Biography


Davis Love III

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 several years.Love has won eighteen events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1997 PGA Championship. He also won the prestigious Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. At February 2006 he was fourth on the PGA Tour career money leaders list with earnings of more than $31 million.

Love was introduced to the game by his father, Davis Love II, who was a former pro and nationally recognized golf instructor tragically killed in a 1988 plane crash.

Background and family

Davis III was born to Davis M. Love Jr.and Helen Penta Burgin shortly after his father contended at the 1964 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."

Davis III attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1983 to 1985, where he was a three-time all-American and all-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) golfer. He won six titles during his collegiate career, including the ACC tournament championship in 1984.

In 1994, Davis III 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.

In 1997, Davis III 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.

Davis III and wife Robin have two children, Alexia, 17, and Davis IV, 12. Alexia is a nationally ranked rider of Paso Fino horses. The Love family has resided in Sea Island, Georgia since the early 1990s.

PGA Tour victories

1987 (1) MCI Heritage Golf Classic
1990 (1) The International
1991 (1) MCI Heritage Golf Classic
1992 (3) THE PLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage Golf Classic, Kmart Greater Greensboro Open
1993 (2) Infiniti Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas Invitational
1995 (1) Freeport-McMoRan Classic
1996 (1) Buick Invitational
1997 (2) PGA Championship, Buick Challenge
1998 (1) MCI Classic
2001 (1) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
2003 (4) AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage, The International

Other professional wins

1992 World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples)
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)
1998 Chunichi Crowns (Japan Golf Tour)
2000 CVS Charity Classic (with Justin Leonard), Target World Challenge presented by Williams
2003 Target World Challenge presented by Williams

Team appearances

Walker Cup: 1985
Dunhill Cup: 1992
World Cup of Golf: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Ryder Cup: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004
Presidents Cup: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 

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. Was given a custom-built "American Chopper" motorcycle by his wife Robin for his 40th birthday. Has a portion of 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."

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Love_III
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