Cameron Davis’s hopes of a US PGA Tour card in 2019 have been brought back to life after the defending Australian Open champion finished third in the opening event of the Web.com Tour Finals in Ohio.
Jason Day set himself up for the fall. In the end, his finish to the Emirates Australian Open was emblematic of his winless 2017 – his first since 2012 – a little faltering, and slightly error-prone.
In 13 months as a professional, Sydney’s Cameron Davis had hardly set the world on fire. That all changed at The Australian Golf Club on Sunday afternoon when he fulfilled a boyhood dream and captured the Emirates Australian Open.