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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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