Great to see Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey pull a rabbit-esque final round 60 out of a hat to win the McGladrey Classic this past weekend at Sea Island. Quite a feat for a guy virtually unknown on the Tour except for the fact he wears two golf gloves:

…before he made it to the PGA Tour, he spent years working as an assembly line worker in a water heater; played nearly every mini-tour in the Continental U.S.; has the most unorthodox swing on tour; wears a golf glove on each hand; won the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” in 2005; and then earned his card, in 2007, after making it through all three stages of Q-School.

The guy is a journeyman in every sense of the word. On Sunday, he added a new title to his growing resume — that of course being first-time PGA Tour winner, after he carded an eye-popping 10-under 60 — he came within a couple inches of recording the sixth 59 in tour history — to win by one over David Toms.

What really stands out about Gainey is the fact that his swing is unlike anything else you see out there on Tour today. All those pretty, manufactured, college-honed lookalike swings, and there’s Gainey, whose swing looks more akin to something you’d see at a Goodboys Invitational weekend rather than a PGA Tour event. Now dude gets $720,000 smackers, a two-year Tour exemption, and his ticket punched to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January at Kapalua and, of course, Augusta.

Hawaii and Augusta guaranteed for 2013. That’s a pretty fine weekend of work for Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey.

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In other golf news, Rory McIlroy is about to cash in big with Nike.

A similarly huge golf announcement involving The Great White Shank is only two weeks away. Stay tuned…