PGA Tour star’s true colours shown after sudden £2m breakdown

PGA Tour sensation Cam Davis has once again clinched the coveted Rocket Mortgage Classic title, pocketing $2.5million (£2million) in the process. But it was his response to the runner-up that captured the attention on social media.

The Aussie banked a multi-million payout at the Detroit Golf Club on Monday (July 1), following a nail-biting five-way shootout victory over Akshay Bhatia. The 29-year-old showcased his golfing prowess by finishing up on 18-under, securing the multi-million dollar jackpot three years after his inaugural PGA Tour triumph at the same venue.

In a display of sportsmanship, Davis expressed heartfelt empathy for his young rival Bhatia in the aftermath of the event. Despite Bhatia's consistent performance, a costly final-day bogey handed Davis the win, marking only the second shot Bhatia dropped all weekend, reports the Mirror.

Overcome with emotion, Davis struggled to hold back tears as he honoured the 22-year-old Bhatia, while also reflecting on his own recent mental health battles. "This is crazy," Davis admitted. "I wouldn't wish what happened to Akshay on anyone. But I've done a lot of grinding to get myself out of a hole and to all of a sudden do that, it's pretty good".

Reveling in his first Tour victory since 2019, Davis candidly spoke about his sessions with a hypnotherapist and the mental hurdles he's had to overcome both personally and professionally. "I had a lot of support to get me out of the doldrums there," said the emotional Sydney-born golfer.

"I saw a little bit of a spark last week but nothing to show this coming. I started working with a hypnotherapist a couple of weeks ago just to take another angle in trying to get myself sorted out. From where I was a couple of weeks ago until today, just a completely different person. I honestly haven't been in a very good place mentally at all for the last six months or so.

"I felt like all the opportunities have been slipping out of my hands as the year progresses without playing very good golf". Davis enjoyed a career-best performance at a major last year at the PGA Championship where he secured a joint-fourth finish with the title eventually being won by Brooks Koepka.

Davis said he felt a "change of direction was needed" after his performance at the Masters earlier this year. "I had a great week at the Masters and it feels like since then it all had just left me," he said. "I felt like a change of direction was definitely needed, something that I was actually going to stick to because I’m definitely someone that will start doing something and if it doesn’t feel like it’s helping straight away, it’s very easy to drop it."

He was particularly open about his mental health struggles, admitting that only just a few weeks ago, he "was not in a good place". "I felt a lot better last week even though the score didn’t show it, and to have it turn into this this week is hard to believe really because I was not in a good place two or three weeks ago," the Aussie revealed.