Great fightback from Cameron Davis but still well back
Cameron Davis – file photo
Defending champion Cameron Davis has bounced back with a third round of 65 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, improving 43 places after just making the cut and is now in a share of 16th place, albeit 11 shots from the joint leaders, Tony Finau and Taylor Pendrith.
Davis who won his first and only PGA Tour title to date in this event last year was on track for a course record 63 when he finished in the middle of the fairway and just 114 yards from the hole at the last but a thinned approach saw him miss the green and he took bogey.
Still, it was a great bounce-back from his second round of 73 and while contending for the title is out of the question it was an encouraging recovery for the Sydney golfer.
“I mean, it was a nice bounce-back from yesterday where I felt like for the first, at least the first few holes I feel like I completely lost my swing, I had no idea where it went,” said Davis.
“On the back got some good stuff going yesterday afternoon and then brought it into today and made some putts with it today as well. A little sour end there with a wedge, but 17 really good solid holes. But I’m not on the number anymore, I’ve kind of worked my way back into the middle of the pack somewhere, which is nice.
“It was just more of a relaxing round. You’re playing in the morning, the greens are smoother, there’s no wind, you pick your number. If you hit it solid, you know where it’s going to go rather than being left up to the wind above the trees that you can’t really feel.
“Today was just a little bit more relaxed on the greens. I wasn’t trying to make a putt to hopefully make the cut on the number, it was just trying and make some progress and have a good round. Yeah, it just worked a lot better than it did yesterday.”
Jason Day is two behind Davis and in a share of 29th while Adam Scott somehow managed to record a round 12 shots worse than his third round 66 and slumped to a share of 66th with a round of 78.
