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Davis Love III (ie Davis Love the Third) is an
United States|American professional golfer who was
born in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 13,
1964.

Love attended the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina before
turning professional in 1985. He quickly
established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his
first tour event in 1987. He has spent several
years in the top 10 of the Official World Golf
Rankings.

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 July 2005 he was
fourth on the PGA Tour career money leaders
http://www.pgatour.com/stats/leaders/r/2005/110
list with earnings of over United States
dollar|$30 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.

== PGA TOUR victories ==
*1987 MCI Heritage Golf Classic
*1990 The INTERNATIONAL|The International
*1991 MCI Heritage Golf Classic
*1992 The Players Championship, MCI Heritage Golf
Classic, Kmart Greater Greensboro Open
*1993 Mercedes Championships|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 Pro-Am|AT&T Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am
*2003 AT&T Pro-Am|AT&T Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am, The Players Championship, MCI Heritage,
The International

Love's major championship is shown in bold.

==Other professional wins==
*1992 WGC-World Cup|World Cup of Golf (with Fred
Couples) 
*1993 WGC-World Cup|World Cup of Golf (with Fred
Couples) 
*1994 WGC-World Cup|World Cup of Golf (with Fred
Couples) 
*1995 WGC-World Cup|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|Target World Challenge
presented by Williams 
*2003 Target World Challenge|Target World
Challenge presented by Williams

==PGA Tour career summary==

Year
Majors
Other wins
PGA TOUR
wins
Earnings ($)
Rank
1985
0
0
0
NIL
N/A
1986
0
0
0
113,245
77
1987
0
1
1
297,378
33
1988
0
0
0
156,068
75
1989
0
0
0
278,760
44
1990
0
1
1
537,172
20
1991
0
1
1
686,361
8
1992
0
3
3
1,191,630
2
1993
0
2
2
777,059
12
1994
0
0
0
474,219
33
1995
0
1
1
1,111,999
6
1996
0
1
1
1,211,139
7
1997
1
1
2
1,635,953
3
1998
0
1
1
1,541,152
11
1999
0
0
0
2,475,328
3
2000
0
0
0
2,337,765
9
2001
0
1
1
3,169,463
5
2002
0
0
0
2,056,160
21
2003
0
4
4
6,081,896
3
2004
0
0
0
3,075,092
10


==Results in major championships==
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style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 !!
1990 !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !!
1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999
|-
|The Masters Tournament|The Masters
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T42
|align="center"|T25
|align="center"|T54
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T33
|align="center"|2

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T33
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T11
|align="center"|T60
|align="center"|T33
|align="center"|T28
|align="center"|T4
|align="center"|T2
|align="center"|T16
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T12

|-
|The Open Championship|British Open
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T44
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T38
|align="center"|T98
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T10
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|T7

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|T47
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T17
|align="center"|T40
|align="center"|T32
|align="center"|T33
|align="center"|T31
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T49
|}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !!
2004 !! 2005
|-
|The Masters Tournament|The Masters
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T14
|align="center"|T15
|align="center"|T6
|align="center"|CUT

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T24
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T6

|-
|The Open Championship|British Open
|align="center"|T11
|align="center"|T21
|align="center"|T14
|align="center"|T4
|align="center"|T5
|align="center"|CUT

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|T9
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T48
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T4
|}

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

==Team appearances==
*Walker Cup: 1985 
*Dunhill Cup: 1992 
*WGC-World Cup|World Cup of Golf: 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1997 
*Ryder Cup: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004 
*Presidents Cup: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003

== External links ==

* http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/132060 PGA
TOUR bio page
* http://www.golfstarsonline.com/L/Davis_Love_III/
Davis Love III at Golf Stars Online Links to
feature articles, interviews, career statistics
etc.