Lucas Glover said he is not a fan of the Aimpoint putting technique, then made that point on the green during the final round of the 3M Open. After a 10-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, he took off his FootJoy golf shoes and walked to the hole in his socks.
The 45-year-old moved to 6-under par on Sunday before he returned to collect his shoes and left the green. Glover was playing with Max Greyserman in the final round.
Lucas Glover on the 10th
The protest came after a birdie putt from about 10 feet, a clean moment that turned into a visible complaint about Aimpoint. Glover has said before that the technique slows down play and creates too many footsteps near the hole, and the scene on the 10th showed the issue in the middle of competition rather than after it.
Aimpoint is a feel-based system used to determine the break of a putt. Glover's complaint was not about whether players can use it, but about the pace and traffic he says come with it when players study the line near the cup.
Glover and the Tour board
Glover won six times on Tour, including the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, and he joined the Tour Player Advisory Council for the first time earlier this season. He was named PAC Chairman, and beginning next season he will join the Tour's board as a player director replacing Adam Scott.
The board is expected to deal with changes to the schedule and competitive model beginning in 2028, giving Glover a formal role in discussions that could reach beyond one protest on one green. Whether his shoes-off moment turns into a broader Tour discussion is the open point left by Sunday.
On the same day, Glover made a triple bogey on the next hole, closing the round with a contrast between a brief protest and the scorecard that followed. The shoes came back on, but the complaint stayed visible.
