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rhys davies -lrb- golfer -rrb-

rhys davies -lrb- born 28 may 1985 -rrb- is a welsh professional golfer .
davies was born in edinburgh , scotland but has lived in wales for the majority of his life .
he played collegiate golf in the united states at east tennessee state university where he won ten times and was a first team all-american in 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 .
he played on two walker cup teams -lrb- 2005 and 2007 -rrb- , and was second in the world amateur golf ranking -lrb- may 2007 -rrb- , 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 .
davies won twice on the challenge tour in 2009 and finished fourth on the challenge tour rankings to earn his european tour card for 2010 .
he won his first european tour title at the 2010 trophée hassan ii .
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 .
he finished the season ranked 18th on the european tour order of merit .
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 .
davies earned his first professional win in five years at the 2015 turkish airlines challenge on the challenge tour .
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 .
