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Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an Americanprofessional golfer who has won 21 events on thePGA Tour, including onemajor championship: the1997 PGA Championship. He won thePlayers Championship in 1992 and 2003. He was in the top 10 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking forover 450 weeks, reaching a high ranking of 2nd.^[2]^[3] He captained the U.S.Ryder Cup teams in2012 and2016.^[4]^[5] Love was inducted into theWorld Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.^[6]

Early life

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Davis Milton Love III was born on April 13, 1964, inCharlotte, North Carolina, toDavis Love Jr. and his wife, Helen, a day after his father competed in the final round at the1964 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.^[7]^[8]

Love attended high school inBrunswick, Georgia, and graduated from itsGlynn Academy in 1982.

Amateur career

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Love played college golf at theUniversity of North Carolina inChapel Hill, where he was a three-timeAll-American and all-Atlantic Coast Conference. He won six titles during his collegiate career, including the ACC tournament championship as a sophomore in 1984.^[9]

Professional career

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In 1985, Love turned professional. He earned his PGA Tour card late in the season at1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School. It was his first attempt atPGA Tour Qualifying school on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on thePGA Tour, winning his first tour event in1987 at theMCI Heritage Golf Classic atHarbour Town Golf Links. He would later win this event four more times, setting a record for the most victories in the tournament.

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 onFripp Island,South Carolina.^[10] Love also designed the Dunes course at Diamante inCabo San Lucas,Mexico, which is ranked amongGolf Magazine's Top 100 courses in the world.^[11]

Love was a consistent contender and winner on the PGA Tour in the 1990s and early 2000s, but the most memorable win came at the1997 PGA Championship, his only major championship victory. It was played atWinged Foot Golf Club nearNew York City, 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 runner-upJustin 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 announcerJim 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.^[12]^[13] This victory was the last major championship win achieved with awooden-headed driver.^[14]

Love has had success late in his regular career. On November 9, 2008, Love earned his 20th PGA Tour win at theChildren's Miracle Network Classic, which gave him a lifetime exemption on Tour.

Senior career

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After failing to qualify for theFedEx Cup in 2014, Love made hisChampions Tour debut at thePacific Links Hawaii Championship.

Love's victory in the 2015Wyndham Championship—at age 51—made him the third-oldest winner in PGA Tour history,^[15] trailing onlySam Snead andArt Wall Jr. The win made Love the oldest PGA Tour winner in thePGA Tour Champions era (since1980). It 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 Snead andRaymond Floyd.

Love's son Davis Love IV (better known as Dru Love) is also a professional golfer. Love has worked with his son at a number of tournaments. In 2015, his son earned a sponsor exemption into theRSM Classic while still an amateur; Love III serves as the host. After Love failed to qualify for the2017 U.S. Open, he caddied for Dru, who made his professional debut. On December 16, 2018, Love and his son Dru won theFather/Son Challenge at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.^[16]

Love has served as the captain of several national teams as a senior. In 2012, he was the captain of the AmericanRyder Cup team. Four years later, he was captain of the2016 Ryder Cup. Six year later, Love captained the U.S. team to victory in the2022 Presidents Cup.^[17]

For the 2020 PGA Tour season, Love joinedCBS as a full-time analyst.^[18] In July 2020, Love announced that he was leaving his role with CBS in order to "focus on my family, play a few tournaments, and bring some stability back in a difficult year."^[19]

Personal life

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He and his wife Robin have two children.^[20] On March 27, 2020, Love's home inSt. Simons Island, Georgia, was destroyed in a fire. Love and his wife escaped without injury.^[21]

Love is a Republican, and has donated money toJohnny Isakson andGeorge W. Bush.^[22]

Awards and honors

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In 1997, his book,Every Shot I Take, received theUnited States Golf Association's International Book Award.^[23]
In 2008, Love III won thePayne Stewart Award
In 2013, he earned theBob Jones Award
In 2017, Love III was inducted into theWorld Golf Hall of Fame

Amateur wins

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1984North and South Amateur, Middle Atlantic Amateur

Professional wins (37)

