2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

DAVIS LOVE IIIEXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1997 PGA Championship (through 2007)FULL NAME: Davis Milton Love III HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: April 13, 1964BIRTHPLACE: Charlotte, NCRESIDENCE: Sea Island, GA; plays out of Sea Island FAMILY: Wife, Robin; Alexia (6/5/88), Davis IV (12/4/93)EDUCATION: University of North CarolinaSPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, reading novels, hunting,TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1985golf course architectureQ SCHOOL: 1985PGA TOUR VICTORIES (18): 1987 MCI Heritage Golf Classic. 1990 The International.1991 MCI Heritage Golf Classic. 1992 THE PLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage GolfClassic, KMart Greater Greensboro Open. 1993 Infiniti Tournament of Champions, LasVegas Invitational. 1995 Freeport-McMoRan Classic. 1996 Buick Invitational. 1997 PGAChampionship, Buick Challenge. 1998 MCI Classic. 2001 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 2003 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship, MCIHeritage, The INTERNATIONAL.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1995 World Cup [Indiv.]. 1998 Chunichi Crowns [Jpn].OTHER VICTORIES (7): 1992-95 World Cup of Golf [with Fred Couples]. 2000 CVS CharityClassic [with Justin Leonard], Target World Challenge Presented by Williams. 2003 Targetworld Challenge presented by Williams.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, THEPLAYERS Championship, MCI Heritage, The INTERNATIONAL; T2—The Honda Classic;3—WGC-NEC Invitational; T4—British Open Championship; T5—FUNAI Classic at theWALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola; T6—Chrysler Championship; T7—FBR Capital Open.2003 SEASON: Won a career-high four times and surpassed the $6-million mark in singleseasonearnings for first time in career. Led TOUR money list for 14 weeks and finishedthird overall…In second start of season, captured AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Amfor the second time in three years, ending 44-tournament drought. Held two-stroke leadafter 54 holes over Tom Lehman, Mike Weir and Rod Pampling with rounds of 72-67-67.Opened final round with bogeys on two of the first three holes, but battled back withseven birdies and only one bogey en route to a final-round 68. Clinched one-stroke victoryover Lehman with two-putt birdie on par-5 18th hole after second shot approach with 4-iron from 224 yards settled to within 15 feet of cup…Finished T2 with Chad Campbellbehind Justin Leonard at The Honda Classic. Held 54-hole lead by one over Leonard andtwo over Chris Riley. Led all competitors on par-5 holes, finishing at career-best 14-underparon par-5s (4.13) with three eagles…Won his second PLAYERS Championship in 11years, joining Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington and Hal Sutton as multiplewinners of the event. Paired with good friend Couples in final round, tied the final-roundrecord with an 8-under-par 64 in windy conditions to come from two shots behind and win.Rounds of 70-67-70-64—271 bested third-round leaders Jay Haas and Padraig Harringtonby six strokes…Captured fifth tartan jacket at the MCI Heritage at Harbour Town GL.Chipped in from 67 feet on 72nd hole to force sudden death with Woody Austin after fourrounds in the 60s (66-69-69-67—271). Hit 6-iron approach on fourth playoff hole (No. 18)to three feet and converted birdie putt for third win of season (also won three events in1992). With $810,000 payday, overtook Mike Weir and Tiger Woods for lead on OfficialMoney List with $3,685,645…Finished T4 at the British Open, his best finish in a majorsince finishing second at the 1999 Masters…Three weeks later, became second player onthe year to go wire-to-wire on his way to his second victory at The INTERNATIONAL (firstcame in 1990). Finished 12 points ahead of his nearest competitors—Retief Goosen andVijay Singh. Surpassed $25-million mark in career earnings. Joined Phil Mickelson as onlytwo players to win the Castle Pines, CO, event twice. Finished with 46 points, two shy ofModified Stableford scoring format record held by Mickelson (1997) and Ernie Els (2000).Set the 36-hole point record with 36 points (Ernie Els/34 points/2000). Posted three eaglesduring the second round, the first player to do so during the year…Recorded eighth top10 of 2003 with solo third at WGC-NEC Invitational, five strokes behind champion DarrenClarke. Recorded a 416-yard drive on the par-5 16th hole during the final round and led thefield in driving distance…Next top-10 came two months later, a T5, at the FUNAI Classicat the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, where he was one of two players (Singh the other)to record four rounds in the 60s…Played in fifth Presidents Cup for the UnitedStates…Won second Target World Challenge in December and earned $1.2 million.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: First-round leader at the Masters after carding bogey-free5-under-par 67. Finished T14…First of six top-10 finishes came at the WORLDCOMCLASSIC, a T5. Opening-round 9-under 62 gave him two-stroke first-round lead…Aidedby rounds of 67-67 on the weekend, finished T5 at the MasterCard Colonial…Postedrunner-up finishes in back-to-back starts for the third time in his career with his T2 at theCanon Greater Hartford Open and second at the Advil Western Open. Final-round 66 inChicago pulled him within two of winner Jerry Kelly. Second consecutive year he shotfinal-round 66 and placed second…Recorded four rounds in the 60s to finish alone ineighth at the WGC-American Express Championship…Member of his fifth Ryder Cupteam. Ryder Cup record was 2-1-1 for a five-year total of 8-9-3…Ended season with a T5at THE TOUR Championship. Paycheck pushed him over the $2-million mark for the fourthconsecutive season. 