Three years after his first PGA Tour victory at the event, a relieved Davis struggled to hold back tears and said it had been a “roller coaster of emotions.”
“I’ve recently started working with a hypnotherapist to try and get my head back in the right place with a different approach,” he told reporters.
“To be honest, I haven’t been in a very good place mentally for the last six months or so.
“I just haven’t been playing very good golf this year and it just felt like all the opportunities were slipping away from me.
“I felt like a change of direction was absolutely necessary, and I was really going to stick with it, because I’m definitely the type of person who starts something and then quits if I don’t feel like it’s working right away.”
Davis’ dream of representing Australia in golf at the Paris Olympics has been dashed after a poor start to the year.
The country will be represented by former world number one Jason Day and Rocket Mortgage Classic runner-up Ming Woo Lee.
But Davis will be hoping a win in Detroit will pave the way for him to earn a spot on the international team for the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal in September.
“I guess I missed out on the Olympics. This win came a little late for my big goals this year, but I have two big goals left – finishing high in the FedExCup and trying to make the Presidents Cup team,” he said.
“I’ve been playing some good golf and I’m out here this week, so I want to keep it going. I’ve got a lot of work to do this year.”
(Reporting by Ian Ransome in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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