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DAVIS LOVE III Birth Date: April 13, 1964 Birthplace: Charlotte, NC. Residence: Sea Island, Ga. Family: Wife, Robin; Children: Alexia, Davis IV College: University of North Carolina Turned Professional: 1985 Joined PGA Tour: 1985 PGA Tour Career Earnings: $43,018,878 Career Worldwide Victories: 31 Tournament Victories: 1987 MCI Heritage Golf Classic 1990 The International; JC Penney Classic (with Beth Daniel) 1991 MCI Heritage Golf Classic 1992 The Players Championship, MCI Heritage Golf Classic, Kmart Greater Greensboro Open, World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples) 1993 Infiniti Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas Invitational, World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples) 1994 World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples) 1995 Freeport-McMoRan Classic, World Cup of Golf (with Fred Couples), World Cup (Indiv.), JC Penney Classic (with Beth Daniel) 1996 Buick Invitational 1997 PGA Championship, Buick Challenge 1998 MCI Classic, Chunichi Crowns (Japan) 2000 CVS Charity Classic (with Justin Leonard), Target World Challenge presented by Williams 2001 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 2003 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, The Players Championship, MCI Heritage, The International, Target World Challenge presented by Williams 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro 2008 Children’s Miracle Network presented by Walmart Other Achievements: 2012 United States Ryder Cup Captain 6-Time Ryder Cup Team member – 1993, ’95, ’97, ’99, 2002, ’04 (Record: 9-12-5) Ryder Cup Vice-Captain, 2010 Member, 1985 Walker Cup Team; 1992 Dunhill Cup World Cup (5), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997; U.S. Team Member, The Presidents Cup (6), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 Author, “Every Shot I Take” (1997, recipient of USGA International Book Award) Inductee, 1997 University of North Carolina Order of Merit 2001, Inductee, Georgia Golf Hall of Fame One of 6 players in history who is a son of a PGA Professional and a winner of the PGA Championship (joining Jack Burke Jr. 1956; Dave Marr 1965; Raymond Floyd 1969, ’82; Rich Beem 2002;, and Keegan Bradley 2011) DAVIS LOVE III IN THE RYDER CUP Years Played Teams Matches Points Won Lost Halved Winning Pct. 1993-95-97-99 6 26 11.5 9 12 5 .44 2002-04 1993 - The Belfry Sutton Coldfield, England Friday Morning Foursomes Tom Kite & Davis Love III def. Seve Ballesteros & Jose Maria Olazabal, 2 & 1 Friday Afternoon Four-Balls Ballesteros & Olazabal def. Kite and Love, 4 & 3 Saturday Morning Foursomes Ballesteros & Olazabal def. Kite and Love, 2 & 1 Sunday Singles Love def. Costantino Rocca, 1-up Totals: 2-2-0 1995 - Oak Hill Country Club Rochester, N.Y. Friday Morning Foursomes Love & Jeff Maggert def. Howard Clark & Mark James, 4 & 3 Friday Afternoon Four-Balls Love & Fred Couples def. Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie, 3 & 2 Saturday Morning Foursomes Costantino Rocca & Sam Torrance def. Love & Maggert, 6 & 5 Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls Rocca & Ian Woosnam def. Love & Ben Crenshaw, 3 & 2 Sunday Singles Love def. Rocca, 3 & 2 Totals: 3-1-0 1997 - Valderrama Golf Club Sotogrande, Spain Friday Morning Four-Balls Jose Maria Olazabal & Costantino Rocca def. Love & Phil Mickelson, 1-up Saturday Morning Four-Balls Colin Montgomerie & Darren Clarke def. Fred Couples & Love, 1-up Saturday Afternoon Foursomes Olazabal & Rocca def. Love & Couples, 5 & 4 Sunday Singles Per-Ulrik Johansson def. Love, 3 & 2 Totals: 0-4-0 1999 - The Country Club Brookline, Mass. Friday Morning Foursomes Love & Payne Stewart halved with Miguel Angel Jimenez & Padraig Harrington Friday Afternoon Four-Balls Love & Justin Leonard halved with Colin Montgomerie & Paul Lawrie Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls David Duval & Love halved with Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik Sunday Singles Love def. Jean Van de Velde, 6 & 5 Totals: 1-0-3 2002 - The Belfry Sutton Coldfield, England Friday Morning Four-Balls Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. David Duval & Love, 4 & 3 Saturday Morning Foursomes Tiger Woods & Love def. Darren Clarke & Thomas Bjorn, 4 & 3 Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls Woods & Love def. Garcia & Westwood, 1-up Sunday Singles Love halved with Pierre Fulke Totals: 2-1-1 2004 - Oakland Hills Country Club Bloomfield Township, Mich. Friday Morning Four-Balls Darren Clarke & Miguel Angel Jimenez def. Chad Campbell & Love, 5 and 4 Friday Afternoon Foursomes Colin Montgomerie & Padraig Harrington def. Love & Fred Funk, 4 & 2 Saturday Morning Four-Balls Stewart Cink & Love def. Montgomerie & Harrington, 3 & 2 Saturday Afternoon Foursomes Harrington & Paul McGinley def. Love & Tiger Woods, 4 & 3 Sunday Singles Love halved with Clarke Totals: 1-3-1 .