The man who led Australia's charge in its rout of the recent
World Amateur Championships has decided to turn professional before the
start of the country's summer of golf. New South Welshman Cameron Davis, who
fired the lowest individual score to help Australia win the prestigious
Eisenhower Trophy and boast the world's best amateur golfers, will begin
the next phase of his career at the Queensland Open next week. Turning pro: Cameron Davis. Photo: David Tease/GolfNSW
The Monash Country Club product who battled back from a serious wrist
injury late last year when a recovery shot went horribly wrong has
secured a start in the US PGA Tour's OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico
next month before teeing it up in the Australian Open alongside Adam
Scott and Jordan Spieth at Royal Sydney the following week.
"I was
waiting for the opportunities for next year and seeing if I could
qualify for a major and if I had that would have been the thing that
would have stopped me [turning professional]," Davis said. "My
statistics have been telling me for a while that I can compete and it's
been a matter of getting a bit of confidence up and the last few weeks
has really helped with that. I'm happy with the decision and it
definitely feels like the right time."
The 21-year-old only
narrowly missed a start in the US Masters when his charge at last week's
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Korea, won by compatriot Curtis
Luck, fizzled over the final few holes.
And it has spurred Davis to immediately turn professional, having
missed the majority of last year's Australian summer with the wrist
injury, which triggered a change in his swing and surgery on his wrist
bone to repair a tendon that was slipping in and out of its groove.
"It
gave me a bit of time to think about how I was going about things,"
Davis said. "I couldn't have done anything better in terms of how I
dealt with the injury and how I came back from it.
"I was able to
work on some parts of my game like chipping and putting around the
greens. My golf swing I've had to protect against little things that
might have weakened my wrist to the point where doing what I did might
have damaged it.
"The tournament in Mexico is a PGA Tour event
and it's already a chance to experience what it may be like if I get to
where I want to go. That was a bit of a surprise because I didn't
realise the tournament I won would get me a start there and to have all
these opportunities straight after I turn pro is a pretty awesome thing
to happen."
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