Australian golfer Cam Davis competing on the PGA Tour.
Cam Davis, whose full name is Cameron Hugh Davis, was born on 21 February 1995 in Sydney, New South Wales. He grew up in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area, including Frenchs Forest, and developed through Golf Australia’s national high-performance program. A tall, right-handed ball-striker, Davis is known for his driving power and long-game ability. He won the 2015 Australian Amateur Championship before turning professional in October 2016. His early professional breakthrough came at the 2017 Australian Open, where he defeated an accomplished field at The Australian Golf Club. He later won the 2018 Nashville Golf Open on the Korn Ferry Tour and earned promotion to the PGA TOUR for the 2019 season. Davis won his first PGA TOUR title at the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic and added a second victory at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. His most recent professional context is as an active PGA TOUR player representing Australia.
First big break
Davis’s first major professional breakthrough was winning the 2017 Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney. He shot a final-round 64, including six birdies and an eagle hole-out, to win by one stroke. The victory was his first professional title and helped create his pathway towards the Korn Ferry Tour and ultimately the PGA TOUR. Davis has described the 2017 Australian Open as the event that effectively helped him get onto the PGA TOUR.
Key stats & awards
Verified career highlights include two PGA TOUR victories, one Korn Ferry Tour victory, the 2015 Australian Amateur Championship, the 2017 Australian Open and selection for the 2022 Presidents Cup International Team. The PGA TOUR profile lists 17,406,522 dollars in career PGA TOUR earnings and 116 cuts made from 185 PGA TOUR starts in the profile data retrieved for this report; the profile also lists two PGA TOUR wins. Earnings figures are presented in the source’s original currency and should be treated as official tour-profile data as displayed, with the profile retrieval date serving as the latest available source context.
Famous moments
At the 2017 Australian Open, Davis began the final round six shots behind Jason Day but closed with a seven-under-par 64 to win the Stonehaven Cup. A defining shot was his eagle hole-out from approximately 125 yards. In July 2021, he won the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in a playoff over Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann, claiming his first PGA TOUR title. In 2022, he made his Presidents Cup debut for the International Team. Davis also recorded a major-championship breakthrough with a top-four finish at the 2023 US Open, according to Australian Golf Digest reporting.