2001: Returned to the winner’s circle after a two-year drought.Earned first win since 1998 MCI Classic at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Enteredfinal round seven strokes down and completed play one stroke up on Vijay Singh after 63.Front nine featured PGA TOUR record-tying birdie-eagle string: went birdie-eagle-fivebirdies on holes 1-7. Seven-stroke comeback matched the best in tournament history (BobRosburg, 1961)…Decision to play in Buick Invitational was last minute, following hisAT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am win. Fell just short in attempt at back-to-back wins.Stood one stroke back after first round, then moved into share of 36-hole lead. Closed with67, forcing a three-way playoff with Phil Mickelson and Frank Lickliter II, eliminated withbogey on the second extra hole…Captured West Coast Swing presented by The St. Paultitle…Withdrew from three events in May due to neck pain and disk problem that causesnumbness in left arm and fingers. First experienced numbness at BellSouth Classic…Afterbeing off for two months, returned to T7 at U.S. Open…Lost head-to-head battle withScott Hoch for Advil Western Open title. Held second- and third-round leads. Closing 66left him one stroke shy of Hoch, who finished with 64…Member of the 2001 Ryder Cupteam member. 2000: A season of second- and third-place finishes. T18 at Phoenix Open,worth $41,728, moved him past Greg Norman and into first place on PGA TOUR careermoney list…Hold on career money position was short-lived, taken away by Tiger Woods,who finished T2 at Buick Invitational…En route to T3 finish at MCI Classic, toured coursein 95 putts, tying for third-lowest total since TOUR began keeping stats in 1980…Sharedfirst- and third-round lead and held second-round lead outright at GTE Byron NelsonClassic. Closing 69 resulted in a berth in the three-man playoff won by JesperParnevik…Member of his fourth President’s Cup Team. 2000 President’s Cup record 4-0-0for a four-year total of 12-5-2…Won Williams World Challenge, shooting a final-round64…Father Davis Love, Jr. selected posthumously as the recipient of Harvey PenickTeaching Award. 1999: Though he went without a victory for the first time in four years,the season was still a success. Finished third on money list with career-high$2,475,328…13 top-10s included four runner-up finishes…Had to withdraw after threerounds of MCI Classic due to sore back. Was told to take week off, but as defendingchampion, wanted to play…Ailment diagnosed as recurring problem with lower backdisk. Advised by doctors to take at least two weeks off between WGC-NEC Invitationaland Ryder Cup to recover from pinched nerve in back. Injury first flared at SprintInternational. Went 19 days without touching club. Pinched nerve caused pain in shoulderand back and numbness in fingers. 1998: 13th career victory came at MCI Classic, whichhe had won three times previously. Posted a seven-stroke win over Glen Day. 1997: Earnedfirst major championship at PGA Championship at Winged Foot CC. Rounds of 66-71-66-66 gave him five-stroke victory over Justin Leonard…Earned second victory of year at theBuick Challenge where, after setting the 54-hole record at 189, he was a four-strokewinner over Stewart Cink. 1996: In third start of season, trailed by four after 54 holes ofBuick Invitational before posting final-round 64 for three-stroke win over PhilMickelson…Three-time runner-up that year, finishing one behind Steve Jones at U.S.Open and losing playoffs to Michael Bradley at Buick Challenge and Tiger Woods at LasVegas Invitational…Won World Cup individual title at TPC at Mission Hills in Shenzhen,China, defeating former PGA TOUR player Hisayuki Sasaki of Japan in a playoff. 1995:After winless 1994, won Freeport-McMoRan Classic in playoff over Mike Heinen to earnplace at the following week’s Masters Tournament…At Augusta National, was T11, threestrokes behind leaders through 54 holes, before closing with 66 to finish second, onebehind Ben Crenshaw. 1993: Won twice, at season-opening Infiniti Tournament ofChampions and at year’s final full-field event, Las Vegas Invitational. 1992: First $1-millionseason, when he won three times in a five-week stretch: THE PLAYERS Championship,where he came from three strokes off the pace with closing 67 for four-stroke victory; thirdMCI Classic (previous wins 1987 and 1991); and Kmart Greater Greensboro Open. Erasedthree-stroke deficit entering final round of Kmart GGO with closing 62. Amateur: Winnerof 1984 North and South Amateur and ACC Championship.PERSONAL: Father was highly regarded teacher who died in a plane crash in 1988. DavisIII was born shortly after his father contended at 1964 Masters. Wrote book, “Every ShotI Take,” to honor his dad’s lessons and teachings on golf and life. Book was namedrecipient of 1997 USGA International Book Award…Conducts charity event to benefitSafe Harbour…Brother, Mark, has caddied for Davis and also involved in golf coursedesign…Inducted into University of North Carolina Order of Merit in 1997…Namedhonorary chairman for PGA of America’s National Golf Day in June 1998…Inducted intothe Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in Augusta in January 2001…Owns and raises horses, witha seven-stall barn at home. Daughter, Lexie, is a nationally ranked competitive rider in theadult division on Paso Fino horses…Love Enterprises and Associates redesigned ForestSECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-93