Davis Love III
| Davis Love III | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Davis Milton Love III |
| Born |
April 13, 1964 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| 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 Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 37 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 21 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Other | 15 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
|
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1995, 1999 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 1996 |
| The Open Championship | T4: 2003 |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1997 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2017 (member page) |
| Payne Stewart Award | 2008 |
| Bob Jones Award | 2013 |
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 prestigious 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 third. He captained the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 2012 and 2016. Love was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame and will be inducted in September 2017.
Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Davis Love, Jr. and his wife, Helen, a day after his father competed in the final round at the 1964 Masters Tournament. His father, who was a former pro and nationally recognized golf instructor, introduced him to the game. His mother is also an avid low-handicap golfer. His father was killed in a 1988 plane crash.
Love attended high school in Brunswick, Georgia, and graduated from its Glynn Academy in 1982. He played college golf at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was a three-time All-American and all-Atlantic Coast Conference. He won six titles during his collegiate career, including the ACC tournament championship as a sophomore in 1984.
Love turned professional in 1985, earning his PGA Tour card in the autumn of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his first tour event in 1987 at the MCI Heritage Golf Classic, at Harbour Town Golf Links. He would later win this event four more times, setting a record for the most victories in the tournament. Love and Fred Couples won four straight times from 1992–95 for the United States in the World Cup of Golf, a record for this event.
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