
Davis Love III
Height: 6'3" (1.91 m)
Weight: 175 (79 kg)
Age: 59 (April 13, 1964)
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Residence: St. Simons Island, Georgia
Family:
Wife, Robin; Alexia, Davis IV
Education:
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Special Interests:
Fishing, reading novels, hunting, golf course architecture
Turned Professional:
1985
City plays from:
Sea Island, GA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURLife Member
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (21):
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. 2006 (1) Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. 2008 (1) Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart. 2015 (1) Wyndham Championship.International Victories (3):
Other Victories (13):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
60 - 1994 United Airlines Hawaiian Open (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#2 : 2009 Mercedes-Benz ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#2 : 1999 GTE Byron Nelson ClassicCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,170,000 : 2003 THE PLAYERS Championship (Finished 1)National Team Selections
Career Records
PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 2 - 7) | |||||||||||||
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Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
Total: | 790 | 2600 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 179 | 318 | 571 | 210 | 13 | $44,959,243 | ||
2023 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
2022 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 241 | $15,048 | |||||||
2021 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
2020 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 231 | $35,025 | |||||||
2019 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 195 | $271,216 | |||||
2018 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 210 | $97,920 | ||||||
2017 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 185 | $257,270 | |||||
2016 | 15 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 188 | $222,422 | ||||||
2015 | 18 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 86 | $1,263,596 | ||||
2014 | 22 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 162 | $284,800 | |||||||
2013 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 162 | $303,470 | ||||
2012 | 20 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 115 | $989,753 | |||
2011 | 22 | 70 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 95 | $1,056,300 | |||||
2010 | 24 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 80 | $1,214,472 | |||||
2009 | 27 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 51 | $1,622,401 | |||
2008 | 23 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 154 | $1,695,237 | |||
2007 | 21 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 83 | $1,016,489 | ||||
2006 | 23 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | $2,747,206 | ||||
2005 | 24 | 75 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 8 | $2,658,779 | |||||
2004 | 24 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | $3,075,092 | |||
2003 | 23 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 3 | $6,081,896 | |||
2002 | 26 | 87 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | $2,056,160 | |||||
2001 | 20 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 3 | $3,169,463 | ||||
2000 | 25 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 3 | $2,337,765 | ||||
1999 | 23 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | $2,475,328 | |||
1998 | 21 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 2 | $1,541,152 | |||
1997 | 25 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 1 | $1,635,953 | |||
1996 | 23 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 4 | $1,211,139 | ||||
1995 | 24 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 2 | $1,111,999 | |||
1994 | 27 | 91 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 7 | $474,219 | |||||
1993 | 26 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 3 | $777,059 | ||||
1992 | 25 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 3 | $1,191,630 | |||
1991 | 28 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | $686,361 | |||
1990 | 27 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 7 | $537,172 | ||||
1989 | 24 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | $278,760 | ||||
1988 | 29 | 89 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 11 | $156,068 | ||||||
1987 | 26 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | $297,378 | |||
1986 | 31 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 9 | $113,245 | |||||
1985 | 1 (A) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
(A) - Amateur |
Top Tournaments |
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PGA TOUR | |||||||||
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THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
2020 | CUT | ||||||||
2018 | CUT | ||||||||
2017 | CUT | ||||||||
2016 | CUT | T42 | W/D | ||||||
2015 | CUT | ||||||||
2014 | CUT | ||||||||
2013 | T48 | CUT | |||||||
2012 | CUT | CUT | T29 | CUT | |||||
2011 | T12 | CUT | T72 | T11 | T9 | ||||
2010 | T4 | T55 | T6 | CUT | |||||
2009 | CUT | CUT | T27 | T17 | T19 | T28 | |||
2008 | T54 | CUT | T53 | T19 | |||||
2007 | T75 | T27 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T33 | T6 | W/D | |
2006 | CUT | T22 | T34 | CUT | CUT | 2 | T4 | ||
2005 | T8 | CUT | T4 | T6 | CUT | T9 | T13 | T11 | |
2004 | T33 | T6 | CUT | CUT | T5 | 2 | T4 | T41 | |
2003 | 1 | T15 | CUT | CUT | T4 | T17 | 3 | T40 | |
2002 | CUT | T14 | T48 | T24 | T14 | T17 | T11 | 8 | |
2001 | CUT | CUT | T37 | T7 | T21 | T5 | |||
2000 | T48 | T7 | T9 | CUT | T11 | 4 | 35 | ||
1999 | T10 | 2 | T49 | T12 | T7 | T33 | T10 | T16 | |
1998 | T57 | T33 | T7 | CUT | 8 | ||||
1997 | DQ | T7 | 1 | T16 | T10 | ||||
1996 | T46 | T7 | CUT | T2 | CUT | ||||
1995 | T6 | 2 | CUT | T4 | T98 | ||||
1994 | T6 | CUT | CUT | T28 | T38 | ||||
1993 | T67 | T54 | T31 | T33 | CUT | ||||
1992 | 1 | T25 | T33 | T60 | CUT | ||||
1991 | CUT | T42 | T32 | T11 | T44 | ||||
1990 | T24 | T40 | CUT | ||||||
1989 | CUT | T17 | T33 | T23 | |||||
1988 | DQ | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
1987 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
1986 | T14 | T47 |
FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
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FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
2015 | CUT | T44 | ||
2012 | CUT | |||
2011 | CUT | T68 | ||
2010 | T31 | T61 | ||
2009 | T46 | T49 | T49 | |
2007 | T41 | CUT |
Personal
- Father, Davis Love, Jr., was a highly regarded golf teacher who died in a plane crash in 1988. Was born shortly after his father contended at 1964 Masters. Selected posthumously as the recipient of Harvey Penick Teaching Award. Wrote book, Every Shot I Take, to honor his dad's lessons and teachings on golf and life. Book was recipient of 1997 USGA International Book Award
- Brother, Mark, caddied for him and the pair recorded over 10 victories together, including the 1997 PGA Championship. Mark serves as President of Davis Love Golf Management and has designed over 20 golf courses in the United States and abroad.
- Inducted into University of North Carolina Order of Merit in 1997. Inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in Augusta in January 2001. Received the 2013 Bob Jones Award during the USGA's annual meeting. It is the USGA's highest honor and recognizes an individual who demonstrates the spirit, personal character and respect for the game exhibited by the legendary Jones. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.
- Began hosting The RSM Classic, an official PGA TOUR event, in 2010.