![]() On the fifth playoff hole, on the par-3 15th, Davis missed his fifth straight putt that would have given him the victory, but this time Merritt could not match after missing the green with his tee shot. Soak it in, □ /pmD09BYZ9V- PGA TOUR July 4, 2021 On the fourth playoff hole, back at the par-5 14th, after both players hit the green in two, both players two-putted, Davis missing a 19-footer that would have won it. On the third playoff hole, back at the par-4 16th, Davis missed a 25-footer for birdie that would have ended it, and Merritt made a 5-footer for par. Merritt, meanwhile, had hit his tee shot into the left greenside bunker and got up and down for par. On the second playoff hole, the par-3 15th, Davis hit his tee shot to 20 feet, but missed another birdie putt that would have won it. Merritt, meanwhile, two-putted for par, and Niemann bogeyed his first hole of the entire week and was done he was seeking to be the third player ever to win a tournament while going bogey free. On the first extra hole, back at the 18th, he missed a 6-footer for birdie that would have won it. I guess I didn’t make any putts, but I kept on putting it in play, so it worked out all right.”ĭavis was right on all three statements there - in the playoff, he didn’t make any putts, he kept it in play, and it worked out all right. I just kept on putting good swings on it. As simple as that’s said, it’s so hard to do when the pressure’s on like that. “I don’t know, I just tried to put as much out of my mind as I could and just hit every shot for what it was worth. “It’s been pretty hectic ever since the 17th hole for me,” Davis said. Gear Winner’s bag: Cam Davis at the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic By: It’s the 26-year-old Australian’s first victory on Tour, following a win at the 2017 Australian Open and a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. Then after five playoff holes, one with Joaquin Niemann and all five with Troy Merritt, Davis finished as a first-time PGA Tour winner.ĭavis, who played his final two holes at three under, shot a final-round five-under 67, then parred the par-3 15th, the fifth hole of a playoff, to prevail. On the next hole, the par-4 18th, Davis dropped a 6-footer for a birdie three to move into now a three-way tie, where it stayed after everyone came back to the clubhouse. ![]() On his next hole, the par-5 17th, Davis dunked a wedge from the left greenside bunker for an eagle three to move into a five-way tie at the top. The gallery was quiet, except for a lone: He even struggled, for a second, to pluck his ball from the hole. Three-putt, and now two down with three holes to go. ![]() He hit his second putt just past the right edge of the cup. He'd hole it for eagle.Ĭam Davis, on the par-4 16th at Detroit Golf Club, had a 39-footer to pull within a tie for the lead during Sunday’s final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The Rocket Mortgage Classic’s complete 156-player field is listed below.Cam Davis hits his third shot on the par-5 17th hole at Detroit Golf Club on Sunday. Tain Lee (Irvine, Calif.), Justin Suh (San Jose, Calif.) and Daniel Wetterich (Cincinnati, Ohio) were among nine players to shoot a 5-under 66 and won Rocket Mortgage Classic spots via a playoff. Myers, Fla.) earned medalist honors by carding a 6-under-par 65. The final four berths into the tournament field were secured through Monday’s Rocket Mortgage Classic Open Qualifier at Oakland University – Katke-Cousins Golf Course in Rochester, Mich. Tim O’Neal won the inaugural edition of THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational with a 36-hole total of 5-under-par 139 (71-68) at Detroit Golf Club to earn a sponsor exemption into the Rocket Mortgage Classic field. The 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic field was finalized Monday with the addition of five players.
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