Rocket Mortgage Classic hands Cam Davis a PGA Tour win again

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Cam Davis' winning score of 18-under 270 tied the highest winning 72-hole score in the six editions of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, equaling his winning score of 18-under 270 from 2021. Photo: Sky Sports

Cam Davis (1st/-18) carded a final-round 2-under 70 to earn his second Rocket Mortgage Classic title (2021, 2024).

Related: Aaron Rai on the cusp of history at Rocket Mortgage Classic

Captured his second career PGA TOUR title at the age of 29 years, 4 months, 9 days, becoming the first Australian winner on TOUR since Jason Day/2023 CJ CUP Byron Nelson.

 

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First player since Corey Conners (2019, 2023 Valero Texas Open) to earn his first two PGA TOUR victories at the same event.

Becomes the 26th Australian to win multiple PGA TOUR titles since the start of the 1940 season, and the 11th Australian on record (since the start of the 1983 season) to win multiple TOUR titles prior to turning 30 years old.

Becomes the first two-time winner – and remains the lone international winner – of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Earns 500 points to move to No. 40 in the FedExCup standings.

Winning score of 18-under 270 tied the highest winning 72-hole score in the six editions of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, equaling his winning score of 18-under 270 from 2021, when he defeated Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann in a playoff.

First individual stroke-play event winner since Billy Horschel/2024 Corales Puntacana Championship to come from outside the final group of the final round.

Playing in the final group in the final round for a second consecutive week, 54-hole co-leader Akshay Bhatia (T2/-17) makes a three-putt bogey on the 72nd hole of regulation, the par-4 18th, to fall into his second runner-up finish in the last two seasons (2nd/2023 Puerto Rico Open).

Bhatia is the 11th player on record (since the start of the 1983 season) with four top-two finishes on the PGA TOUR prior to turning 23 years old.

Bhatia entered the final round as the only player in the field without a bogey through 54 holes and made two bogeys in the final round (par-4 third, par-4 18th).

 

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Min Woo Lee (T2/-17) made bogey on the 72nd hole of regulation to settle for his second runner-up finish of the season (T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches); his double bogey at the par-5 seventh Sunday was one of only two double bogeys made there in the final round (Andrew Novak), and one of only six double bogeys on No. 7 the entire week.

54-hole co-leader Aaron Rai (T2/-17) posted a career-high finish in his 85th career start on TOUR (previous career-high finish: T3/2023 RBC Canadian Open), as well as his third top-10 this season (T4/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson; T7/Texas Children’s Houston Open), and his second top-10 in as many appearances at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (T9/2023).

Davis Thompson (T2/-17) logged his third career runner-up finish (2nd/2023 American Express; T2/2024 Myrtle Beach Classic), recorded top-10s in back-to-back starts on TOUR for the first time (T9/2024 U.S. Open), and posts his third top-10 of the 2024 season; Thompson had two top-10s in 30 starts as a TOUR rookie last season.

Cameron Young (T6/-15) recorded his 18th top-10 since joining the PGA TOUR at the start of the 2021-22 season; he is one of 13 players with at least 18 top-10s in that span, and he is the only such player without a victory.

The only other player without a victory and at least 17 top-10s on TOUR since the start of the 2021-22 season is Tommy Fleetwood (17).

Rookie Rico Hoey (T6/-15) eagled the par-5 17th for a second consecutive round en route to his first top-10 on TOUR (previous career-high finish: T14/2024 Valero Texas Open).