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PGA Tour wins (21)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Players Championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 19,1987	MCI Heritage Golf Classic	70-67-67-67=271	−13	1 stroke	Steve Jones
2	Aug 19,1990	The International	14 pts (8-0-15-14=14)		3 points	Steve Pate,Eduardo Romero, Peter Senior
3	Apr 21,1991	MCI Heritage Golf Classic (2)	65-68-68-70=271	−13	2 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch
4	Mar 29,1992	The Players Championship	67-68-71-67=273	−15	4 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch,Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo,Tom Watson
5	Apr 19, 1992	MCI Heritage Golf Classic (3)	67-67-68-67=269	−15	4 strokes	Chip Beck
6	Apr 26, 1992	KMart Greater Greensboro Open	71-68-71-62=272	−16	6 strokes	John Cook
7	Jan 10,1993	Infiniti Tournament of Champions	67-67-69-69=272	−16	1 stroke	Tom Kite
8	Oct 24, 1993	Las Vegas Invitational	67-66-67-65-66=331	−29	8 strokes	Craig Stadler
9	Apr 2,1995	Freeport-McMoRan Classic	68-69-66-71=274	−14	Playoff	Mike Heinen
10	Feb 11,1996	Buick Invitational	66-70-69-64=269	−19	2 strokes	Phil Mickelson
11	Aug 17,1997	PGA Championship	66-71-66-66=269	−11	5 strokes	Justin Leonard
12	Oct 5, 1997	Buick Challenge	67-65-67-68=267	−21	4 strokes	Stewart Cink
13	Apr 19,1998	MCI Classic (4)	67-68-66-65=266	−18	7 strokes	Glen Day
14	Feb 4,2001	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	71-69-69-63=272	−16	1 stroke	Vijay Singh
15	Feb 9,2003	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (2)	72-67-67-68=274	−14	1 stroke	Tom Lehman
16	Mar 30, 2003	The Players Championship (2)	70-67-70-64=271	−17	6 strokes	Jay Haas,Pádraig Harrington
17	Apr 20, 2003	MCI Heritage (5)	66-69-69-67=271	−13	Playoff	Woody Austin
18	Aug 10, 2003	The International (2)	46 pts (19-17-5-5=46)		12 points	Retief Goosen,Vijay Singh
19	Oct 8,2006	Chrysler Classic of Greensboro (2)	69-69-68-66=272	−16	2 strokes	Jason Bohn
20	Nov 9,2008	Children's Miracle Network Classic	66-69-64-64=263	−25	1 stroke	Tommy Gainey
21	Aug 23,2015	Wyndham Championship (3)	64-66-69-64=263	−17	1 stroke	Jason Gore

PGA Tour playoff record (2–7)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1989	Nestle Invitational	Tom Kite	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	1991	NEC World Series of Golf	Jim Gallagher Jr.,Tom Purtzer	Purtzer won with par on second extra hole
3	1992	Nissan Los Angeles Open	Fred Couples	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4	1995	Freeport-McMoRan Classic	Mike Heinen	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1996	Buick Challenge	Michael Bradley,Fred Funk, John Maginnes,Len Mattiace	Bradley won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1996	Las Vegas Invitational	Tiger Woods	Lost to par on first extra hole
7	2000	GTE Byron Nelson Classic	Phil Mickelson,Jesper Parnevik	Parnevik won with par on third extra hole Mickelson eliminated by birdie on second hole
8	2001	Buick Invitational	Frank Lickliter,Phil Mickelson	Mickelson won with double-bogey on third extra hole Love eliminated by par on second hole
9	2003	MCI Heritage	Woody Austin	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	May 3,1998	The Crowns	64-71-67-67=269	−11	8 strokes	Rick Gibson,Masanobu Kimura, Brian Watts

