Editing David Duval (section)

==Professional career==

===Early success===
After two years on the [[Nike Tour]] where he won twice, he earned his [[PGA Tour]] card in 1995. Success came quickly, as Duval posted seven second-place finishes on the PGA Tour from 1995 to 1997, qualifying for the [[1996 Presidents Cup]] and posting a 4–0–0 record for the victorious American team. But a PGA Tour victory eluded him until he won the [[Michelob Championship at Kingsmill]] in October 1997, and winning his next two tournaments in the same month, including the 1997 [[Tour Championship]].

Duval led the PGA Tour money list in 1998, and also won the [[Vardon Trophy]] and [[Vardon Trophy|Byron Nelson Award]] for lowest scoring average. He ended second on the 1997 and 1999 money lists, seventh in 2000 and eight in 2001. From 1997 to 2001, he won 13 PGA Tour tournaments, including the 1997 Tour Championship, the 1999 [[The Players Championship|Players Championship]], and the 2001 [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]], as well as the 2001 [[Dunlop Phoenix]] on the [[Japan Golf Tour]] and the 2000 [[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (with [[Tiger Woods]]) internationally. He also tied for second in both the 1998 and 2001 [[Masters Tournament|Masters]]. Duval's winning speech at the 2001 Open was welcomed by British commentators as "delightfully modest and heartfelt".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/open2005/story/0,,1529714,00.html |title=Woods finds answers to all course's questions |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 15, 2005 |first=Richard |last=Williams}}</ref>

Other career highlights include achieving the number one spot in the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] in March 1999 and shooting a 59 in the final round of the 1999 [[Bob Hope Chrysler Classic]] on the Palmer Course at PGA West in [[La Quinta, California]]. Duval made an eagle on the final hole to win the tournament by one shot. Before 1999, only two other golfers in PGA Tour history, [[Al Geiberger]] and [[Chip Beck]], had posted a 59 in competition and no one had ever done so in a final round.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147188/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213065302/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147188/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |title=59 In The Shades |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Jamie |last=Diaz |date=February 1, 1999 |access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref> When he won the Players Championship he became the first player in history to win on the same day as his father, [[Bob Duval]], who won a [[Champions Tour]] event that same day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/032999/spg_1d1senio.html |title=Like father, like son |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |first=Bob |last=Thomas |date=March 29, 1999 |access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref> He also played on the victorious 1999 [[Ryder Cup]] team, as well as the 2002 team.

===Struggles===
After his Open Championship win, Duval entered a downward spiral in form that saw him drop to 80th on the money list in [[2002 PGA Tour|2002]] and 211th in [[2003 PGA Tour|2003]], prompting an extended break from the game. Numerous reasons have been postulated for the decline, including back, wrist and shoulder problems, personal difficulties and a form of [[vertigo (medical)|vertigo]]. Duval has not won a tournament on the PGA Tour since his Open Championship victory in 2001. His last worldwide win was the [[Dunlop Phoenix Tournament]] in November 2001 on his 30th birthday. His 30s proved to be much less lucrative on the golf course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news03/duval8.html |title=No sign to end of David Duval's slump |publisher=Golf Today |access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref>

Many commentators believed Duval's career to be over but he returned to golf at the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[2004 U.S. Open (golf)|2004]], where he shot 25 over par and missed the cut. Duval struggled with his best results until 2009 being a T-13 at the Deutsche Bank Championship in [[2004 PGA Tour|2004]] and a T-16 at the U.S. Open in [[2006 U.S. Open (golf)|2006]]. He made the cut in only one PGA Tour event in [[2005 PGA Tour|2005]] but did finish in the top ten at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan.

===Comeback attempts===
Duval had a successful start to the [[2006 PGA Tour|2006]] season, making the cut in his first two tournaments, as well as a very respectable finish of T-16 at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club, where his second round 68 was good enough for a tie as the best round of the tournament. Despite not reaching the same heights in the remaining two majors of the year, his performances continued a general upward trend, with none of the rounds of 80+ that had become so familiar in the previous years.

After a steady start to [[2007 PGA Tour|2007]] during the West Coast Swing, Duval once again disappeared from the tour. His mother died on July 17,<ref name=DIANE /> and he later revealed that his wife was going through a difficult pregnancy. This prompted the PGA Tour to amend its medical exemption policies – and Duval was granted twenty starts for the next season.

