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Rhys Davies (golfer)

Rhys Davies (born 28 May 1985) is a Welsh professional golfer.

Rhys Davies
Personal information
Full nameRhys Davies
Born (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 38)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sporting nationality Wales
ResidenceBridgend, Wales
Career
CollegeEast Tennessee State University
Turned professional2007
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking44 (20 June 2010)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT62: 2010
U.S. OpenT74: 2010
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2009, 2010, 2011

Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times and was a first team All-American in 2005, 2006, and 2007. He played on two Walker Cup teams (2005 and 2007), and for Europe in four Palmer Cup teams (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). Davies was second in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (May 2007), before turning pro in September 2007.

Davies successfully came through the Asian Tour's qualifying school, allowing him to play on that tour for the 2008 season.

Davies won twice on the Challenge Tour in 2009 and finished fourth on the Challenge Tour Rankings to earn his European Tour card for 2010. He won his first European Tour title at the 2010 Trophée Hassan II.[2] At the 2010 Celtic Manor Wales Open, he shot a final round 62 to set the course record on his way to finishing as runner-up. This performance elevated Davies into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. He finished the season ranked 18th on the European Tour Order of Merit. After a poor 2012 season, Davies narrowly failed to maintain his full playing rights for the 2013 season.

Davies earned his first professional win in five years at the 2015 Turkish Airlines Challenge, and followed this three months later with victory at the Challenge de Espana, when he opened with a first round 60. These successes helped Davies secure eighth position on the Challenge Tour order of merit, and full European Tour status.

To date Davies has played 314 tournaments (5 wins; 9 second; 8 third and 43 top ten places); 981 rounds; 70,165 strokes; 71.52 stroke average. These include 170 European Tour tournaments (1 win; 4 second; 2 third and 12 top ten places), and 6 Majors (Oakmont; Turnberry; Pebble Beach; St Andrews; Whistling Straits; and Royal St Georges).

At sixteen Davies had to choose between cricket and golf. At this time he was a Glamorgan CC Academy, and ECB England National Development Squad player. The latter also included Alistair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan and Samit Patel who would play Test cricket subsequently.

Davies has not played golf competitively since 2019, and currently is the Player Development Manager, European Golf, for Excelsports management.

Amateur wins edit

Professional wins (5) edit

European Tour wins (1) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 21 Mar 2010 Trophée Hassan II −25 (68-64-68-66=266) 2 strokes   Louis Oosthuizen

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2011 Trophée Hassan II   David Horsey,   Jaco van Zyl Horsey won with birdie on second extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (4) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 26 Jul 2009 SWALEC Wales Challenge −2 (77-68-70-71=286) Playoff   James Morrison
2 6 Sep 2009 Fred Olsen Challenge de España −17 (65-70-65-67=267) 1 stroke   Steven Jeppesen
3 10 May 2015 Turkish Airlines Challenge −14 (69-70-65-70=274) 4 strokes   Lorenzo Gagli
4 19 Jul 2015 Fred Olsen Challenge de España (2) −22 (60-67-67-68=262) 2 strokes   Geoff Drakeford

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 SWALEC Wales Challenge   James Morrison Won with par on third extra hole
2 2009 SK Golf Challenge   Nicolas Colsaerts,   Julien Guerrier Colsaerts won with birdie on second extra hole

Playoff record edit

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2008 Hana Bank Vietnam Masters   Andrew Dodt,   Thongchai Jaidee Jaidee won with par on third extra hole
Dodt eliminated by birdie on second hole

Results in major championships edit

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
U.S. Open CUT T74
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T62

Note: Davies never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships edit

Tournament 2010 2011
Match Play
Championship T61
Invitational T71
Champions T53
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances edit

Amateur

Professional

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Week 25 2010 Ending 20 Jun 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Welshman Rhys Davies records maiden Tour win in Morocco". BBC Sport. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  3. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

External links edit

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