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Ryder Cup
2002 |
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Love III
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Birthdate: April 13, 1964
Birthplace: Charlotte, N.C.
Age: 37 Ht: 6'3" Wt:
175
Home: Sea Island, Ga.
College: North Carolina
Turned Professional: 1985
Joined PGA Tour: 1986
Ryder Cup: Member of the 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 U.S.
Ryder Cup teams ... record of 6-8-3 in Ryder Cup competition |
Player Notes
Love started playing golf as soon as he could walk, under the
tutelage of his father Davis Love Jr., who was regarded as one
of the premier teachers in the game, and who played in many PGA
Tour events in the 60s ... Davis III was born the day after his
father finished T-31st in the 1964 Masters ... By the time he
was ten, there was no doubt in Love's mind that he would follow
in his fathers footsteps and become a professional golfer ...
He did not have much success in junior golf, but things changed
when he went to play college golf at North Carolina ... He became
a three-time All-American and played on the 1985 Walker Cup team,
turning pro after that and finishing T-7th in the Q-School ...
In his rookie season, Love earned $113,245 (ranked 77th) and led
the tour in driving distance ... He won for the first time at
the 1987 MCI Heritage Classic, and won $297,378 for the year (ranked
33rd) ... 1988 was a terrible year for him both professionally,
as he earned $156,068 on tour ranking him 75th, and personally,
when his father and only teacher was killed in a plane crash ...
In 1989, Love finished 44th on the money list with $278,760 despite
missing six weeks with a broken bone in his left wrist which occurred
that summer during the British Open ... In the summer of 1990
he started to work with Butch Harmon and soon won his second tournament,
The International ... Since then Love has won consistently on
the PGA Tour, highlighted by his first major win at the PGA Championship
at Winged Foot in 1997 ... Member of the 1993, 1995, 1997 and
1999 Ryder Cup teams ... Surpassed the million dollar mark in
earnings for the fifth year in a row and sixth time in his career
... Was forced to withdraw from 1997 Nissan Open with a case of
kidney stones which he had surgically removed days later ... Returned
to the tour for the Bay Hill Invitational ... In 1999 suffered
an ailment diagnosed as recurring problem with lower back disk,
was advised by doctors to be sure and take some time off ... Almost
missed the Ryder Cup matches in 1999, due to a pinched nerve which
caused pain in shoulder and back and numbness in fingers ... Inducted
into Georgia's Golf Hall of Fame in Augusta in 2001.
PGA Tour Wins: 14 - 1987 MCI Heritage Classic, 1990 International,
1991 MCI Heritage Classic, 1992 Players, MCI Heritage, K-Mart
Greater Greensboro Open, 1993 Infiniti Tournament of Champions,
Las Vegas Invitational, 1995 Freeport-McMoRan Classic, 1996 Buick
Invitational, 1997 PGA Championship, Buick Challenge, 1998 MCI
Classic, 2001 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. |
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