Brian Davis | |
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![]() Davis at the 2010 PGA Championship | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Brian Lester Davis |
Born | London, England | 2 August 1974
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Winter Garden, Florida, U.S. |
Children | 3 |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1994 |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Web.com Tour PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Highest ranking | 45 (14 March 2004) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 2 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2004 |
PGA Championship | T13: 2004 |
U.S. Open | T61: 2003 |
The Open Championship | T6: 2003 |
Brian Lester Davis (born 2 August 1974) is an English professional golfer.
Davis was born in London. He turned professional in 1994 and became a member of the European Tour in 1997. He performed steadily for his first six seasons on the Tour, and won the 2000 Peugeot Open de España. In 2003, despite not winning a tournament, he had his best season by far to that time, finishing ninth on the European Tour Order of Merit. The highlights of his season included finishing in a tie for sixth at The Open Championship, and placing third in the European Tour's tour championship, the Volvo Masters, as well as two second places in lower profile events and playing on the winning Great Britain and Ireland team in the Seve Trophy. His second European Tour win came in 2004 at the ANZ Championship and later that year he became the first Englishman to be medalist at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. In 2005 he played on both the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour and in 2006 he concentrated more on the PGA Tour, making only a handful of appearances in Europe. Davis had two solid seasons on the PGA Tour in 2007 and 2008 where he finished inside the top 100 on the money list both times, including a runner-up at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.
2009 was a very consistent season for Davis. The season included 5th-place finishes at The Players Championship and the Valero Texas Open, followed by a third straight top 5 finish at the HP Byron Nelson Championship where he matched his best finish on the PGA Tour when he was runner-up behind Rory Sabbatini. He finished the season 43rd on the money list.
In April 2010 Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first play-off hole on Sunday to hand Jim Furyk a victory at the Verizon Heritage. Davis later received much praise for his decision which cost him a potential first PGA Tour victory. Davis finished second again later in 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, three shots behind Zach Johnson.
Davis has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 1 May 2000 | Peugeot Open de España | −14 (71-68-66-69=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 15 Feb 2004 | ANZ Championship 1 | 44 pts (7-8-12-17=44) | 1 point | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2005 | Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters | ![]() ![]() | Bjørn won with par on second extra hole Davis eliminated by par on first hole |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2010 | Verizon Heritage | ![]() | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | ||
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | T68 |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||||
U.S. Open | T61 | CUT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T6 | CUT | CUT | T53 | |||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T13 | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship | T39 | T19 | CUT |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | CUT |
The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | T20 | CUT | CUT | T5 | CUT | T26 | T25 | T72 | T11 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 |
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Match Play | R64 | |
Championship | T35 | |
Invitational |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
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