Karis Davidson

Davidson was born in Melrose, Scotland, where she started playing golf at the age of four. At the age of nine, she relocated with her family to Australia's Gold Coast, Queensland.
In 2013 she was runner-up at the Greg Norman Junior Masters. In 2014, she won the Sunshine Coast Ladies Open and the GNGF Junior Masters, and was runner-up at the Australian Girls' Amateur, plus lost the final of the Australian Women's Amateur to Minjee Lee. In 2015, she won the NSW Junior State Championship and was runner-up at the Queensland Stroke Play & Amateur Championship and the Australian Girls' Amateur.
In 2016, she won the Bowra & O'Dea Women's 72-Hole Classic, the Dunes Medal, and the Australian Girls' Amateur.
She represented Australia at the 2014 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico, and the Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, in 2016 and 2017.
In 2017, she was a semifinalist at the Australian Women's Amateur and won the Riversdale Cup. She was awarded the Karrie Webb Scholarship.
Davidson turned professional in 2017 and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2018, after finishing 11th at the JLPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She spent four seasons in Japan and made $444,839 in career earnings, with her career-best finish being a T-4th at the 2018 Century21 Ladies Golf Tournament, won by Kristen Gillman.
Davidson also played on the ALPG Tour, where she finished 2nd behind Minjee Lee at the 2018 Women's Victorian Open, a Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned event. In 2021, she finished T-3rd at the TPS Victoria, and in 2022, she was runner-up again at the Women's Victorian Open, this time behind Hannah Green, having secured her first professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International a few weeks earlier.
Davidson earned her LPGA Tour card for 2022 by finishing T-41st at LPGA Q-School. In her rookie season, she made eight cuts in 11 starts and recorded a best finish of T-8th at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational with partner Daniela Darquea. She went back to Q-School to retain her status.
2023 Notes: Played in 19 LPGA Tour events, making 11 cuts with one top-ten finish. She was 93rd on the CME points list and 97th on the money list, earning $209,557. Best finish T-8th at the Buick LPGA Shanghai.
2024 Notes: Only made 8 LPGA starts, making five cuts, with her best finish being T-27th at the Fire Hill Seri Pak Championship. She withdrew from the ShopRite Classic with a mysterious neck injury and had surgery on it.
2025 Notes: Returned after a six-month break at the Founders Cup in February, missing the cut. Was T-7th at the Meijer LPGA Classic, four shots back of the winner Carlota Ciganda. Was T-10th at the Dow Championship with partner Daniela Darquea.