Davis Love III 1388818 226012439 2008-07-16T13:02:41Z Broadbot 3410049 robot Adding: [[da:Davis Love III]] {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 width=280 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 87%; clear:right" |+<big> '''Davis Love III'''</big> |- | align=center colspan="2" | {| style="background:#f9f9f9;" border="0" cellspacing="0" |- align=center [[Image:Putter Green.jpg|200px|center|thumb|Davis Love III]] |} |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#4682B4" | '''Personal Information''' |- | '''Birth''' || {{birth date and age|1964|04|13}} <br>[[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |- | '''Height''' || {{Height|ft=6|in=3}} |- | '''Weight''' || {{convert|175|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}} |- | '''Nationality''' || {{USA}} |- | '''Wife''' || Robin Love |- | '''Children''' || Alexia<br>Davis IV |- | '''Residence''' || [[St. Simons Island]], [[Georgia (US state)|GA]] |- | '''College''' || [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="E2725B" | Career |- | '''Turned Pro''' || 1985 |- | '''Current tour''' || [[PGA Tour]] |- | '''Professional wins''' || 31 (PGA Tour: 19, Other: 12) |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ACE1AF" | Best Results in Major Championships <br> Wins: 1 |- |[[The Masters|Masters]] |2nd: 1995, 1999 |- |[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |T2: 1996 |- |[[The Open Championship|British Open]] |T4: 2003 |- | [[PGA Championship]] | '''Won''' 1997 |- |} '''Davis Milton Love III''' (born [[April 13]], [[1964]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional golfer]]. Love was born in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. He attended the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|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 over 450 weeks and reached a high of third.<ref>[http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2003/owgr36f2003.pdf Official World Golf Ranking - September 7 2003]</ref><ref>[http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking]</ref> 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 July 2007 he was fourth on the PGA Tour career money leaders list <ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/current/110.html Statistics from PGA Tour's official site] </ref> with earnings of more than [[United States dollar|$]]35 million. Love was introduced to the game by his father, Davis Love, Jr. who was a former pro and nationally recognized golf instructor killed in a 1988 plane crash. ==Background and family== Love was born to Davis M. Love Jr.and Helen Penta Burgin shortly after his father contended at the 1964 [[The Masters Tournament|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 [[Holy Innocents' Episcopal School]] for high school and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] from 1983 to 1985, where he was a three-time [[all-America]]n 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. Completed in 1997, Ocean Creek is his first signature course and is located on [[Fripp Island]] in [[South Carolina]]. 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. She is currently a sophomore at the [[University of Alabama]] where she is a member of [[Kappa Delta]] sorority. The Love family has resided in [[St. Simons Island]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] since the early 1990s. ==Amateur wins (1)== *1984 [[North and South Amateur]] ==Professional wins (31)== ===PGA Tour wins (19)=== *[[1987 PGA Tour|1987]] (1) [[MCI Heritage Golf Classic]] *[[1990 PGA Tour|1990]] (1) [[The International (golf)|The International]] *[[1991 PGA Tour|1991]] (1) [[MCI Heritage Golf Classic]] *[[1992 PGA Tour|1992]] (3) [[The Players Championship]], [[MCI Heritage Golf Classic]], [[KMart Greater Greensboro Open]] *[[1993 PGA Tour|1993]] (2) [[Infiniti Tournament of Champions]], [[Las Vegas Invitational]] *[[1995 PGA Tour|1995]] (1) [[Freeport-McMoRan Classic]] *[[1996 PGA Tour|1996]] (1) [[Buick Invitational]] *[[1997 PGA Tour|1997]] (2) '''[[PGA Championship]]''', [[Buick Challenge]] *[[1998 PGA Tour|1998]] (1) [[MCI Classic]] *[[2001 PGA Tour|2001]] (1) [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]] *[[2003 PGA Tour|2003]] (4) [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]], [[The Players Championship]], [[MCI Heritage]], [[The International (golf)|The International]] *[[2006 PGA Tour|2006]] (1) [[Chrysler Classic of Greensboro]] [[Men's major golf championships|Major championship]] is shown in '''bold'''. ===Other wins (12)=== *1992 [[Franklin Funds Shark Shootout]] (with [[Tom Kite]]), [[World Cup of Golf]] (with [[Fred Couples]]), [[Kapalua International]] *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) *1996 [[Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge]] (with [[Fred Couples]] and [[Payne Stewart]]) *1997 [[Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International]] *1998 [[The Crowns]] ([[Japan Golf Tour]]) *2000 [[CVS Charity Classic]] (with [[Justin Leonard]]), [[Williams World Challenge]] *2003 [[Target World Challenge presented by Williams]] ==PGA Tour career summary== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year!!Wins (Majors)!!Earnings ($)!!Rank |- |1985 || 0 || 0 || N/A |- |1986 || 0 || 113,245 || 77 |- |1987 || 1 || 297,378 || 33 |- |1988 || 0 || 156,068 || 75 |- |1989 || 0 || 278,760 || 44 |- |1990 || 1 || 537,172 || 20 |- |1991 || 1 || 686,361 || 8 |- |1992 || 3 || 1,191,630 || 2 |- |1993 || 2 || 777,059 || 12 |- |1994 || 0 || 474,219 || 33 |- |1995 || 1 || 1,111,999 || 6 |- |1996 || 1 || 1,211,139 || 7 |- |1997 || 2 (1) || 1,635,953 || 3 |- |1998 || 1 || 1,541,152 || 11 |- |1999 || 0 || 2,475,328 || 3 |- |2000 || 0 || 2,337,765 || 9 |- |2001 || 1 || 3,169,463 || 5 |- |2002 || 0 || 2,056,160 || 21 |- |2003 || 4 || 6,081,896 || 3 |- |2004 || 0 || 3,075,092 || 10 |- |2005 || 0 || 2,658,779 || 13 |- |2006 || 1 || 2,747,206 || 16 |- |2007 || 0 || 1,016,489 || 96 |- |2008* || 0 || 251,896 || 137 |- | '''Career*''' || '''19 (1)''' || '''35,882,209''' || [http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?110 '''5'''] |} * ''Complete through June 16, 2008.'' ==Major