Background
Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life.
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Rhys Davies
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He played on two Walker Cup teams (2005 and 2007), and was second in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (May 2007), before turning pro in September 2007. Davies successfully came through the Asian Tour"s qualifying school, allowing him to play on that tour for the 2008 season. At the 2010 Celtic Manor Wales Open, he shot a final round 62 to set the course record on his way to finishing as runner-up.
This performance elevated Davies into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.
After a poor 2012 season, Davies narrowly failed to maintain his full playing rights for the 2013 season. In 2013 Davies was close to regaining full European Tour playing rights finishing 23rd on the Challenge Tour, however, 2014 was less successful when his final Challenge Tour ranking was 54th.
These successes helped Davies secure eighth position on the Challenge Tour order of merit, and full European Tour status. Before deciding to make golf his career, Davies played cricket at junior level for both Glamorgan and Wales and was included in the England under-15 and under-17 squads, the latter included Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Alistair Cook and Samit Patel who would play Test cricket subsequently.
2003 Boys Amateur Championship European Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (4) Amateur Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2002 (winners), 2003 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Team Championship (representing Wales): 2004, 2006 Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners), 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007 Walker Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2005, 2007 Street Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2006 (winners) Wales Boys: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Wales Youths: 2003, 2004, 2006 Wales Men: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Professional Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2011 (winners) World Cup (representing Wales): 2011.
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Nationality
United Kingdom