After a strong start to the season, Cam Davis has cooled considerably with seven missed cuts since February.
The two-time Rocket Classic champion hopes a return to the Motor City can restart his engines when the action begins Thursday at the Detroit Golf Club.
“I would say an event like this definitely seems like a bright spot on the calendar,” Davis told reporters Tuesday. “Yeah, when things are a little rough and I’m finding it hard to get the best out of myself, going somewhere that you feel good just being there always is going to look really appetizing as it comes up.”
The 30-year-old Australian has two career PGA Tour titles, both in this event. He survived a three-man playoff to win in 2021 and held off four players to claim victory by one stroke last year, finishing 18 under in both events.
“A place like this (can) bring back some good memories and good vibes,” he said. “I’ve played this place really well before and I know a game plan that has worked multiple times now, so if there’s any way that I’m going to draw some confidence just by being in a physical location, it’s this place.”
Davis began the 2025 campaign with top-20 finishes at three of his first four events, including a T5 at Pebble Beach.
He has only two top-20 finishes since then, including a T19 at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow last month. He missed the cut at the Masters and finished T64 at the U.S. Open at Oakmont in this season’s other majors.
Last week, Davis tied for 57th place at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
“Season got off to I think the best start I’ve ever had on the PGA Tour,” he said. “I’ve been out here for a while now, but I played some really good golf for the first month and a half. Then I would say since then it’s been pretty rough going. I haven’t really seen myself play much good golf as of late. The PGA Championship was a nice little change, I had a couple of solid rounds there, but for the most part it’s been a little bit of searching, trying to get some magic back.”
Davis said he is looking forward to reversing his fortunes this week in Detroit, where a $9.6 million purse awaits the field at the 7,370-yard, par-72 track.
“I’ve been playing as hard as I can. There’s been a lot of great tournaments that we’ve just gone through and I’ve been through them all and not found, you know, the spark that I really wanted to find,” he said.
“Yeah, this one in particular, I’m really glad it’s turned up now because there’s no better time to turn things around than getting right back here again.”
–Field Level Media
