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Davis Love III
Davis Love III (ie Davis Love the Third) is an American professional golfer 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.

Love has won eighteen events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1997 PGA Championship. He also won the prestigious Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. At February 2006 he was fourth on the PGA Tour career money leaders list with earnings of more than $31 million.

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

Background and family

Davis III 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."

Davis III 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, Davis III 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, Davis III 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.

Davis III and wife Robin have two children, Alexia, 17, and Davis IV, 12. Alexia is a nationally ranked rider of Paso Fino horses. The Love family has resided in Sea Island, Georgia since the early 1990s.

PGA Tour victories

  • 1987 (1) MCI Heritage Golf Classic
  • 1990 (1) The International
  • 1991 (1) MCI Heritage Golf Classic
  • 1992 (3) THE PLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage Golf Classic, Kmart Greater Greensboro Open
  • 1993 (2) Infiniti Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas Invitational
  • 1995 (1) Freeport-McMoRan Classic
  • 1996 (1) Buick Invitational
  • 1997 (2) PGA Championship, Buick Challenge
  • 1998 (1) MCI Classic
  • 2001 (1) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
  • 2003 (4) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage, The International

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other professional wins

  • 1992 World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples)
  • 1993 World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples)
  • 1994 World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples)
  • 1995 World Cup of Golf (team with Fred Couples and individual title)
  • 1998 Chunichi Crowns (Japan Golf Tour)
  • 2000 CVS Charity Classic (with Justin Leonard), Target World Challenge presented by Williams
  • 2003 Target World Challenge presented by Williams

PGA Tour career summary

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

Results in major championships

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP T42 T25 T54 CUT 2 T7 T7 T33 2
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT T33 DNP T11 T60 T33 T28 T4 T2 T16 CUT T12
British Open DNP CUT CUT T23 CUT T44 CUT CUT T38 T98 CUT T10 8 T7
PGA Championship T47 CUT DNP T17 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
British Open T11 T21 T14 T4 T5 CUT
PGA Championship T9 DNP T48 CUT CUT T4

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.

Team appearances

  • Walker Cup: 1985
  • Dunhill Cup: 1992
  • World Cup of Golf: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Ryder Cup: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004
  • Presidents Cup: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005

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."
 

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