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.
Amateur career Being brought up in Sydney, Davis attended Wakehurst Public School and Davidson High displaying golf ability at an early age. He 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.
Professional career Davis turned professional in late 2016. He played in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on the PGA Tour and finished tied for 15th place.
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. 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. Davis won the 2018 Nashville Golf Open, 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.
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. He ended the season 37th on the FedEx Cup points list.
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.
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.
Amateur wins 2014 Victorian Amateur Championship 2015 Australian Amateur, New South Wales Medal 2016 Eisenhower Trophy (individual title)
Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up14 Jul 2021Rocket Mortgage Classic68-68-67-67=270−18Playoff Troy Merritt, Joaquín Niemann230 Jun 2024Rocket Mortgage Classic (2)68-66-66-70=270−181 stroke Akshay Bhatia, Min Woo Lee, Aaron Rai, Davis Thompson
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12021Rocket Mortgage Classic Troy Merritt, Joaquín NiemannWon with par on fifth extra holeNiemann 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 ofvictoryRunners-up126 Nov 2017Emirates Australian Open63-72-74-64=273−111 stroke Jonas Blixt, Matt Jones
Web.com Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up127 May 2018Nashville Golf Open67-71-67-65=270−181 stroke Kevin Dougherty, Lanto Griffin, Josh Teater
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up122 Dec 2022Sandbelt Invitational65-66-69-67=267−162 strokes David Micheluzzi
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020. Tournament20182019202020212022202320242025Masters Tournament46T12CUTPGA ChampionshipT59T48T4CUTT19U.S. OpenCUTCUTT64The Open ChampionshipT39NT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 4U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Totals 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2018 Open Championship – 2023 PGA Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship Tournament202120222023202420252026The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTT6CUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament202120222023ChampionshipMatch PlayT17Invitational60ChampionsNT1NT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
"T" = Tied NT = No tournament Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
Team appearances Amateur Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 2013 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 2016 (winners, individual leader) Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (winners)
Professional Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2022
See also 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
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