Davis Love III took all of the suspense out of The International in Colorado on 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 US.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.

　　"I basically won it with my putter the first two days."

　　Love, who began the final round with 41 points and a 10-point lead, added 5 points under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this event. His lead never dipped below 10 points on Sunday, and beat Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen by a tournament-record 12.

　　Chris DiMarco was another point back at 33, and John Rollins had 31. Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson each had 26. Els had the day's best, 13 points.

　　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. Rich Beem won last year with a four-round total of 44 points.

　　An emotional Love dedicated the victory to his wife Robin. In a press conference on Wednesday, he denied that he and his wife were having marital problems.

　　Goosen said demanding pin place-ments on Sunday helped Love maintain his lead.

　　"We knew the flags were going to be tough today," Goosen said. "Every pin was in the toughest position you could get on the greens. I think the rest of field was sort of feeling they were playing for second place after Davis' big lead."

　　Love got off to a quick start, sinking a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole. After three-putting No 2 for bogey, he rebounded with two more birdies, making putts of 15 and 4 feet. That boosted his lead to 15 points over Rollins, who made four straight pars.