The veteran Aussie owned a full European Tour card back in 2006 and 2007 but ranked 124th and 169th. In all his 110 events at this level he has just the four top tens and not one top three finish. Any reason to take note of him this week therefore? Well, maybe. His T5 in last week’s Vic Open was just his second top five on the ET, after his T4 in last season’s Australian PGA Championship. In that sense, you could say he’s on a high. He’s also vastly experienced on the course and to some extent is getting greater returns from it. He missed his first three cuts there, didn’t break the top 50 in his next two visits, and has cracked the top 30 in all three of his most recent appearances with 12th in the first World Super 6 his best (when he was T2 after 36 holes of strokeplay).
