Emirates Australian Open final scoreboard http://www.golf.org.au/scores
Cameron Davis lived the dream for four and a half hours at The Australian today, and he is now an Emirates Australian Open champion.
Davis, the 22-year-old Sydney player who has had a difficult first year as a professional, bolted around the layout in just 64, the lowest round of the day by three shots, to post -11 closing it with a birdie from close range at the 18th hole.
He then waited on the practice range as a string of players behind him tried to match his score. Another Sydneysider, Matt Jones, had a long eagle putt at the last to force a playoff, but burned the hole and was left a shot away.
But the closest was Sweden’s Jonas Blixt, who hit his third shot at the par-five 18th to the fringe of the green, just four metres beyond the cup with a chance to force a playoff but he left his birdie attempt just short, and had to settle for T2 with Jones.
Davis, a product of the Roseville and Monash golf clubs in Sydney’s northern beaches, emerged from the New South Wales elite amateur programs and becomes the youngest Australian winner since Aaron Baddeley in 2000 at 19 years old. He earns a start in the Open Championship at Carnoustie and may find himself with a few invitations to play around the world and now he will head to the final stage of the Web.com Tour school.
Jordan Spieth closed with 67 and smiled and said all the right things to the huge crowds that came to see him play.
As for Jason Day he began the final round with a one-shot lead but fell away to be virtually out of contention through the 13th hole ultimately carding +2 73 to finish fifth on his return to the national championship. His last win world wide, was at the Players in 2016.
He just played poorly, hitting six fairways and just seven greens on a day when he felt that any score in the 60s would have won it for him.
"It’s obviously a little bit disappointing to come out and not finish it, but I’ve just got to kind of look back on it and see what I need to do for next time, because you can’t be perfect all the time and I played three terrific rounds actually, the first three rounds, and I just didn’t put it together on Sunday"
Martin Blake @theAustralian
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