Lucas Glover tears into Caves Valley Golf Club on SiriusXM: 'I feel sorry for the members'

• Lucas Glover criticized Caves Valley Golf Club's course after the BMW Championship, calling the recent renovations "lazy."
• Glover stated the course was "virtually unplayable" for members and questioned the design choices made.
• The renovations, intended to toughen the course after the 2021 BMW Championship, included narrowing fairways, rebuilding greens and lengthening the course.

Lucas Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open winner who isn’t afraid to share his thoughts, wasn’t a big fan of host Caves Valley Golf Club during last week’s BMW Championship. The six-time PGA Tour winner hosted a new episode of his SiriusXm PGA Tour Radio show this week and said, “I feel sorry for the members that have to play that now, because it’s virtually unplayable.”

Caves Valley outside Baltimore was designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1991. It is ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 6 private club in Maryland. The PGA Tour played the layout in the 2021 BMW Championship as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau tied at 27 under par with Cantlay going on to win the playoff. Soft conditions that week favored low scoring. 

Fazio and consultant Buddy Marucci, a former U.S. Amateur champion, led a renovation of the course in 2023 with the goal of toughening up the course before the Tour returned this year. Fairways were narrowed, the course was stretched to 7,601 yards, all the greens were rebuilt and a Precision-Aire system was installed beneath the greens to help create firmer conditions. The course did play tougher this year, with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler winning at 15 under par. 

But at what cost? The course still played soft, Glover said, because it’s the middle of summer and bent grass greens typically must be kept damp in hot weather. Glover – who tied for 40th at 5 over at Caves Valley and failed to advance to this week's Tour Championship – had many thoughts.

Check out his full comments on the Caves Valley renovation.