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Ask your average Bermudian and they had never heard of Lucas Glover until this past weekend.

Your average golf afficionado would have been able to give you a bit more information, but he was hardly one of the big names on the PGA Tour until he won the rain-soaked Open on Monday.

So who is this man that now completes half the field (along with Angel Cabrera) that will be competing in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf this October at Port Royal?

The Bermuda Sun provides this brief primer on the young champ.

Age: 29

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 195 pounds

Birthplace: Greenville South Carolina

College: Clemson University

Years on the tour: 5

Events played: 167

Wins: Two

Best finishes 2009: Won the U.S. Open, second in the Quail Hollow Championship, Tied for third in the Buick Open, tied for 11th in the Arnold Palmer Championship. He's had three top 10 finishes out of 12 events.

Money (2009): $2.6M

Money (Career): $10.5M

Best FedExCup standing: 35th in 2007 (He's currently ninth).

Also: Read four books during the week of his rainy U.S. Open triumph. he started golfing at three when he his grandfather gave him a cut down club to practice with and took him to his first masters when he was 6.

He was the South Carolina amateur champion in 1998-2000.

His only other PGA victory was at the FUNAI Classic in 2004.

His best result in the other three majors was a 20th in the 2007 Masters.

In his three previous tries at the U.S. Open, Glover failed to make the cut each time.[[In-content Ad]]

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