Other wins (15)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Dec 2, 1990	JCPenney Classic (withBeth Daniel)	67-70-62-67=266	−12	5 strokes	Jay Haas andNancy Lopez
2	Nov 8, 1992	World Cup (withFred Couples)	134-139-140-135=548	−28	1 stroke	Sweden −Anders Forsbrand andPer-Ulrik Johansson
3	Nov 15, 1992	Kapalua International	65-71-72-67=275	−17	1 stroke	Mike Hulbert
4	Nov 22, 1992	Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (withTom Kite)	65-69-59=191	−25	1 stroke	Billy Ray Brown andNick Price, Fred Couples andRaymond Floyd, Hale Irwin andBruce Lietzke
5	Nov 14, 1993	World Cup of Golf (2) (withFred Couples)	137-140-141-138=556	−20	5 strokes	Zimbabwe −Mark McNulty andNick Price
6	Nov 13, 1994	World Cup of Golf (3) (withFred Couples)	132-129-137-138=536	−40	14 strokes	Zimbabwe −Tony Johnstone andMark McNulty
7	Nov 12, 1995	World Cup of Golf (4) (withFred Couples)	133-136-138-136=543	−33	14 strokes	Australia −Robert Allenby andBrett Ogle
8	Nov 12, 1995	World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy	65-67-68-67=267	−21	Playoff	Hisayuki Sasaki
9	Dec 3, 1995	JCPenney Classic (2) (withBeth Daniel)	66-65-63-63=257	−27	2 strokes	Helen Alfredsson andRobert Gamez
10	Nov 9, 1997	Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International (2)	67-66-67-68=268	−20	4 strokes	Olin Browne,David Toms
11	Jul 11, 2000	CVS Charity Classic (withJustin Leonard)	60-66=126	−16	3 strokes	Steve Elkington andCraig Stadler
12	Dec 3, 2000	Williams World Challenge	67-64-71-64=266	−22	2 strokes	Tiger Woods
13	Dec 14, 2003	Target World Challenge (2)	70-72-63-72=277	−11	2 strokes	Tiger Woods
14	Dec 16, 2012	PNC Father-Son Challenge (with son Dru Love)	60-61=121	−23	1 stroke	Larry Nelson and son Josh Nelson
15	Dec 16, 2018	PNC Father-Son Challenge (2) (with son Dru Love)	62-56=118	−26	3 strokes	Stewart Cink and son Connor Cink, John Daly and son John Daly II, Retief Goosen and son Leo Goosen

Other playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1991	Isuzu Kapalua International	Mike Hulbert	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1995	World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy	Hisayuki Sasaki	Won with par on fifth extra hole
3	2008	CVS Caremark Charity Classic (withBilly Andrade)	Paul Goydos andTim Herron, Rocco Mediate andBrandt Snedeker, Camilo Villegas andBubba Watson	Villegas/Watson won by 1 stroke in three-hole aggregate playoff
4	2015	PNC Father-Son Challenge	Fred Funk and son Taylor Funk, Larry Nelson and son Drew Nelson, Lanny Wadkins and son Tucker Wadkins	Team Wadkins won with eagle on first extra hole

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1997	PGA Championship	Tied for lead	−11 (66-71-66-66=269)	5 strokes	Justin Leonard

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament			CUT
U.S. Open			CUT	T33
The Open Championship		CUT	CUT	T23
PGA Championship	T47	CUT		T17

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament		T42	T25	T54	CUT	2	T7	T7	T33	2
U.S. Open		T11	T60	T33	T28	T4	T2	T16	CUT	T12
The Open Championship	CUT	T44	CUT	CUT	T38	T98	CUT	T10	8	T7
PGA Championship	T40	T32	T33	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	1	T7	T49

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T7	CUT	T14	T15	T6	CUT	T22	T27
U.S. Open	CUT	T7	T24	CUT	CUT	T6	CUT	CUT	T53
The Open Championship	T11	T21	T14	T4	T5	CUT	CUT	CUT	T19	T27
PGA Championship	T9	T37	T48	CUT	CUT	T4	T34	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament		CUT					T42
U.S. Open	T6	T11	T29
The Open Championship	CUT	T9	CUT
PGA Championship	T55	T72	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT

Tournament	2019	2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship		CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship		NT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	2	2	6	10	20	15
U.S. Open	0	1	2	5	10	23	16
The Open Championship	0	0	2	6	11	26	15
PGA Championship	1	0	2	4	5	32	16
Totals	1	3	8	21	36	101	62

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2001 U.S. Open – 2003 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1998 Open Championship – 1999 Masters)

The Players Championship

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Wins (2)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1992	The Players Championship	3 shot deficit	−15 (67-68-71-67=273)	4 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch,Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo,Tom Watson
2003	The Players Championship (2)	2 shot deficit	−17 (70-67-70-64=271)	6 strokes	Jay Haas,Pádraig Harrington

Results timeline

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Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Players Championship	T14	CUT	DQ	CUT	T24	CUT	1	T67	T6	T6	T46	DQ	T57	T10

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Players Championship	T48	CUT	CUT	1	T33	T8	CUT	T75	T54	CUT	T4	T12	CUT	T48			CUT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

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Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2016
Championship	T16		NT¹	8	T40	T41	T11		WD	T28
Match Play	R64	4		R32	R32	2	R16	2	R64	R32
Invitational	T10	35	T5	T11	3	T4	T13	T4	T6	T19	WD
Champions

¹Cancelled due to9/11

Top 10

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
WD = Withdrew
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

