HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Davis Love III's streak of major championship starts is ending at 70.
Love had to win the Houston Open to qualify for next week's Masters and stretch the longest active run of major appearances. He shot a 1-over 73 on Sunday to finish at 5 under, 11 shots behind champion Johnson Wagner.
The 43-year-old Love, who played his college golf at North Carolina, will sit out a major for the first time since the 1990 U.S. Open. He tore ligaments in his left ankle last September, spent more than four months rehabbing and has struggled to recapture his old form, missing three cuts in seven starts in 2008.
But Love said he's far ahead of the recovery time that doctors set for him. He wouldn't have returned so quickly if he had already secured a spot in the Masters.
Love said he's going turkey hunting, then will play the following week at Hilton Head, where he's won five times. He hasn't decided if he'll watch the Masters on TV.
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