Cameron Davis (golfer)

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Cameron Davis
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Davis in 2017
Personal information
Full nameCameron Hugh Davis
Born (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29)
Sydney, Australia
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour Canada
Web.com Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 38 (30 June 2024) [1]
(as of 22 September 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T12: 2024
PGA Championship T4: 2023
U.S. Open CUT: 2023, 2024
The Open Championship T39: 2018

Cameron Hugh Davis (born 21 February 1995) is an Australian professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career, winning the Australian Amateur and the individual and team events at the Eisenhower Trophy. He has played regularly on the PGA Tour since 2018, and won the 2021 and 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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Amateur career

Davis had a successful amateur career. In 2015 he won the Australian Amateur and was a runner-up in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, behind Jin Cheng. In 2016 he was part of the Australian team who won the Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico and he was also the individual winner. The Australian team won the team event by 19 strokes and Davis finished 2 strokes ahead of fellow-Australian Curtis Luck in the individual event. [2]

Professional career

Davis turned professional in late 2016. [3] He played in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on the PGA Tour and finished tied for 15th place. [4]

Davis qualified for the 2017 PGA Tour Canada by finishing fourth in the Q-school. He was tied for 14th in his first event, the Freedom 55 Financial Open, but had a disappointing season, finishing 76th on the tour's rankings and losing his card. In November he won the Emirates Australian Open, a stroke ahead of Jonas Blixt and Matt Jones, after a final round 64 for his first professional win and automatic qualification into the 2018 Open Championship, as the tournament was part of the Open Qualifying Series. [5] Davis also had status on the Web.com Tour for 2018 after reaching the final round of Q School, despite starting at the First Stage. [6] Davis won the 2018 Nashville Golf Open, [4] and finished 7th on the Web.com Tour money list to secure his PGA Tour card.

Davis struggled during the 2018-2019 PGA Tour season, and finished 160th on the FedEx Cup points list. However, he rebounded and finished 84th during the 2019–20 season. [4]

In July 2021, Davis earned his first PGA Tour victory by defeating Troy Merritt and Joaquín Niemann in a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. [7] He ended the season 37th on the FedEx Cup points list. [4]

In September 2022, Davis was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club; he played all five matches, winning two and losing three. [8]

In June 2024, Davis won the Rocket Mortgage Classic for the second time in his career. Davis won by one shot over Akshay Bhatia, who three-putted and made bogey on the final hole. [9]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
14 Jul 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic 68-68-67-67=270−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Troy Merritt, Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann
230 Jun 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic (2)68-66-66-70=270−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Akshay Bhatia, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Min Woo Lee,
Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai, Flag of the United States.svg Davis Thompson

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic Flag of the United States.svg Troy Merritt, Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann Won with par on fifth extra hole
Niemann eliminated by par on first hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
126 Nov 2017 Emirates Australian Open 63-72-74-64=273−111 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Blixt, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Jones

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
127 May 2018 Nashville Golf Open 67-71-67-65=270−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Dougherty, Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin,
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Teater

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
122 Dec 2022Sandbelt Invitational65-66-69-67=267−162 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Micheluzzi

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament 46T12
PGA Championship T59T48T4CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship T39NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2021202220232024
The Players Championship CUTCUTT6CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament202120222023
Championship
Match Play T17
Invitational 60
Champions NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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  2. ↑ "Australia wins world amateur teams golf championship by 19 strokes". Herald Sun. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Australian Cameron Davis is turning Professional". AmateurGolf.com. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Cam Davis". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cameron Davis closes with seven-under-par to stun Australian Open field". The Guardian. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "First Stage - Dayton, NV". pgatq.bluegolf.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Lage, Larry (4 July 2021). "Cam Davis wins Rocket Mortgage Classic on 5th playoff hole". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Beall, Joel (25 September 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Lage, Larry (30 June 2024). "Cam Davis wins Rocket Mortgage Classic for 2nd time after Akshay Bhatia 3-putts 18th hole". Associated Press News. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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