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Season	Wins (majors)	Earnings ($)	Rank^[24]
1985	0	0	-
1986	0	113,245	77
1987	1	297,378	33
1988	0	156,068	75
1989	0	278,760	44
1990	1	537,172	20
1991	1	686,361	8
1992	3	1,191,630	2
1993	2	777,059	12
1994	0	474,219	33
1995	1	1,111,999	6
1996	1	1,211,139	7
1997	2 (1)	1,635,953	3
1998	1	1,541,152	11
1999	0	2,475,328	3
2000	0	2,337,765	9
2001	1	3,169,463	5
2002	0	2,056,160	21
2003	4	6,081,896	3
2004	0	3,075,092	10
2005	0	2,658,779	13
2006	1	2,747,206	16
2007	0	1,016,489	96
2008	1	1,695,237	48
2009	0	1,622,401	52
2010	0	1,214,472	73
2011	0	1,056,300	88
2012	0	989,753	100
2013	0	303,470	165
2014	0	284,800	173
2015	1	1,263,596	75
2016	0	222,422	189
2017	0	257,270	187
2018	0	97,920	209
2019	0	271,216	193
2020	0	35,025	228
2021	0	0	-
Career*	21 (1)	44,944,195	16^[25]

*As of the 2021 season.

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Walker Cup:1985 (winners)

Professional

Dunhill Cup:1992
World Cup:1992 (winners),1993 (winners),1994 (winners),1995 (winners),1997
Ryder Cup:1993 (winners),1995,1997,1999 (winners),2002,2004,2012 (non-playing captain),2016 (non-playing captain, winners)
Presidents Cup:1994 (winners),1996 (winners),1998,2000 (winners),2003 (tie),2005 (winners),2022 (non-playing captain, winners)
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 1996 (winners), 1998, 2012 (winners)

Bibliography

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Every Shot I Take, 1997,ISBN 0684834006^[26]

References

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External links

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Official website
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Davis Love III at theJapan Golf Tour official site
Davis Love III at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

v t e PGA Championship champions
Match play era	1916Jim Barnes 1919Jim Barnes 1920Jock Hutchison 1921Walter Hagen 1922Gene Sarazen 1923Gene Sarazen 1924Walter Hagen 1925Walter Hagen 1926Walter Hagen 1927Walter Hagen 1928Leo Diegel 1929Leo Diegel 1930Tommy Armour 1931Tom Creavy 1932Olin Dutra 1933Gene Sarazen 1934Paul Runyan 1935Johnny Revolta 1936Denny Shute 1937Denny Shute 1938Paul Runyan 1939Henry Picard 1940Byron Nelson 1941Vic Ghezzi 1942Sam Snead 1944Bob Hamilton 1945Byron Nelson 1946Ben Hogan 1947Jim Ferrier 1948Ben Hogan 1949Sam Snead 1950Chandler Harper 1951Sam Snead 1952Jim Turnesa 1953Walter Burkemo 1954Chick Harbert 1955Doug Ford 1956Jack Burke Jr. 1957Lionel Hebert
Stroke play era	1958Dow Finsterwald 1959Bob Rosburg 1960Jay Hebert 1961Jerry Barber† 1962Gary Player 1963Jack Nicklaus 1964‡Bobby Nichols 1965Dave Marr 1966Al Geiberger 1967Don January† 1968Julius Boros 1969‡Raymond Floyd 1970Dave Stockton 1971Jack Nicklaus 1972Gary Player 1973Jack Nicklaus 1974Lee Trevino 1975Jack Nicklaus 1976Dave Stockton 1977Lanny Wadkins† 1978John Mahaffey† 1979David Graham† 1980Jack Nicklaus 1981Larry Nelson 1982‡Raymond Floyd 1983‡Hal Sutton 1984Lee Trevino 1985Hubert Green 1986Bob Tway 1987Larry Nelson† 1988Jeff Sluman 1989Payne Stewart 1990Wayne Grady 1991John Daly 1992Nick Price 1993Paul Azinger† 1994Nick Price 1995Steve Elkington† 1996Mark Brooks† 1997Davis Love III 1998Vijay Singh 1999Tiger Woods 2000‡Tiger Woods† 2001David Toms 2002Rich Beem 2003Shaun Micheel 2004Vijay Singh† 2005Phil Mickelson 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Y. E. Yang 2010Martin Kaymer† 2011Keegan Bradley† 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Jason Dufner 2014Rory McIlroy 2015Jason Day 2016Jimmy Walker 2017Justin Thomas 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Brooks Koepka 2020Collin Morikawa 2021Phil Mickelson 2022Justin Thomas† 2023Brooks Koepka 2024‡Xander Schauffele 2025Scottie Scheffler
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; 1943cancelled due toWorld War II

