While the young Love IIIs no doubt wore cute costumes related to horseriding or Orange County choppers (like the one they built for Dad), Father Davis III had a much tougher choice. At first, he considered wearing the outfit that won the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. It used to be a nice fit (when he called it the Heritage Classic costume) and made him popular with Ryder Cup captains from the advent of his PGA Tour career through 2005. Another option was the outfit he selected for Thursday’s opening round of the Tour Championship Presented By Coca-Cola, which is known in fashion circles as a Plus-Twelve size, with ten scurrilous bogies orbiting a lonely double bogey. This type of costume made him less-than-popular with current Ryder Cup cap Tom Lehman, who has gone through a few costume changes of his own.
DL3 has lost the desire to be a world-class athlete. He is a family man and has been for a number of years. He shepherded his flock through some tough times a few years back, when betrayal and death threatened to rend the family fabric. He is Phil Mickelson plus ten years, too enamored of family life to recommit to the self-indulgent, ego-stroking intensity required to play with consistency at the highest level of sport. We have seen the last of DL3 the great tournament player; now we shall have to be satisfied with DL3 the great husband and father.
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