Brian Davis (golfer)

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Brian Davis
Davis at the 2010 PGA Championship
Personal information
Full nameBrian Lester Davis
Born (1974-08-02) 2 August 1974 (age 50)
London, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceWinter Garden, Florida, U.S.
Children3
Career
Turned professional1994
Former tour(s)European Tour
Web.com Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking45 (14 March 2004)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2004
PGA ChampionshipT13: 2004
U.S. OpenT61: 2003
The Open ChampionshipT6: 2003

Brian Lester Davis (born 2 August 1974) is an English professional golfer.

Career

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Davis was born in London. He turned professional in 1994 and became a member of the European Tour in 1997. He performed steadily for his first six seasons on the Tour, and won the 2000 Peugeot Open de España. In 2003, despite not winning a tournament, he had his best season by far to that time, finishing ninth on the European Tour Order of Merit. The highlights of his season included finishing in a tie for sixth at The Open Championship, and placing third in the European Tour's tour championship, the Volvo Masters, as well as two second places in lower profile events and playing on the winning Great Britain and Ireland team in the Seve Trophy. His second European Tour win came in 2004 at the ANZ Championship and later that year he became the first Englishman to be medalist at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. In 2005 he played on both the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour and in 2006 he concentrated more on the PGA Tour, making only a handful of appearances in Europe. Davis had two solid seasons on the PGA Tour in 2007 and 2008 where he finished inside the top 100 on the money list both times, including a runner-up at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.

2009 was a very consistent season for Davis. The season included 5th-place finishes at The Players Championship and the Valero Texas Open, followed by a third straight top 5 finish at the HP Byron Nelson Championship where he matched his best finish on the PGA Tour when he was runner-up behind Rory Sabbatini. He finished the season 43rd on the money list.

In April 2010 Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first play-off hole on Sunday to hand Jim Furyk a victory at the Verizon Heritage. Davis later received much praise for his decision which cost him a potential first PGA Tour victory. Davis finished second again later in 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, three shots behind Zach Johnson.

Davis has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Amateur wins

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  • 1992 Peter McEvoy Trophy

Professional wins (2)

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European Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 1 May 2000 Peugeot Open de España −14 (71-68-66-69=274) 3 strokes Austria Markus Brier
2 15 Feb 2004 ANZ Championship1 44 pts (7-8-12-17=44) 1 point England Paul Casey

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2005 Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters Denmark Thomas Bjørn, England David Howell Bjørn won with par on second extra hole
Davis eliminated by par on first hole

Playoff record

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PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2010 Verizon Heritage United States Jim Furyk Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1998 1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T68
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T61 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T6 CUT CUT T53
PGA Championship CUT T13 CUT CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship T39 T19 CUT
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 3 21 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2003 U.S. Open – 2003 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
The Players Championship CUT T20 CUT CUT T5 CUT T26 T25 T72 T11 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2003 2004
Match Play R64
Championship T35
Invitational
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 11 2004 Ending 14 Mar 2004" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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