Cam Davis stays alive in FedEx Cup Playoffs
Cam Davis – in fine, end-of-season form – file photo
Cam Davis’ impressive effort to share 6th place at the opening event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs in Memphis will ensure he progresses to next week’s BMW Championship in Illinois, the Sydney golfer’s final round of 67 having him in a seven-way tie for 6th.
Despite creating several opportunities over the closing nine holes, Davis was unable to secure the one birdie to follow his third birdie of the day at the 10th which would have allowed him to break clear of the large line-up in 6th place.
Davis will however pick up a cheque for US$584,000 in the US$20 million event and gets a chance at next week’s BMW Championship to advance inside the top 30 on the FedEx Cup table from his now 44th position and make it to the Tour Championship.
“I was doing my best,” said Davis when asked about that elusive one extra birdie. “I mean, I had a rough sort of estimate of where I felt like I needed to finish based on little things that I had seen throughout the day, but I wanted one more birdie, but it looks like I didn’t need it.
“That was a nice stressful but, at the same time, well-played sort of day for me.
“I would say the last three Sundays in a row have all been about the same level of stress and the same level of achievement for me. I’ve managed to put really good clean rounds together when the pressure has been on to keep moving forward, and yeah, it’s really satisfying to be able to know that I’ve got a tee time next week, so I can start looking forward to that.”
Jason Day was the only other Australian in the field and, although finishing 52nd this week, is now 21st on the FedEx Cup list and will also be at the BMW Championship. Day produced a final round of 66 and heads to Chicago with the confidence that will bring.
The winner of the event was Lucas Glover who birdied the first extra hole of a playoff to win his second event in succession following his win in Greensboro seven days ago and advanced to #4 in the FED Ex Cup standings after being outside the top 100 two weeks ago.
