Cameron Davis: 15 Facts You Didn't Know About The PGA Tour Golfer
How well do you know the Australian golfer? Well here are 10 facts on him you may or may not know.
Cameron Davis is making a name for himself in the professional game, and bagged his first PGA Tour win in 2021, but what else is there about the Davis that would be good to know? Here are 15 things you may not be familiar with about the Australian.
1. Davis was born in Sydney, Australia in 1995.
2. In 2016 he was part of the Australian team that won the Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico and was also the individual winner. The Australian team won the team event by 19 strokes and Davis finished two strokes ahead of fellow-Australian Curtis Luck in the individual event.
3. Davis turned professional later that year.
4. Growing up, Davis played soccer, some tennis and cricket and he cites one of his favorite hobbies as disc golf.
5. According to his PGA Tour.com bio, his favorite memory was watching Tiger Woods play for the first time at the Australian Masters in 2009. Tiger won the event by two shots.
6. His first professional win came at the 2017 Australian Open.
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7. That handed him a place in his first Major, the 2018 Open, where he finished T39.
8. Davis always uses an Australian 20-cent coin to mark his ball.
9. So far, his sole PGA Tour victory came at the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic. He shot four rounds in the 60 to get into a playoff, and went on to beat Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann.
10. In 2022, he competed for the International team at the Presidents Cup, where he won two matches and lost three at the Quail Hollow contest.
11. Davis lives in Seattle, and as a result, he has become quite a fan of the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL team from the city.
12. He is also a fan of the Sydney Swans Australian football team.
13. The Australian is a big fan of Japanese food.
14. Davis has been married to User Assistance Developer Jonika Zapiorkowska since 2020.
15. He is an ambassador for Titleist.
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Full name | Cameron Hugh Davis |
Date of birth | 21 February 1995 |
Born | Sydney, Australia |
Height | 6ft 4" |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Current tour | PGA Tour, PGA Tour of Australia |
Former tours | PGA Tour Canada, Web.com Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Career earnings | $11,968,168 |
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Driver: Cobra LTDxLS (9 degrees)
Fairway Wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees), Nike Covert Tour 2.0 (19 degrees)
Irons (4-PW): Titleist AP2
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM7 54˚, 58˚
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