After a lackluster first half of the following year, Duval reappeared on the leaderboard of the [[2008 Open Championship]], rekindling memories of his major victory. He shot 73-69-83-71 for the week and finished T-39.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2008&tid=8 |title=Results for British Open in 2008 |publisher=databasegolf.com |access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref>

In [[2009 PGA Tour|2009]], Duval used his final career money exemption on the PGA Tour. He made his first cut at the [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]] in February. However, he stormed back onto the golf scene with a T-2 finish at the [[2009 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] at Bethpage Black. After going through sectional qualifying, Duval made the most of his first appearance in the U.S. Open since 2006. Going into the final round, Duval was four shots behind eventual winner [[Lucas Glover]]. Duval made a triple bogey at the par three 3rd hole, but rebounded with three straight birdies from 14 to 16. He stood on the tee of the 71st hole in a tie for the lead, but his par putt lipped out on the hole, and he finished tied for second, two shots behind Glover. It was his best finish on tour since the 2002 [[Memorial Tournament]]. After the Open, Duval jumped 740 spots in the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] from 882 to 142.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/5834396/The-Open-2009-why-David-Duval-will-never-quit.html |title=The Open 2009: why David Duval will never quit |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Mark |last=Reason |date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062201753.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216071513/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-06-23/sports/36905405_1_ricky-barnes-lucas-glover-golf-tournament |url-status=live |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |title=Duval Revives Career at Bethpage |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Gene |last=Wang |date=July 23, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref>

Duval failed to earn his PGA Tour card for the [[2010 PGA Tour|2010]] season, so he had to play on sponsor's exemptions. He showed more signs of a comeback by shooting a final-round 69 to finish 2nd to defending champion [[Dustin Johnson]] at the 2010 [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]]. Duval had a good 2010 season and retained his tour card at the end of the year.

The [[2011 PGA Tour|2011]] season was a struggle for Duval, when he made only nine cuts in 24 events and lost his Tour card after finishing outside 150th on the tour money list. He went to [[PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament|Q School]] in an attempt to regain his tour card, but finished T72 in the final round. For [[2012 PGA Tour|2012]], Duval had past champion status. After seven unsuccessful starts, Duval made his first cut of the season at the Valero Texas Open, and finished T60. It was announced on June 13 that he would be an analyst for ESPN for the first two rounds of the [[2012 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], having failed to qualify for the 2nd major of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/david-duval-aces-tv-debut-u-open-155400118--golf.html |title=David Duval Aces TV Debut at U.S. Open |publisher=Yahoo! News |first=Dave |last=Seanor |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/12/david-duval-joins-espns-u-s-open-coverage-as-golf-analyst/137798/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617121034/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/12/david-duval-joins-espns-u-s-open-coverage-as-golf-analyst/137798/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |title=David Duval Joins ESPN's U.S. Open Coverage as Golf Analyst |publisher=TV by the Numbers |first=Sara |last=Bibel |date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>

In December 2013, Duval announced via his Twitter that the [[2014 PGA Tour]] season would be the last season he would ask for sponsor exemptions to get into tournament fields. Many people took this as a possible retirement announcement, but Duval clarified to say that he wants to earn his way back on the Tour rather than depending on others.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-on-golf/24373430/david-duval-says-2014-could-be-his-last-as-a-pro |title=David Duval says 2014 could be his last as a pro |work=CBS Sports |first=Kyle |last=Porter |date=December 12, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10120873/david-duval-seeks-sponsor-exemptions-twitter |title=Duval seeks exemptions on Twitter |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |date=December 11, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> In April 2014, Duval finished tied for 25th (−8) at the [[Zurich Classic of New Orleans]].

In 2018, U.S. captain [[Jim Furyk]] named Duval as a non-playing vice-captain for the U.S. team participating in the [[2018 Ryder Cup]]. The U.S. team lost to Europe by 17½ points to 10½.

===PGA Tour Champions===
After turning 50 in 2021 and gaining eligibility, Duval began playing on the [[PGA Tour Champions]] circuit in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/golf/2022/04/19/david-duval-returns-competitive-golf-rookie-pga-tour-champions/7365792001/ |title=Feeling like a rookie again, 50-year-old David Duval rededicating himself to competitive golf |newspaper=Palm Springs Desert Sun |first=Larry |last=Bohannan |date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>