Coming into the tournament on the back of a career-best on the PGA TOUR at the Sony Open, Davis was well placed to record a second consecutive top-10 finish after opening rounds of 66-67 but lost ground in the third round with an even par 72.

The 24-year-old was making significant inroads into the leaderboard when he went 5-under on his final round with a birdie at the par-4 14th but gave up shots at both the 15th and 16th holes to fall into a tie for 29th, one shot behind Kiwi Tim Wilkinson who was the best of the Australasian players in a tie for 21st.

The result moves Davis up into 96th in the FedEx Cup but more importantly will assist in improving his category position when the re-rank of the Korn Ferry Tour graduates occurs following the Genesis Invitational on February 16.

Already predicted to move up 14 spots from his current position of 36th based on his performance at the Sony Open, Davis is in the field for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open and will have at least the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to further boost his ranking which will assist in gaining additional starts later in the season. Davis and Wilkinson were the only Australasian players to survive the three-round cut with American Andrew Landry winning by two strokes from 2018 Australian Open winner Abraham Ancer.

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T21         Tim Wilkinson    71-65-66-71—273             $US63,399
T29         Cameron Davis  66-67-72-69—274             $41,121
MC         Cameron Percy 74-66-68—208
MC         Danny Lee           70-71-70—211
MC         Greg Chalmers  71-70-71—212
MC         Aaron Baddeley                70-71-73—214
MC         John Senden      75-74-69—218
MC         Rhein Gibson     72-78-71—221