“My golf has come from a pretty rough place to where it’s at,” Davis said.

“It had been a long time since I’d won,and I wasn’t playing anywhere near good enough golf to keep up with the best players in the game. We’ve only been working together[with his hypnotherapist] a couple of weeks,and I’ve almost gone from almost disliking the game to feeling like I’ve got a bit of the magic back.

“It’s been a huge difference.”

On Monday morning (AEST),Davis won his second PGA Tour event in Detroit,the same event he won three years ago for his maiden win in the United States. This one felt like it meant more.

American Akshay Bhatia (-17) three-putted for the first time all tournament on the 72nd hole,blowing the chance to head to a play-off with Davis (-18),who finished with two-under 70.

“Just a little bit of nerves,honestly,” Bhatia said. “I’m human.”

Maybe hypnotherapy will help?

Davis’ treatment came after missing the cut at the PGA Championship and US Open the past two months. He sprayed it everywhere for a seven-over start at Pinehust No.2 in the US Open and thought there must be a better way.

It was enough to beat Bhatia,fellow Australian Min Woo Lee,American Davis Thompson and England’s Aaron Rai,who all shared a tie for second. It was the first time an Australian had won an individual event on the PGA Tour since May last year (Jason Day in the Byron Nelson Classic).

“It’s been a long few years of really not recapturing that magic,” Davis said. “To be back here,it feels extra special.”

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