the small triumphs. Yesterday they added a huge triumph, and we 
join them in the celebration.
  Congratulations to our own U.S. Open golf champion, Lucas Glover.

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