He has just one semester left to play in college golf, but on a cold February morning in Johnson City, Tenn., Rhys Davies really isn't thinking about that right now. The focus is on the here and now, the next event on the East Tennessee State schedule, the Puerto Rico Invitational in two weeks. After that, it will turn to the Seminole Intercollegiate, set for the first week of March.
One tournament at a time. That's the only way the 21-year-old Buccaneers senior knows how to operate. It's also the mind-set that has established the competitor teammates have dubbed "The Package" for his combination of talent and charisma as one of the best players in collegiate golf, a winner of eight tournaments in 3½ years after last fall's victory at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at the Ridges, and a candidate for national player-of-the-year honors this season with a 69.4 stroke average.
"I've had a great time here and really enjoyed playing on the team with coach [Fred] Warren and the other boys," Davies says. "In that respect it will be a little sad to leave. But there's still a lot to play for between now and then."
