Cam Davis continues fine PGA Tour season in California
Cam Davis – file photo courtesy of PGA of America
Australian golfer Cam Davis’ year just keeps getting better following his 3rd place finish at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California this morning.
Davis’ finish was his 6th top ten of the year and after a start to 2023 during which he missed five of his first six cuts, he has turned the season into something very special. This was his 4th top ten in his last five starts.
Today Davis added another US$590,000 to his season’s earnings which now total US$4.6 million.
Having already made the top fifty and therefore guaranteed access to the lucrative signature events next season, Davis played this week with the freedom that such status brings, his only real blemish coming at the 8th hole today when he drove it out of bounds and took double bogey.
“Yeah, if I was fighting for position for next year still, it would be a very different
mindset to what I’ve currently got. It’s nice playing with a little less stress on keeping your job
and a little more focus on improving your game and working on some things that you’ve
been working on behind the scenes.”
That he was able to play the final seven holes in five under and finish just two shots from the first-time winner, Sahith Theegala is an indication of his growing self-belief and status on the PGA Tour.
“It was an awesome week,” said Davis. “I really enjoyed everything about this week actually. It was relaxing, I love being here, the weather was just about the best all year we had for a full week straight, I loved how firm and fast the course got.
“So I had a really enjoyable time. Just didn’t quite get off to a really good start today which kind of threw me so far off that I wasn’t really a contender anymore. It was awesome to watch how well Sahith played today. He did everything he needed to do to get the job done today.
“I’m going to play a couple more events on the PGA TOUR and then I’m going to go back and play the events in Australia at the end of the year. I’m going to have a smattering throughout the rest of the year, which is nice that I can kind of take that approach and work in a few things now. But a lot of good stuff to take away from a week like this.”
Lucas Herbert, who began the event so well with an opening round of 63 eventually finished 3oth. While Herbert did not make the leading 50 and earn the right to play signature events next year he is guaranteed PGA Tour status courtesy of his Bermuda win a couple of years ago.
