Same goes for a likely captain’s pick Marc Leishman.

Also hoping for a Trevor Immelman phone call was fellow Aussie Lucas Herbert, a multiple time winner on the DP World Tour and for all intents and purposes the best putter on the PGA Tour this season where he is also a winner.

But it wasn’t to be for the Victorian, nor for Min Woo Lee who was banking on his major performance in 2022 to sway the South African’s captain’s favour.

The Australian who did get the call and will join Adam Scott at Quail Hollow was the other Cam, Cameron Davis, who will make his debut later this month in the biennial competition. 

And 2017 Australian Open winner, a somewhat insular player, plans on doing things his way despite the new atmosphere and format.

RIGHT: Adam Scott is the only Aussie on the Presidents Cup team that will play this month under Trevor Immelman. PHOTO: Andy Lyons/Getty Images.

“I know what's gotten me to this situation. I know the dynamic that has worked best, I think brought out the best golf in me. I think you've just got to keep going with that,” Davis told a group of Australian reporters this morning.

“I'll let my partner do what he does to hit his best shot if we are in the alternate format or even in the fourball competition. We are not going to start reading each other's putts when we have never read putts for each other before or anything like that I can't see that happening with me.”

Part of the “dynamic” that has worked for Davis, including when he won the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour last year and his national Open at The Australian, is his caddie Andrew Tschudin.

Tschudin has an impressive history as a player himself, contesting a U.S. Open and winning around the world before he turned to caddying, including a couple of short stints with two-time major winner Minjee Lee. When Davis turned pro, Tschudin went along for the ride and has played an integral part in the New South Welshman’s success.

“I think working well with Andrew is one of the reasons why I've been able to bring out the golf that I have. He's a massive tool that's really elevated my game and not just the fact that he works super hard but just the way he communicates, as well,” Davis said of his looper.

“So I want to keep that as normal as possible. That's going to be one of the few things out there that can make each individual shot feel a little bit more like another golf shot without adding too much pressure on is just keeping that environment the same.”

Davis, who was officially announced overnight as a captain’s pick, but got news of his place last week during a Quail Hollow reconnaissance mission, described the eventual call as one he was “quietly-hopeful-for, and if it a good surprise, then awesome, and otherwise I would have understood why not”.

“I think working well with Andrew is one of the reasons why I've been able to bring out the golf that I have ... So I want to keep that as normal as possible." - Cam Davis.

Now that he has achieved a dream from his days as a junior, Davis will attempt to return to those days when he was known as a good match play competitor.

“I just think it's just an environment that just automatically kicks me into a slightly different gear to what I normally play and I feel like that's still there and I can't wait to see what that's like amongst how many people is going to be out there watching,” the 27-year-old said of the match play format. “It's going to be a very cool mix of, I feel like freedom, as well as, not intimidation, but just it's going to be a really big environment.”

The match play element is just one part of the Presidents Cup that will be a change in pace for the Roseville Golf Club product.

The September 22-25 event will bring the most intense focus Davis has experienced on his game, and while he will aim to feel comfortable in his quest to contribute to Immelman’s chase of a second Cup win, he admitted to indulging the golf nerd within.

“I can't wait to experience every little bit of it, even just arriving there on the Sunday night and just seeing guys for the first time again to wearing the same colours as everyone, experiencing the opening ceremonies and to hear that first tee shot every single moment. I'm going to be taking mental snapshot and keeping that in my brain for the rest of my life.”