Team Love set scoring records to win PNC Father-Son Challenge

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Davis Love III and Dru Love closed with a 16-under 56 in a scramble format to set two tournament records and win the PNC Father-Son Challenge by three shots Sunday.

Team Love shot 27 on the front nine at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, took the lead with a birdie at No. 11 and finished off the record round with four more birdies and an eagle. The 56 beat by one the record previously held by Raymond Floyd and his son in 1995, and by Bob Charles and his son in 1998.

John and Little John Daly shot 62 and tied for second with Retief and Leo Goosen and Stewart and Connor Cink.

Team Love finished at 26-under 118, breaking by one shot the record in the scramble format.

Things to Know

• 118 (-26) 36-hole total by Team Love sets PNC Father Son Challenge tournament record
• Second-round 56 (-16) by Team Love sets new tournament 18-hole record
• After win in 2012, Davis Love III becomes fourth player with PNC Father Son Challenge multiple victories
• Davis/Dru Love join Lanny/Tucker Wadkins (2015) as only winners to come from behind since 2004
• Fourth time in tournament history that a team who held first-round lead with sub-60 score failed to win
• After just two eagles in the first round, there were seven in round two, including two by Team Love

First-Round Lead Notes

14 of 21: First-round leaders/co-leaders at the PNC Father Son Challenge to win, including 10 of last 12

2: Since 2004, winning teams to come from behind; 2015, Lanny/Tucker Wadkins, 2 strokes back

5: Times a sub-60 score has led after first round, with all but 2018/Team Daly/59 going on to win (2017/Team Cabrera/59, 2006/Team Langer/59, 2005/Team Langer/59, 1998/Team Charles/57)

Davis/Dru Love (1st/-26)

• Front-nine 27 (-9) included one eagle (No. 3), seven birdies and a single par (No. 4)
• Took solo lead for the first time with birdie at No. 11 to reach 20-under. Added four birdies and a second eagle (No. 14) to shoot 56 (-16), a new 18-hole tournament record; previous record, 15-under 57 (Ray/Ray, Jr. Floyd/R2/1995, Bob/David Charles/R1/1998)
• 118 (-26) winning total is a new tournament record; previous record with scramble-only format was 25-under 119, shared by four teams (Bob/David Charles/1998; Jack/Gary Nicklaus/1999; Raymond/Robert Floyd/1999; Larry/Drew Nelson/2004, Angel/Angel, Jr. Cabrera). For the first two years of the event, a better-ball format was used on the first day
• Making eighth appearance at PNC Father Son Challenge, highlighted with a win in 2012
• Finished T9 in first appearance (2005), but never outside top-4 since then
• Davis Love III joins the list of players with multiple PNC Father Son Challenge victories: Raymond Floyd (5) – 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001; Larry Nelson (3) – 2004, 2007, 2008; Bernhard Langer (3) – 2005, 2006, 2014; Davis Love III (2) – 2012, 2018
• Davis is a World Golf Hall of Fame member and PGA TOUR Life member with 21 victories
• Davis produced three top-15s in four starts on PGA TOUR Champions in 2018, with T10 at U.S. Senior Open his best result
• The RSM Classic earlier this year marked the 13th time the duo competed in the same PGA TOUR event. Dru (T54) finished ahead of Davis (T65) for just the second time (2017 Sanderson Farms Championship – Dru/T30, Davis/MC)
• Dru’s 1-under 71 in the opening round of the 2017 Sanderson Farms Championship bettered the score of Davis by a stroke, marking the first time that he posted a score lower than his father when competing in the same event
• In 14 starts on TOUR, Dru has made three cuts with a T30 at the 2017 Sanderson Farms Championship his best result

Retief/Leo Goosen (T2/-23)

• Making third appearance at PNC Father Son Challenge (2018/T2 2017/8th, 2016/T2)
• Finished T2 in tournament debut in 2016, one stroke back of David Duval/Nick Karavites
• Second-round 58 (-14) marked best 18-hole score at this event; previous best was 61 (R2/2017, R2/2016)
• Retief, who turns 50 on February 3, plans to make PGA TOUR Champions debut at 2019 Oasis Championship in Boca Raton, Florida
• South African native/Orlando, Florida resident, who counts a pair of U.S. Open Championships (2001, 2004) among his seven PGA TOUR titles, will be inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame with Class of 2019

Stewart/Connor Cink (T2/-23)

• Birdies six of the first seven holes and five of the last six to finish T2
• 121 (-23) total is best in six appearances for Team Cink
• Seeking to win the PNC Father Son for a second time after claiming the 2013 title by three strokes (61-61—122)
• Partnered son Reagan in 2015 and 2017 and has never finished out of the top-10 in five previous starts (Won/2013, T8/2014, T9/2015, T2/2016, T6/2017)
• Stewart has wife, Lisa as his caddie this week while Connor has brother, Reagan carrying his bag
• Highlight last season was T2 at Travelers Championship, his best result on TOUR since victory at 2009 The Open Championship, one of six career PGA TOUR titles
• Qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the 10th time and finished the season No. 73 in the standings

John/Little John Daly (T2/-23)

• Despite starting second round with six birdies in the first seven holes, became fourth team in tournament history to lead with a sub-60 round and fail to win (2018/Team Daly/59/T2, 2015/Team Singh/59/T5, 2001/Team Irwin/59/2nd, 1999/Team Irwin/59/T6). Note: Team Irwin finished 3rd in 1998 after a first-round 59, which was two back of Team Charles/57.
• Making third appearance at PNC Father Son Challenge after T9 finishes in 2016 and 2017
• Owns five PGA TOUR wins, including 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 The Open, plus one PGA TOUR Champions victory (2017 Insperity Invitational)
• Highlight on PGA TOUR Champions this year was also in a team event – T5 at Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf
• Following opening 59, marked the fifth time in tournament history a team held the first-round lead with a sub-60 score. All but Team Daly went on to win (2017/Team Cabrera/59, 2006/Team Langer/59, 2005/Team Langer/59, 1998/Team Charles/57)

Miscellaneous

• David/Carter Toms finished solo-fifth at 21-under in their tournament debut. They were the best of four teams making their tournament debut (Jim/Mike Furyk/T9, Matt/Peter Kuchar/T9, Darren/Tyrone Clarke/15th)
• Jack/GT Nicklaus finished alone in sixth, improving on the duo’s 15th last year. This year’s event marked Jack’s 17th appearance at the PNC Father Son Challenge, but second with grandson, GT
• Bernhard Langer, partnering daughter Jackie Langer John, finished 16th while attempting to become the first to win with a record third different child
• After just two eagles in the opening round (Team Nicklaus/No. 3, Team Cink/No. 18), seven were scored in the second round, including two by the winning team; (No.3 – Team Kite, Team Goosen, Team Love, Team Nicklaus; No. 5 – Team Kuchar, Team Furyk; No. 14 – Team Love)