Davies targeting double down under

Gareth Davies will fly the flag for PGA Assistants in the UK when he competes in the Australian PGA Trainee Championship at Ballarat Golf Club in Victoria from October 21-24.

The Sheffield golfer from Abbeyday earned his place in the event down under courtesy of his victory in the 54-hole Powerade PGA Assistants Championship at Coventry earlier in the summer.

And Davies will go there in buoyant mood having helped Yorkshire to victory in the SkyCaddie PGA England & Wales Inter-County Championship at The Belfry earlier this week.

Australia has proved a happy hunting ground for Powerade winners with Guy Woodman (2009) and Matt Cort (2011) both doing the double and if Davies emulates the pair he will win AU$10,000 and also secure entry into the 2015 Australian PGA Championship competing alongside defending champion and World No. 2 Adam Scott.

The Ballarat course was redesigned by five times British Open champion, Peter Thomson via Thomson-Perret.

Davies will round off a busy season with his Powerade win earning him a place at the Titleist PGA Play-Offs in Turkey at the end of November where a top 10 finish will secure a place in next year’s BMW PGA Championship.