Davis Love III | |||||||
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![]() Love in 2007 | |||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Davis Milton Love III | ||||||
Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | April 13, 1964||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Residence | St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||
Spouse | Robin Love | ||||||
Children | Alexia, Davis IV | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | North Carolina | ||||||
Turned professional | 1985 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA Tour Champions | ||||||
Professional wins | 37 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (July 19, 1998)[1] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 21 | ||||||
European Tour | 1 | ||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||||||
Other | 15 | ||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||
Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1995, 1999 | ||||||
PGA Championship | Won: 1997 | ||||||
U.S. Open | T2: 1996 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T4: 2003 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship: the 1997 PGA Championship. He won the Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for over 450 weeks, reaching a high ranking of 2nd.[2][3] He captained the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 2012 and 2016.[4][5] Love was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.[6]