David Duval
| David Duval | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | David Robert Duval |
| Nickname | Double D, DD |
| Born |
November 9, 1971 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| Spouse | Susan Persichitte Duval |
| Children | Brayden & Sienna Duval (biological) Deano, Nick & Shalene Karavites (stepchildren) |
| Career | |
| College | Georgia Tech |
| Turned professional | 1993 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 1995) |
| Professional wins | 20 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 13 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Web.com Tour | 2 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | 2nd/T2: 1998, 2001 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 2009 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2001 |
| PGA Championship | T10: 1999, 2001 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour leading money winner |
1998 |
| Vardon Trophy | 1998 |
| Byron Nelson Award | 1998 |
| Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame |
2003 |
David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 Golfer who competed on the PGA Tour. Duval, originally from Jacksonville Florida, received his PGA Tour card in 1995, earning it after becoming two-time ACC Player of the Year, 1993 National Player of the Year, and playing two years on the Nike Tour (where he won twice). Duval won 13 PGA Tour tournaments between 1997 and 2001. He won his sole major title at The Open Championship in 2001. After that point, due to injuries and medical conditions, his performance declined dramatically, culminating in the loss of his tour card in 2011. After his professional golf career slowed, he became an analyst and commentator.
Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of golf instructor and club professional Bob Duval and Diane Poole Duval, a member of the FSU Flying High Circus during college. His brother Brent was two years older, and sister Diedre was five years younger. During his early years, his father was club professional at Timuquana Country Club, where he learned to play golf under his father's guidance.
When David was nine, his brother Brent developed aplastic anemia. The family sought treatment at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where David underwent surgery to donate bone marrow. Unfortunately, the transplant was not successful, and Brent died as a result of septicemia on May 17, 1981 at age 12. Bob Duval was unable to cope, and moved out of the family home for a year. Counseling enabled him to reunite with his wife and children in 1982, and David continued to receive golf instruction from his father. In 1993, just as Duval was starting his professional golf career, his father again moved out of the family home, this time permanently.
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