And his triumph in the Turkish Airlines Challenge will surely feel every bit as sweet as Fowler’s success.
“Sometimes it has been really horrible in the last couple of years,” Davies admitted. “It was so bad I didn’t know where the next good round was going to come from.
“That’s all I’ve been looking for, one good score. It’s been quite dark sometimes, but I always felt that if I could get in the mix I could win again.
“I didn’t doubt that, to be honest.”
Davies possesses a wonderful putting stroke and a perspective that should serve him well as he seeks to build from this victory.
And Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen is someone else working his way back from adversity. The 25 year old’s promising career was stalling because of a tendon injury in his left hand.
Olesen underwent surgery in February and on the European Tour in Mauritius last week he returned in style, forcing his way into a play-off ultimately won by George Coetzee.
“I didn’t expect this before the tournament, so to be in a play-off is unbelievable when I haven’t been in a tournament for three months,” the Dane acknowledged.
Yes, it was some weekend, with Olesen, Davies and Fowler all proving golf’s ability to serve stories that are both uplifting and unanticipated.
