{"id":357,"date":"2026-07-03T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:36:07","slug":"lucas-glover-zac-blair-share-early-lead-at-john-deere-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Glover, Zac Blair share early lead at John Deere Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-1200,h-675,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lucas Glover, Zac Blair share early lead at John Deere Classic\" title=\"Lucas Glover, Zac Blair share early lead at John Deere Classic\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\" w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-1200,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-400,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg 400w, https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-800,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-1200,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Jul 2, 2026; Silvis, Illinois, USA; Lucas Glover lines up his putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images\" class=\"w-full\" sizes=\"1200px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Jul 2, 2026; Silvis, Illinois, USA; Lucas Glover lines up his putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>Lucas Glover and Zac Blair share the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic after posting bogey-free, 8-under 63s on Thursday in Silvis, Ill.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>Zach Johnson, Lee Hodges and German Stephan Jaeger are one stroke behind the co-leaders after one trip around TPC Deere Run. Davis Riley used a hole-in-one and an eagle on consecutive holes to shoot a 6-under 65, where he&#8217;s tied with Ben Kohles and Patrick Fishburn.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>Glover, 46, birdied seven of his first 11 holes before cooling down the rest of the way. The 2009 U.S. Open champion won the John Deere in 2021 and has collected three of his six PGA Tour titles in this decade.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>Blair, meanwhile, is searching for his first PGA Tour victory. The 35-year-old started his day on the back nine, then went birdie-eagle at Nos. 1-2 for a boost. He led the field in strokes gained on approach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s eagle-birdie finish pushed him near the top of the leaderboard and all but ensured he will make the cut at the John Deere for an incredible 18th year in a row. The native of nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has played the event every year since 2002 and skipped the U.S. Senior Open this week to keep that streak going.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>Riley stood at 2 under for his round before sinking the first hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career at the par-3, 150-yard 16th hole. His shot landed just behind the pin and slowly spun back to the cup. He followed that up with an 18 1\/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 17th.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">\n<p>Defending champion Brian Campbell and two-time John Deere winner Jordan Spieth opened with 1-under 70s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-8\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 2, 2026; Silvis, Illinois, USA; Lucas Glover lines up his putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images Lucas Glover and Zac Blair share the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic after posting bogey-free, 8-under 63s on Thursday in Silvis,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-1200,h-675,fo-auto\/29314703.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[722,728,727,724,720,726,725,719,723,721],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-blair","tag-classic","tag-deere","tag-early","tag-glover","tag-john","tag-lead","tag-lucas","tag-share","tag-zac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}