Love completes wire-to-wire win

International victory pushes veteran to top of PGA money list

? Davis Love III took all of the suspense out of The International Sunday, birdieing three of the first four holes and cruising to his fourth victory of the season.

Love led wire-to-wire for his 18th career title. He also vaulted from fourth to first on the PGA Tour’s money list with $5.1 million heading into next week’s PGA Championship.

“Obviously, the first two rounds set the tournament up for me,” said Love, who compiled a tournament-record 36 points after 36 holes. “All I had to do was play good on the weekend and not make any big mistakes.”

Love, who began the final round with 41 points and a 10-point lead, added 5 points under the modified Stableford scoring system. His lead never dipped below 10 points Sunday, and he beat Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen by a tournament-record 12. Chris DiMarco was another point back at 33.

The scoring system gives players 8 points for double eagle, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie, zero for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse.

Love became the first player other than Tiger Woods to go over $5 million for a season.