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WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER DAVIS LOVE III
NAMED U.S. TEAM CAPTAIN FOR 2022 PRESIDENTS CUP
World Golf Hall of Fame member Davis Love III named U.S. Team captain for
2022 Presidents Cup
데이비스 러브 III, 2022년 프레지던츠 컵 미국 팀 주장 임명
퀘일 홀로우 클럽에서 미국 팀을 이끌 노스 캐롤라이나 출신
Davis Love 3세
orld Golf Hall of Fame member Davis Love III play, while accounting for 18 points in 28 total matches
Wnamed U.S. Team captain for 2022 Presidents Cup played.
North Carolina native to lead U.S. Team at Quail Hollow
Club "It's a tremendous honor to be named captain of the U.S.
Team for the 2022 Presidents Cup. My history with this
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – Presidents Cup and event dating back to 1994 conjures up indelible memories
PGA TOUR officials today announced 21-time PGA of competition, camaraderie and sportsmanship, and
TOUR winner and World Golf Hall of Fame member I'm thrilled to be leading the top American players into
Davis Love III has been named captain of the U.S. Team Quail Hollow Club next September," said Love. "The U.S.
for the 2022 Presidents Cup, which will be staged at Team has been guided by some of the game's all-time
Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, the greats since 1994, and I will do my best to carry on that
week of September 19-25. Love joins South African legacy as we look to retain the Cup."
Trevor Immelmann, who was named captain of the
International Team in April 2020. Love is the ninth U.S. Team captain, joining the likes
of Tiger Woods (2019), Steve Stricker (2017), Jay Haas
Love represented the United States in the Presidents Cup (2015), Fred Couples (2013, 2011, 2009), Jack Nicklaus
six times in his career, including the inaugural event in (2007, 2005, 2003, 1998), Ken Venturi (2000), Arnold
1994, where he compiled a 4-0-1 record while leading Palmer (1996) and Hale Irwin (1994).
the U.S. Team to a 20-12 victory over the International
Team. He served as an assistant captain in the 2013, 2015 "Davis has been instrumental in the foundation and
and 2017 Presidents Cups, while also guiding the United continued growth of the Presidents Cup, and it's only
States as captain in the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups. fitting that he returns to Charlotte to lead the U.S. Team
Love holds a 16-8-4 all-time record in Presidents Cup in 2022," said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan.
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