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Rodger Davis

Australian professional golfer

Summary

Australian professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Rodger Davis
image	Rodger Davis.JPG
imagesize	180 px
fullname	Rodger Miles Davis
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, Australia
death_date
height
weight	90 kg
nationality
residence	Palm Beach, NSW, Australia
yearpro	1974
retired
tour	European Seniors Tour
extour	PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
Champions Tour
prowins	30
eurowins	7
auswins	14
champwins	1
seneurowins
otherwins	8
majorwins
masters	29th: 1988
usopen	T36: 1987
open	T2: 1987
pga	T52: 1988
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	New Zealand Golf Circuit
money list winner
year1	1979–80
award2	PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner
year2	1990, 1991
awardssection

European Tour Champions Tour money list winner](new-zealand-golf-circuit-money-list-winners) Order of Merit winner](pga-tour-of-australasia-order-of-merit-winners) Rodger Miles Davis (born 18 May 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.

Career

Davis was born in Sydney, Australia.

In 1974, Davis turned professional and spent his regular career playing mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour.

He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991. He made the top ten of the European Tour Order of Merit four times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His seven European Tour wins included two of Europe's most prestigious tournaments; the British PGA Championship, which he won in 1986 at Wentworth Club, and the season ending Volvo Masters, which he claimed in 1991. His best finish on the PGA Tour was a tie for fifth at the 1986 NEC World Series of Golf.

Davis was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 29 weeks between 1987 and 1992. In the 1987 Open Championship, Davis shot a first round of 64 at Muirfield to lead the tournament by three strokes after the opening round. He finished the championship in a tie for 2nd place with American Paul Azinger, a stroke behind the champion Nick Faldo. The 1987 Open Championship is Davis' best finish in a major championship.

Davis represented Australia in team competitions several times, and was a member of his country's winning three-man team at the 1986 Alfred Dunhill Cup.

As a senior, he played mainly on the U.S.-based Champions Tour (2001–05), where he won once, the 2003 Toshiba Senior Classic. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2011 and 2012.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1973 Lake Macquarie Amateur

Professional wins (30)

European Tour wins (7)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	11 Jul 1981	State Express Classic	−5 (70-68-74-71=283)	2 strokes	AUS Greg Norman
2	26 May 1986	Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship	−7 (70-72-71-68=281)	Playoff	IRL Des Smyth
3	12 Jun 1988	Wang Four Stars National Pro-Celebrity	−13 (69-63-71-72=275)	1 stroke	ESP José María Cañizares, IRL Eamonn Darcy
4	29 Apr 1990	Peugeot Spanish Open	−11 (74-69-68-66=277)	1 stroke	ENG Nick Faldo, AUS Peter Fowler,
FRG Bernhard Langer
5	17 Jun 1990	Wang Four Stars	−17 (67-72-65-67=271)	Playoff	AUS Mike Clayton, USA Bill Malley,
ZWE Mark McNulty
6	27 Oct 1991	Volvo Masters	−4 (68-73-68-71=280)	1 stroke	ENG Nick Faldo
7	2 May 1993	Air France Cannes Open	−13 (68-64-69-70=271)	Playoff	ZWE Mark McNulty

European Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship	IRL Des Smyth	Won with bogey on third extra hole
2	1986	German Open	FRG Bernhard Langer	Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
3	1990	Wang Four Stars	AUS Mike Clayton, USA Bill Malley,
ZWE Mark McNulty	Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
Malley and McNulty eliminated by par on first hole
4	1991	Mercedes German Masters	DEU Bernhard Langer	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1993	Air France Cannes Open	ZWE Mark McNulty	Won with par on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Aug 1977	Nedlands Masters	−11 (69-69-67-72=277)	2 strokes	AUS Allen Cooper
2	9 Oct 1977	McCallum's South Coast Open	−13 (67-66-69-69=271)	4 strokes	AUS Terry Gale
3	18 Feb 1979	Victorian Open	+3 (75-73-70-73=291)	Playoff	AUS Geoff Parslow, ZAF Gary Player
4	10 Nov 1985	Victorian PGA Championship	−18 (68-66-69-67=270)	7 strokes	AUS Ossie Moore
5	16 Nov 1986	National Panasonic Australian Open	−10 (67-71-72-68=278)	1 stroke	AUS Ian Baker-Finch, AUS Graham Marsh,
AUS Bob Shearer
6	30 Nov 1986
(1987 season)	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−13 (63-65-67-72=267)	3 strokes	AUS Bob Shearer, USA Curtis Strange
7	7 Dec 1986
(1987 season)	Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open	−18 (67-62-65-68=262)	8 strokes	AUS Bob Shearer
8	4 Dec 1988	Bicentennial Classic	−17 (68-67-68-68=271)	Playoff	USA Fred Couples
9	19 Nov 1989	Ford New South Wales Open	−15 (71-65-71-70=277)	9 strokes	AUS Bradley Hughes
10	14 Jan 1990	Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup	−17 (64-67-71-69=271)	Playoff	USA Curtis Strange
11	20 Jan 1991	SxL Sanctuary Cove Classic	−10 (70-70-67-71=278)	1 stroke	NZL Frank Nobilo
12	10 Mar 1991	AMP New Zealand Open (2)	−11 (67-66-73-67=273)	2 strokes	NZL Frank Nobilo
13	12 Jan 1992	SxL Sanctuary Cove Classic (2)	−5 (72-67-67-77=283)	2 strokes	NZL Grant Waite
14	13 Dec 1992	Coolum Classic	−17 (68-70-68-65=271)	7 strokes	AUS Mike Clayton

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (3–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1979	Victorian Open	AUS Geoff Parslow, ZAF Gary Player	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1980	Australian Masters	USA Gene Littler	Lost to bogey on first extra hole
3	1988	Bicentennial Classic	USA Fred Couples	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1990	Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup	USA Curtis Strange	Won with eagle on second extra hole

Other Australasian wins (5)

1977 Rosebud Invitational
1978 South Australia Open, Nedlands Masters, West Australia Open, Mandurah Open

Other wins (1)

1998 Mauritius Open

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	23 Mar 2003	Toshiba Senior Classic	−16 (65-64-68=213)	4 strokes	USA Larry Nelson

Other senior wins (2)

2009 Handa Australian Senior Open
2015 Australian PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	T52	T52	5
PGA Championship

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament								29
U.S. Open							T36	T47
The Open Championship	T38	T39	CUT	T26	CUT	CUT	T2	T20	CUT
PGA Championship							CUT	T52

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1997	1998
Masters Tournament			63
U.S. Open		T46	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T12	CUT	T24	CUT	T33	T44
PGA Championship	CUT			CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	2	2
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	4	3
The Open Championship	1	2	2	5	19	12
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	4	1

Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1977 Open Championship – 1981 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Australia): 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993
Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1986 (winners), 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993
Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 (winners), 1991
UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2002, 2003 (tie), 2004

References

[http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking]

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