Championships== ===Wins (1)=== {|class="wikitable" |- |width="50"|'''Year |width="135"|'''Championship |width="85"|'''54 Holes |width="145"|'''Winning Score |width="80"|'''Margin |width="165"|'''Runner Up |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | [[1997]] ||[[PGA Championship]] ||Tied for lead ||-11 (66-71-66-66=269) ||5 strokes ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]] |} ===Results timeline=== {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1986 !1987 !1988 !1989 |- |[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |- |[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T33 |- |[[The Open Championship]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T23 |- |[[PGA Championship]] |align="center"|T47 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T17 |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1990 !1991 !1992 !1993 !1994 !1995 !1996 !1997 !1998 !1999 |- |[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T42 |align="center"|T25 |align="center"|T54 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T33 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |- |[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|T60 |align="center"|T33 |align="center"|T28 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2 |align="center"|T16 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T12 |- |[[The Open Championship]] |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T44 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T38 |align="center"|T98 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|8 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |- |[[PGA Championship]] |align="center"|T40 |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|T33 |align="center"|T31 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''1''' |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T49 |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !2000 !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 |- |[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]] |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T14 |align="center"|T15 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T22 |align="center"|T27 |align="center"|DNP |- |[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T24 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T53 |- |[[The Open Championship]] |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|T21 |align="center"|T14 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT | |- |[[PGA Championship]] |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|T37 |align="center"|T48 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center"|T34 |align="center"|CUT | |} DNP = Did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. ==Results in World Golf Championship events== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Tournament!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007 |- |align="left"|[[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship|Accenture Match Play Championship]] |R64 |style="background:yellow;"|4 |DNP |R32 |R32 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |style="background:yellow;"|R16 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |R64 |- |align="left"|[[WGC-CA Championship|CA Championship]] |T16 |DNP |NT<sup>1</sup> |style="background:yellow;"|8 |T40 |T41 |T11 |DNP |WD |- |align="left"|[[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|Bridgestone Invitational]] |style="background:yellow;"|T10 |35 |style="background:yellow;"|T5 |T11 |style="background:yellow;"|3 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |T13 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |style="background:yellow;"|T6 |} <sup>1</sup>Cancelled due to [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]]<br> DNP = Did not play<br> QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br> "T" = tied<br> WD = withdrew<br> NT = No Tournament<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. ==United States national team appearances== ===Amateur=== *[[Walker Cup]]: 1985 (winners) ===Professional=== *[[Dunhill Cup]]: 1992 *[[WGC-World Cup|World Cup of Golf]]: 1992 (winners), 1993 (winners), 1994 (winners), 1995 (winners), 1997 *[[Ryder Cup]]: [[1993 Ryder Cup|1993]] (winners), [[1995 Ryder Cup|1995]], [[1997 Ryder Cup|1997]], [[1999 Ryder Cup|1999]] (winners), [[2002 Ryder Cup|2002]], [[2004 Ryder Cup|2004]] *[[Presidents Cup]]: [[1994 Presidents Cup|1994]] (winners), [[1996 Presidents Cup|1996]] (winners), [[1998 Presidents Cup|1998]], [[2000 Presidents Cup|2000]] (winners), [[2003 Presidents Cup|2003]] (tie), [[2005 Presidents Cup|2005]] (winners) == 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. * One of the last PGA Tour players to switch from wooden persimmon drivers to metal woods. * Considered one of the greatest long-iron players of all time. * Good friends with [[Fred Couples]]. * [[Titleist]]-sponsored PGA Tour member. * Has been sponsored for many years by Polo [[Ralph Lauren]]. * Was given a custom-built "[[American Chopper]]" [[Davis Love III Bike|motorcycle]] by his wife Robin for his 40th birthday. * Has a portion of [[Interstate 95 in Georgia|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 Austin|Mike Austin's]] record. * He also has a restaurant named after him in his hometown of [[St. Simons Island]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], called the Davis Love Grill. ==See also== *[[Golfers with most PGA Tour wins]] *[[Most wins in one PGA Tour event]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commonscat|Davis Love III}} *[http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/17/06/ Profile on PGA Tour's official site] *[http://www.davisloveiii.com/default.aspx Official site] {{US PGA Champions}} {{Ryder Cup Squad 2004 America}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Love, Davis III}} [[Category:American golfers]] [[Category:PGA Tour golfers]] [[Category:Winners of men's major golf championships]] [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[da:Davis Love III]] [[de:Davis Love III]] [[fr:Davis Love III]] [[no:Davis Love III]] [[sv:Davis Love III]]