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    Davis Love III reportedly doing well after open-heart surgery

    January 25, 2025
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    Davis Love III was a vice captain in the 2018 Ryder Cup.

    Mike Ehrmann

    Davis Love III underwent successful open-heart surgery this week, according to CBS golf anchor Jim Nantz, who delivered the news on the air during Saturday’s broadcast of the Farmers Insurance Open.

    Nantz said he spoke to the 60-year-old Love just before he went on the air to call the final round at Torrey Pines. He said Love was released on Saturday from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after surgery for what he termed was a leaky valve that was diagnosed 10 years ago and was scheduled well in advance.

    Love told Nantz, “I went in healthy and I came out healthier.” The 21-time PGA Tour winner said he’d be driving in March and playing golf in April.

    Much of Love’s visibility in recent years has been serving as the U.S. captain for the Ryder Cup in 2012 and 2016 and in the Presidents Cup in 2022. The winner of the 1997 PGA Championship, Love has played sparingly on PGA Tour Champions over the 10 years he’s been eligible for the senior circuit. He has made 52 total starts, with only four in the last two seasons, and has no wins and two top-five finishes.