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Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship: the 1997 PGA Championship. He also won the prestigious Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. He has featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for over 450 weeks and reached a high ranking of third.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking )〕 On November 9, 2008, Love's 20th career PGA Tour victory at the Children's Miracle Network Classic gave him a lifetime exemption on the tour, at the age of 44. His victory in the 2015 Wyndham Championship—at age 51—made him the third oldest winner in PGA Tour history, trailing only Sam Snead and Art Wall, Jr. This win also brought Love into select company in another PGA Tour distinction: he became only the third player to win on the Tour in four different decades, joining Sam Snead and Raymond Floyd. Love captained the losing 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team. ==Background and family== Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Davis M. Love, Jr. and his wife, Helen, a day after his father competed in the final round at the 1964 Masters Tournament. His father, who was a former pro and nationally recognized golf instructor, introduced him to the game. His mother is also an avid low-handicap golfer. His father was killed in a 1988 plane crash. He attended high school at Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Georgia and later the University of North Carolina (1983–85), where he was a three-time all-American and all-Atlantic Coast Conference golfer. He won six titles during his collegiate career, including the ACC tournament championship in 1984.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2011–12 Tarheel Men's Golf )〕 Love turned professional in 1985, earning his PGA Tour card in the autumn of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his first tour event in 1987 at the MCI Heritage Golf Classic, at Harbour Town Golf Links. He would later win this event four more times, setting a record for the most victories in the tournament. Love and Fred Couples won four straight times from 1992–95 for the United States in the World Cup of Golf, a record for this event. Love was a consistent contender and winner on the PGA Tour in the 1990s and early 2000s, but the most memorable win came at the 1997 PGA Championship, his only major championship victory. The 1997 PGA Championship was played at Winged Foot Golf Club, and just four players in the field finished under-par for the week. Love's winning score was 11-under-par, five strokes better than Justin Leonard. When Love sank his birdie putt on the final hole of the championship, it was under the arc of a rainbow, which appeared as he walked up to the 18th green. In the telecast, CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz made the connection between the rainbow and Love's late father, Davis Love, Jr., who was a well-known and beloved figure in the golf world. This victory was the last major championship win achieved with a wooden-headed driver. In 1994, Love 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. Completed in 1997, Ocean Creek is his first signature course and is located on Fripp Island, South Carolina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Love Golf Design )〕 Love also designed the Dunes course at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which is ranked among ''Golf Magazines Top 100 courses in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World )〕 In 1997, Love 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. That year, he developed and designed his own golf course in Harnett County, North Carolina. The course, Anderson Creek Club, won an award for "Best New Course in North Carolina" in 2001. He and his wife Robin have two children. After failing to qualify for the 2014 FedEx Cup, Love made his Champions Tour debut at the Pacific Links Hawaii Championship. Love was named the captain of the U.S. 2016 Ryder Cup team in February 2015. Love is the oldest PGA Tour winner in the Champions Tour era (since 1980), having won the Wyndham Championship in 2015 at 51 years, 4 months, 10 days. Love is the tournament host of the RSM Classic. In 2015, son Davis IV (better known as Dru) earned a sponsor exemption into the event. Dru missed the cut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davis Love III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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