David Duval

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David Duval
David Duval 2006
Personnel
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Career data
Professional since: 1993
Current tour: PGA TOUR
Tournament wins: 19th
Major wins : 1 (2001)

David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971 in Jacksonville , Florida ) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour . He belongs to the circle of major winners and was also the leader in the golf world rankings for a few weeks .

Career

The son of former Champions Tour player Bob Duval graduated from Episcopal High School of Jacksonville , was US Junior Amateur Champion in 1989 and continued his amateur career at Georgia Tech , where he was four times All-American , twice ACC Player of the Year , and finally 1993 National Player of the Year .

After two years on the second-ranked Nike Tour , Duval was eligible to play for the PGA TOUR 1995. Success quickly set in there, and he was called up to the Presidents Cup Team in 1996 , where he had a flawless match record of four wins from four encounters. Between 1997 and 2001 Duval won thirteen tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the prestigious Tour Championship in 1997 and the Players Championship in 1999, and in 2000 the World Cup with his partner Tiger Woods . After the dubious reputation of "world's best player without a major title" for a few years, he finally managed to win the Open Championship in 2001 . In the Masters in 1998 and 2001 Duval took second places.

In addition to reaching the top of the world rankings in April 1999, a 59 final round at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic - at the Palmer Course of the PGA West in La Quinta, California - was another highlight of his career. Before him, only Al Geiberger and Chip Beck achieved this result , but not in a final round.

After his major win, Duval fell into an inexplicable form and after 2003 he even interrupted his career for a longer period. Back, wrist and shoulder injuries, as well as personal problems, made his comeback efforts even more difficult. Only with the 2006 season did a silver lining appear on the horizon. He made two cuts in a row and briefly moved back into the limelight at the US Open when he could achieve the best round of the tournament and in the end, six strokes behind, reached a good 16th place. At the US Open 2009 Duval finished second, two strokes behind.

Duval played for his country three times in the Presidents Cup (1996, 1998 and 2000) and twice in the Ryder Cup (1999 and 2002). He lives in Denver , Colorado with his wife Susie and four children .

PGA Tour victories

Major Championship is in bold .

Other tournament victories

Results at major championships

competition 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T18 CUT T2 T6 T3 2 CUT CUT DNP
US Open T56 DNP CUT DNP DNP T28 T67 T48 T7 T7 T8 T16 CUT CUT CUT
Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T20 T14 T33 T11 T62 T11 1 T22 CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T41 T13 CUT T10 DNP T10 T34 WD CUT
competition 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Masters CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
US Open CUT T16 DNP DNP T2 T70 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Open Championship CUT T56 DNP T39 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT T49 WD CUT WD CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = not taken part
CUT = cut not made
WD = abandoned
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

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personal data
SURNAME Duval, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duval, David Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American golfer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonville , Florida , USA