Davis Love III in theRyder Cup

AmericanRyder Cup captains

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1993
Paul Azinger Chip Beck John Cook Fred Couples Raymond Floyd Jim Gallagher Jr. Lee Janzen Tom Kite Davis Love III Corey Pavin Payne Stewart Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson (non-playing captain)
Won: 15 – 13

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1995
Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Brad Faxon Jay Haas Peter Jacobsen Tom Lehman Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Loren Roberts Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1997
Fred Couples Brad Faxon Jim Furyk Scott Hoch Lee Janzen Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods Tom Kite (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1999
David Duval Jim Furyk Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Steve Pate Payne Stewart Hal Sutton Tiger Woods Ben Crenshaw (non-playing captain)
Won: 14.5 – 13.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2002
Paul Azinger Mark Calcavecchia Stewart Cink David Duval Jim Furyk Scott Hoch Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Hal Sutton David Toms Scott Verplank Tiger Woods Curtis Strange (non-playing captain)
Lost: 12.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2004
Chad Campbell Stewart Cink Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Chris Riley David Toms Tiger Woods Hal Sutton (non-playing captain)
Lost: 9.5 – 18.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2012
Keegan Bradley Jason Dufner Jim Furyk Dustin Johnson Zach Johnson Matt Kuchar Phil Mickelson Webb Simpson Brandt Snedeker Steve Stricker Bubba Watson Tiger Woods Davis Love III (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2016
Rickie Fowler J. B. Holmes Dustin Johnson Zach Johnson Brooks Koepka Matt Kuchar Phil Mickelson Ryan Moore Patrick Reed Brandt Snedeker Jordan Spieth Jimmy Walker Davis Love III (non-playing captain)
Won: 17 – 11

Davis Love III in thePresidents Cup

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –1994
Fred Couples Jim Gallagher Jr. Jay Haas Scott Hoch John Huston Tom Lehman Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Loren Roberts Hale Irwin (playing captain)
Won: 20 – 12

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –1996
Mark Brooks Fred Couples David Duval Scott Hoch Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Mark O'Meara Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Arnold Palmer (non-playing captain)
Won: 16.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –1998
Mark Calcavecchia Fred Couples David Duval Jim Furyk Scott Hoch John Huston Lee Janzen Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Lost: 11.5 – 20.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2000
Paul Azinger Notah Begay III Stewart Cink David Duval Jim Furyk Tom Lehman Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Loren Roberts Hal Sutton Kirk Triplett Tiger Woods Ken Venturi (non-playing captain)
Won: 21.5 – 10.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2003
Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Charles Howell III Jerry Kelly Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Tied: 17 – 17

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2005
Stewart Cink Fred Couples Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Scott Verplank Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Won: 18.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2022
Sam Burns Patrick Cantlay Tony Finau Max Homa Billy Horschel Kevin Kisner Collin Morikawa Xander Schauffele Scottie Scheffler Jordan Spieth Justin Thomas Cameron Young Davis Love III (non-playing captain)
Won: 171⁄2 – 121⁄2

v t e Players Championship champions
1974Jack Nicklaus 1975Al Geiberger 1976Jack Nicklaus 1977Mark Hayes 1978Jack Nicklaus 1979Lanny Wadkins 1980Lee Trevino 1981Raymond Floyd† 1982Jerry Pate 1983Hal Sutton 1984Fred Couples 1985Calvin Peete 1986John Mahaffey 1987Sandy Lyle† 1988Mark McCumber 1989Tom Kite 1990Jodie Mudd 1991Steve Elkington 1992Davis Love III 1993Nick Price 1994Greg Norman 1995Lee Janzen 1996Fred Couples 1997Steve Elkington 1998Justin Leonard 1999David Duval 2000Hal Sutton 2001Tiger Woods 2002Craig Perks 2003Davis Love III 2004Adam Scott 2005Fred Funk 2006Stephen Ames 2007Phil Mickelson 2008Sergio García† 2009Henrik Stenson 2010Tim Clark 2011K. J. Choi† 2012Matt Kuchar 2013Tiger Woods 2014Martin Kaymer 2015Rickie Fowler† 2016Jason Day 2017Kim Si-woo 2018Webb Simpson 2019Rory McIlroy 2021Justin Thomas 2022Cameron Smith 2023Scottie Scheffler 2024Scottie Scheffler 2025Rory McIlroy†
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; 2020cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Players Championship champions