Brian Davis

Brian Davis played on the European Team between 1997 and 2004. In 2004, he became the first Englishman to win the PGA Tour Q-School, which gave him privileges in America, and he switched to that tour. Won his first European title, the Open de Espana at the PGA Golf de Catalunya in May 2000, when he met his wife-to-be, Julie, a former air stewardess, and daughter of former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence. He enjoyed his best season in 2003, breaking into the top 10 on the Order of Merit in ninth place, and he was assisted by 11 top-10 finishes, including third in the year-ending Volvo Masters. Began the next season on a high note, winning the ANZ Championship in Australia, which set up appearances in all four majors in 2004. In 1998, he contracted chickenpox on a flight home to the UK from South Africa. Taken ill with the virus in Dubai and spent a week in intensive care with seriously high blood clot levels. Became the first Englishman to win the PGA Tour Qualifying School finals at the end of 2004, shooting a 17-under-par total of 415.
On his first season on the PGA Tour (2005), finished 98th on the money list. Also played in eight European Tour events. In 2005 finished T3rd in the Nissan Open, but it was shortened to 36 holes and was unofficial. His first top-10 finish on PGA Tour came at Shell Houston Open, T7th.
In 2007, he got his first runner-up finish at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, and added another in 2008 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, then the 2009 HP Byron Nelson. In 2010, he lost a playoff to Jim Furyk at the Verizon Heritage -- in that playoff, on his third shot out of a greenside hazard, Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself after touching a loose impediment during his backswing (Rule 13-4), ensuring Furyk's victory. A month later, he had his fifth runner-up finish at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Since joining the PGA Tour, he has never been outside the top 125 on the money list between 2007 and 2014, and with his earnings over the $1 million mark in 2012, he has accomplished that feat seven straight years.
Has had two bouts with skin cancer and is affiliated with The Skin Cancer Foundation with the hopes he can educate people about the dangers of the sun and what role prevention can have in helping people maintain their health. Charity efforts also go toward the Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla., which treated his son, Henry, who was born with kidney issues, and his daughter, Madeline, after she suffered two collapsed lungs right after birth.
2012 Notes: Another productive year, earning over a million dollars on the PGA Tour for the sixth straight year. Had four top-tens, including 4th place finishes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Shell Houston Open, and the Travelers Championship.
2013 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events, making 17 cuts with four top-ten finishes. Best was T-6th at the Shell Houston Open, he shot 67 in the final round to finish 3 shots back of the winner D.A. Points. Was 8th at the Memorial, AT&T National, and Deutsche Bank Championship. Finished 47th in the FedExCup standings.
2014 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events, making 19 cuts. Best finish T-11th at the Players Championship. Ended his season at 110th in the FedExCup standings.
2015 Notes: Played in 31 PGA Tour events, making 14 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Was T-6th in the Sony Open in Hawaii, shot 65-67 over the weekend. Was T-10th at the Valspar Championship. Finished outside the top 125 in the FedExCup standings (143rd) for the first time since the Playoffs began in 2007. In the Web.com Tour Finals, made all four cuts, recording finishes of T-16th (Hotel Fitness), T-43rd (Small Business),Korn Ferry Tour, and T-20th (Nationwide Children's in the first three tournaments. After finishing T-56th at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship took the 24th position on the Finals' money list after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, just $501 ahead of No. 26 Eric Axley. His final priority-ranking position was 48th.
2016 Notes: Only played in 9 PGA Tour events, making one cut, T-28th at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Had suffered most of the year with neck and back pains, shutting things down after missing the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June.
2017 Notes: Only played once on the PGA Tour, missing the cut at the Wyndham Championship. Played nine times on the Korn Ferry Tour, made four cuts best finish T-48th at the Air Capital Classic.
2018 Notes: Split time on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour. Made the cut in five of 12 starts on the PGA Tour, best finish was a T-43rd at the Safeway Open. Did not qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. Made five cuts in 15 starts on the Web.com Tour, with lone top-25 coming at the Club Colombia Championship (T-20th).
2019 Notes: On the Korn Ferry Tour, played once, missing the cut at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship. Best finish on the PGA Tour was T-42nd at the Puerto Rico Open.
Davis played 386 PGA Tour events, making 2019 cuts and finishing 28th in the top ten. He won $13,382,405 and was runner-up five times.
Played in 248 European Tour events, making 155 cuts with 38 top ten finishes. He earned a total of euro4,275,761.
Played in 33 Korn Ferry Tour events, making 14 cuts with no top ten finishes.
When he turned 50 in 2024, he tried to qualify for the PGA Tour Champions Tour but didn't make it out of the first stage. He played in four Legend tour events and was T-5th at the Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian Open and T-6th at the WCM Mexico Senior Open.
2025 Notes: Was T-19th at the Staysure Marbella Legends, and T-40th at the OFX Irish Legends.