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American Glover, 29, battled the weather for five days and withstood a final-round charge from some of the world's best golfers as overnight co-leader Ricky Barnes unravelled alongside him to hang on for a two-stroke victory in a championship he had not made the cut in on his three previous attempts.

"I held it together and that's important," Glover said.

He continued: "The patience thing I've been preaching all week to myself and you guys and everybody else here that ask me what I'm feeling, it paid off.

"I could have got upset with myself after nine (the third bogey on his front nine), chip it out, wedge it close, whatever. But I was patient.

"I made the turn and said, 'all right, put a good nine holes together and see where we stand.

"I did. Bogeyed 15 and birdie 16 and parred on the rest, and even on that back nine in contention was all right."

Glover had played Bethpage Black on his US Open debut in 2002 and missed the cut at 11 over par, the first of three early exits from the tournament at a combined 34 over. Yet he said the par-70 Long Island course was set up really well for him.

He added: "I knew after '02, I knew if I had my driver worked out starting this week, I could play well here.

"I like the way it looked. And anytime a course suits your eye or you like the way it looks; a lot of the tee shots and into the greens and stuff, you can feel you can play well. That was the main thing; I liked the way the course looked."