Stung after being overlooked for the Presidents Cup team, Cam Davis is looking to channel his frustration into the Australian summer of golf.
Davis joins heavyweight countrymen Jason Day and Cameron Smith in committing to returning home this year for the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open.
The 29-year-old Sydneysider was part of the International team for the last Presidents Cup clash with the US in 2022 but was snubbed by Mike Weir as a captain's pick for the 2024 clash in Montreal this week.
Instead Canadian Weir opted for a trio of his countrymen and another Australian Min Woo Lee among his captain's picks, with four of the six chosen currently ranked lower than world No.42 Davis.
"I got a call from Mike (Weir) just explaining to me that we're going to hopefully see me there in the future and it was a hard decision," Davis said from his Seattle home on Tuesday (AEST).
Davis played in all five possible Presidents Cup matches in 2022 for a 2-3 record under previous captain Trevor Immelman.
"It stings, not being there as it was probably one of the biggest and most exciting weeks that I've had as a pro golfer," he said.
"That was a huge week for me, feeling like I belonged out there - that stage just keeps on firing you up and making you believe that you're destined for more big things.
"So sitting at home and watching it on TV is not going to be a lot of fun this year; it's frustrating, it sucks."
Davis finished in a tie for fifth in his last tournament, the BMW Championship in the PGA Tour playoffs a month ago in Colorado, while he also banked his second PGA Tour title in June, winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit for a second time.
Currently enjoying a break from the tour he said he hoped to bring his strong form home to the PGA Championship in Brisbane in late November and to the Open, to be played on Melbourne's sandbelt a week later.
"The year did take a nice turn from some pretty mediocre golf into some pretty good golf," he said.
"Through the middle of the year I felt like I was putting the effort in and not getting the results out of it.
"The BMW was a good week, a very solid week so hopefully I'm on a good pathway for more of that ...I'm hoping even better stuff by the time I get to Australia."'
Last year Davis, the 2017 Australian Open champion, was the first-round leader with a sizzling opening 63 at The Lakes in Sydney, but he faded to finish tied for 42nd.
"I've gotten one (title) under my belt, which is great, and I really want another one," he said.
"Last year's start was about as good as it gets, but I don't know, it was a very difficult week.
"There were some guys out there that made the Australian (course) look very easy, and it was not.
"It was windy, hot ... and it came down to just pure ball striking and I think mine dropped off as theirs improved, I ended up on the wrong side.
"I would really like to win it again, so I am putting everything I can out there to try and make that happen."
