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Davis Love III has refused to rule out the possibility of playing in the 2012 Ryder Cup after being named captain of the USA team.

Love made his debut at the 1993 Ryder Cup at the Belfry, winning 11-and-a-half points from 26 matches over six Ryder Cups. He has not played the tournament since 2004, but Love, currently ranked 111 in the world, started the year on a high after a top-ten finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii last week, and he admits he is looking to earn his place on the team by right.

"I'm never going to give up my goal of making Ryder Cups, as long as I feel like I'm competitive on the Tour," Love said. "I went out to Hawaii last week thinking about making points on all of the lists that I need to move up on and trying to win golf tournaments."

Although Love would jump at the chance to play if he qualified, he admitted he would find it hard to give himself a captain's pick.

"What I ultimately want is the 12 best players," he said. "And if I'm one of the best eight come the PGA Championship in 2012, then I'm going to want to play, because I don't want to leave a guy off the team that might help us win, and if that's me, great. If not, you know, I certainly would have a tough time picking myself. That wouldn't look very good.

"But I would love to make the team. We'll cross that bridge, if we get to it, but the PGA of America can run the Ryder Cup without Davis Love III for sure, and if we had good assistants and I'm playing great, that would be a great story for our team and for golf, as long as I get three or four points out of the deal."

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