Cameron Davis is looking ahead to the majors and golf’s biggest events over the next 12 months after scraping through to the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship, where he can now play with house money in the finals series.

Davis made a double-bogey on the final hole of the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the St Jude event in Memphis, Tennessee last week. But based on points, the Sydney native snuck in at 49th among the top 50 who progressed to this week’s BMW Championship in Colorado. The top 30 after the BMW advance to the Tour Championship finale.

Davis’ good play, and last-hole reprieve, set in motion a domino effect that makes his 2025 season significantly easier to plan, and therefore, to attack. Davis, who won the Rocket Mortgage Classic for his second career PGA Tour win, and the other 49 golfers at the BMW, are eligible for all of the elite, $US20 million Signature events on the PGA Tour in 2025.

The eight Signature tournaments include the season-opener in Maui (the Sentry) in January, Riviera (Genesis Invitational) in February and the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. Being in the PGA Tour’s strongest fields, which offer the most world rankings and FedEx Cup points, will then make it easier for Davis to get into the four majors and the 2025 FedEx Cup playoffs.

Davis was already eligible for the 2025 Masters and PGA Championship and if he were to finish at least solo 10th at this week’s BMW, he would advance to the season-ending Tour Championship. By doing so, he would then be eligible for the other two majors in 2025 – the US Open and Open Championship.

“My next season’s already sort of laid out for me now,” Davis told Australian reporters Wednesday morning. “Those big tournaments have so much weight to them that missing out on them is a big hit to trying to get to the playoffs next year. I’m very glad I’ve I’ve got that all locked up. My back was against the wall [this past US summer] and I played some great golf at some of the best golf I’ve played since I won in Detroit [in June].”

The 29-year-old now feels like he has a free hit to play aggressively this week at the Castle Pines course near Denver, which sits at 6,200 feet above sea level. The high altitude presents thinner air, which allows the ball to carry about 20 percent farther. If Davis’ 6-iron usually carries 200 yards, it could travel up to 240 yards at Castle Pines.

“I’m gonna get everything I’ve got; I know there’s not much to lose at this point,” Davis, who joins fellow Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day in the BMW field, said. “The big thing for me was getting through last Sunday and now to be here in Colorado, the golf course is awesome. It’s a very different environment.”

Davis is licking his lips at next year’s majors, buoyed by positive signs in the past two years. He earned a maiden top-five at a major with a T4 at the 2023 PGA Championship, while at this year’s Masters, the long-hitting, smooth-swinging Davis was in contention at Augusta for much of the tournament before fading with a final-round 75.

“As a professional golfer being in contention on Sunday in a major is probably as good as big a moment as it gets,” he said. “I absolutely loved my experience. I was up there in the top five for a long time and didn’t feel that uncomfortable. I’m hoping that we just keep on moving forward, keep on getting better and having more chances.”

After the FedEx Cup playoffs and the PGA Tour’s Fall series, Davis hopes to be on the International team for the Presidents Cup in late September. He’s currently ninth on the standings. Davis will then return home for the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland and Open at Victoria GC and Kingston Heath.

“I’m definitely coming back to Australia; I love playing in Australia and I feel like I’m and do my best to come back every single year, so I I’ll be there,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it. I love playing in front of an Aussie crowd and I love the courses that we play. I’m looking forward to being back.”