Editing David Duval (section)

===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.