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Rhys Davies (golfer)

Rhys Davies
Personal information
Full nameRhys Davies
Born (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 39)
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

Rhys Davies (born 28 May 1985) is a Welsh former professional golfer. He is currently the player development manager in Europe for Excel Sports Management.

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 in 2007 allowing him to play on that tour for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

Davies won twice on the Challenge Tour in 2009 and finished fourth on that Tour's Rankings to earn his European Tour card for 2010. He won his first European Tour title at the 2010 Trophée Hassan II in Morocco.[2] At the 2010 Celtic Manor Wales Open, he shot a final round 62 to set the course record on his way to finishing runner-up. This performance elevated Davies into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. In 2011 Davies represented Europe against Asia in Thailand, winning 2 points to help win The Royal Trophy. After a poor 2012 season, Davies narrowly failed to maintain his full European Tour 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 regain full European Tour status.

Davies retired from playing professional golf in 2019 and then worked free lance for Sky Sports Golf, the European Tour podcast and the R&A. In 2021, Davies became the European Player Development Manager for American company Excelsports management.

In total, Davies played 314 professional tournaments with 5 wins, 9 second, 8 third, and 43 top-10 places). These include 170 European Tour tournaments (1 win; 4 second; 2 third and 12 top-10 places), and 6 majors.

At age 16, Davies had to choose between cricket and golf. At that 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.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

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 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Challenge Tour wins (4)

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

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Results in major championships

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

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

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  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.
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