Davis Love III

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Davis Love III
Davis Love III

Davis Milton Love III (Davis Love the Third) is an American professional golfer. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 13, 1964.

Love attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his first tour event in 1987. He was later to be in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for several years. He has established himself as one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour.

Love has won nineteen events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1997 PGA Championship. He also won the prestigious Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. As of October 2006 he was fourth on the PGA Tour career money leaders list [1] with earnings of more than $34 million.

Love was introduced to the game by his father, Davis Love, Jr. who was a former pro and nationally recognized golf instructor tragically killed in a 1988 plane crash.

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[edit] Background and family

Love was born to Davis M. Love Jr.and Helen Penta Burgin shortly after his father contended at the 1964 Masters.

He played ice hockey as a kid. As he stated, "I was a right wing, but I could skate backward, so they made me a defenseman."

Love attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1983 to 1985, where he was a three-time all-American and all-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) golfer. He won six titles during his collegiate career, including the ACC tournament championship in 1984.

In 1994, Love founded Love Golf Design, a golf course architecture company, with his younger brother and caddie, Mark Love. The company has been responsible for the design of several courses throughout the southeast United States.

In 1997, Love published the book Every Shot I Take, which honors his father's lessons on life and golf. The book received the 1997 United States Golf Association's International Book Award.

Love and wife Robin have two children: Alexia and Davis IV. Alexia is a nationally ranked rider of Paso Fino horses. The Love family has resided in St. Simons Island, Georgia since the early 1990s.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (19)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other professional wins (10)

[edit] PGA Tour career summary

Year Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank
1985 0 (0) 0 N/A
1986 0 (0) 113,245 77
1987 1 (0) 297,378 33
1988 0 (0) 156,068 75
1989 0 (0) 278,760 44
1990 1 (0) 537,172 20
1991 1 (0) 686,361 8
1992 3 (0) 1,191,630 2
1993 2 (0) 777,059 12
1994 0 (0) 474,219 33
1995 1 (0) 1,111,999 6
1996 1 (0) 1,211,139 7
1997 2 (1) 1,635,953 3
1998 1 (0) 1,541,152 11
1999 0 (0) 2,475,328 3
2000 0 (0) 2,337,765 9
2001 1 (0) 3,169,463 5
2002 0 (0) 2,056,160 21
2003 4 (0) 6,081,896 3
2004 0 (0) 3,075,092 10
2005 0 (0) 2,658,779 13
2006 1 (0) 2,747,206 16
Career* 19 (1) 34,613,823 4

* Complete through end of 2006 season

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin of Victory Runners Up
1997 PGA Championship Tied for lead -11 (66-71-66-66=269) 5 strokes Flag of United States Justin Leonard

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP CUT DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT T33
The Open Championship DNP CUT CUT T23
PGA Championship T47 CUT DNP T17
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP T42 T25 T54 CUT 2 T7 T7 T33 2
U.S. Open DNP T11 T60 T33 T28 T4 T2 T16 CUT T12
The Open Championship CUT T44 CUT CUT T38 T98 CUT T10 8 T7
PGA Championship T40 T32 T33 T31 CUT CUT CUT 1 T7 T49
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters T7 CUT T14 T15 T6 CUT T22
U.S. Open CUT T7 T24 CUT CUT T6 CUT
The Open Championship T11 T21 T14 T4 T5 CUT CUT
PGA Championship T9 T37 T48 CUT CUT T4 T34

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Trivia

  • Gave Michael Jordan his first set of clubs in college.
  • Played ice hockey as a kid.
  • Marks his golf ball with a 1965 or 1966 penny, and uses white tees.
  • Was given a custom-built "American Chopper" motorcycle by his wife Robin for his 40th birthday.
  • Has a portion of I-95 named after him. In 1998, the segment of I-95 which extends in Georgia from the McIntosh County line to Highway 341 at exit 7A and B was designated the "Davis Love III Highway."
  • Davis Love holds the second longest ever officially recorded drive in competition play in history with a massive drive of 476 yards at the 2004 Mercedes Championships. His drive was 39 yards short of Mike Austins record.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Statistics from PGA Tour's official site

[edit] See also

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[edit] External links

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