Cameron Davis has shared why he was very frustrated as he walked off the 18th green after his final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, before going on to win the event for a second time.
Cameron Davis was well-placed heading into the final round at Detroit Golf Club, with the Australian tied for third with Cameron Young, one shot behind Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai.
The lead on Sunday was passed around a few names, but you would have been forgiven for thinking that it was not going to be the 29-year-old’s day in Michigan, with several putts slipping by. Perhaps the worst break of the lot came on the par five 14th when Davis took on the green in two.
Davis initially found the putting surface with his three wood, but the ball started to roll back towards the water and left the champion of 2021 needing to take a drop. He would bogey that hole.
Cameron Davis very frustrated during final round at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Thankfully for Davis, there was to be one final twist, with Bhatia missing a short putt on the final hole to force a play-off, meaning that he had secured his second PGA Tour title in what has been a tough year to date.
Speaking in his press conference after the round, Davis shared how close he felt he was to playing a spectacular round of golf on Sunday.
“I was very frustrated, I felt like there was a point where there was nothing I can do. Honestly, the putts were very frustrating to see miss, it was almost more frustrating to see both of the three woods I hit on 14 and 17 come up short, I couldn’t have hit either of them any better,” he said.
“For that ball to roll back in the water on 14, when I finished on 18, I was already thinking back on that hole going, ‘jeez, I reckon if that ball stays up, it’s a very different turnout to the event’, so the fact that all of that didn’t go my way, I felt like I left six or seven shots out there just purely based on bad breaks. The greens are bumpy, they’re hard to make putts on. I felt like it was almost a spectacular round, but it ended up just being enough.”
A turning point
Davis must have felt that the bad breaks were typical of his year, as he awaited his first top 30 finish since The Masters. He missed the cut at the following two majors, and was obviously awaiting his first PGA Tour win in three years.
This may perhaps help propel Davis, particularly with the Presidents Cup emerging on the horizon. He has also put himself in a good position in the FedEx Cup standings, so perhaps his luck is about to change.
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